1198                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 701

491. (Saving Clause.) If any clause, sentence, part or parts of
this Act, or of any section thereof shall be held unconstitutional, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts
of this Act or of any section thereof. The Legislature hereby de-
clares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act or any
section thereof, if it had known such clause, sentence, part or parts
or any section thereof should be declared unconstitutional.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 701
(House Bill 816)

AN ACT to add Section 92 (f) to Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement), title "Elections,"
sub-title "Elections," said new section to follow immediately after
Section 92 (e) thereof, making the use of voting machines manda-
tory in elections conducted under said Article 33, beginning with
the regular Stato wide primary GENERAL election in the year
1958 1956.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 92 (f) be and it is hereby added to Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement),
title "Elections", sub-title "Elections", said new section to follow
immediately after Section 92 (e) thereof, and to read as follows:

92.

(f) Beginning with the regular Stato undo primary GENERAL
election in the year 1958 1956 and continuing thereafter, the use of
voting machines shall be mandatory in every polling place for every
election covered by the provisions of this Article. The Boards of
Supervisors of Elections and the Boards of County Commissioners
or County Councils, including the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, in the several political sub-divisions shall use the powers con-
ferred upon them by this Article for the acquisition of voting ma-
chines prior to the regular Stato wido primary GENERAL election
in the year 1958 1956 and shall acquire or have available for use the
necessary number of voting machines for use at said primary GEN-
ERAL election and at all subsequent primary, general and special
elections therein. Nothing in this sub-section shall be construed to
take away from any of the said political sub-divisions the powers
heretofore conferred for the acquisition and use of voting machines
therein, and nothing in this sub-section shall be construed to repeal

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.