THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 381
Article 69 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), title "Officers", said new section to be known as
Section 11, to follow immediately after Section 10 of said
Article, and to read as follows:
11. Any officer or employee of the State or of any poli-
tical subdivision of the State who, in a State judicial or
quasi-judicial proceeding, refuses to answer a question
involving or concerning his official acts or duties on the
grounds of self-incrimination, shall be subject to removal
from office by the appointing officer or authority; provided,
however, that before any officer or employee shall be re-
moved for such cause, he shall be granted a public hearing
by the appointing authority, after notice of not less than
ten (10) days, with the right to be represented by counsel.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.
Approved March 31, 1953.
CHAPTER 206
(House Bill 210)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
6 of Article 50 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Joint Obligations and Joint Ten-
ancy", sub-title "Joint Obligations", making general
provision for the place of suit in any action ex contractu
in which all of the defendants are not residents of the
same County.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 6 of Article 50 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Joint Obligations
and Joint Tenancy", sub-title "Joint Obligations", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
6. [If the obligors in any bond, penal or single bill re-
side in different counties they may be sued in the counties
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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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