912                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 556

CHAPTER 556
(Senate Bill 103)

AN ACT to repeal Section 3 of Article 25A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Chartered Counties of Mary-
land", Sub-title "General Provisions", as said Section was enacted
by Chapter 792, Section IB, of the Acts of 1945, and to enact a
new Section 3 in lieu thereof so as to confirm the legislative intent
concerning the requirements of said Section with regard to
nominations for and elections to County Councils in chartered
counties.

WHEREAS, Sections 2 and 3 of Article 25A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition) were enacted in the same Act of the
1945 session of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, it was the intention of the General Assembly in enact-
ing said sections to require that nominations for the County Council
in a chartered county should be made in party primaries in the same
manner as members of the General Assembly are or may be nomi-
nated; and

WHEREAS, it was the further intention of the General Assembly
in enacting said sections to require that candidates for the County
Council in a chartered county should be elected on the general ticket
by all the voters of such county in the same manner as the members
oi the General Assembly are or may be elected; and

WHEREAS, it was not the intention of the General Assembly in
enacting such sections to prohibit chartered counties from requiring
in their charters that a specified number of Councilmen must reside
in specified districts in the County; now therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3 of Article 25A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Chartered Counties of Maryland", Sub-title
"General Provisions", as such section was enacted by Chapter 792,
Section 1B of the Laws of 1945, be and it hereby is repealed and a
new section to be known as Section 3 be and it hereby is enacted in
lieu thereof to read as follows:

3. Whenever any county among the geographical subdivisions of
this State shall have adopted for itself a charter or form of govern-
ment under the provisions of Article XI A of the Constitution, such
charter may require that a specified number of Councilmen must
reside in specified districts in the county, provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the require-
ment of Section 2 hereof that the members of the County Council
shall be nominated as members of the General Assembly are or may
be nominated under the provisions of the law of the State of Mary-
land, and that such members shall likewise be elected on the general
ticket by the qualified voters of such county as members of the Gen-

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.