THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 507

CHAPTER 273
(Senate Bill 229)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
40(b) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Registra-
tion", providing that the provisions of this section shall
not apply to Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40 (b) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title
"Registration", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

40.

(b) If a registered voter in any county [or in Balti-
more City] has not voted at least once at a primary,
general or special election within the five preceding calen-
dar years, it shall be the duty of the Board of Election
Supervisors of each county [or city, ] or the Board of
Permanent Registry in counties having a system of per-
manent registration, to cause the registration of such
voter to be cancelled by erasing his name from the regis-
try as provided in Section 21 of this Article, or, in counties
having a system of permanent registration [and in Balti-
more City, ] by removing the registration cards or forms
of said voter from the original and duplicate files and
placing the same in a transfer file; a notice of such action
and the reason therefor shall be sent to the last known
address of such voter; provided, however, that the regis-
tration of no person shall be so cancelled during his service
in the Armed Forces of the United States [. ] and further
provided that this sub-section shall not be applicable to
Baltimore City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 6, 1953.

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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.