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other parties. Proof of service shall be made to the Department of
Labor and Industry. If no exceptions are filed to such report, the
Commissioner or his duly authorized representatives, upon the expi-
ration of the period for filing such exceptions, may decide the matter
forthwith upon the record or may make other disposition of the case.

(d)   The report on challenged ballots may be consolidated with the
report on objections in appropriate cases.

(e)  If exceptions are filed, either to the report on challenged bal-
lots, objections, or both if it be a consolidated report, and it appears
that such exceptions do not raise substantial and material issues with
respect to the conduct or results of the election, the Commissioner
or his duly authorized representatives may decide the matter forth-
with upon the record, or may make other disposition of the case. If
it appears to the Commissioner that such exceptions raise substan-
tial and material factual issues, the Commissioner or his duly author-
ized representatives may issue and cause to be served upon the par-
ties a notice of hearing on said exceptions.

(f)   The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry
is empowered to adopt such rules and regulations of procedure as
may be necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of Sections
12A and 12B, such rules and regulations of procedure to conform as
nearly as practical to the rules and regulations of procedure of the
Federal National Labor Relations Board applicable to the holding of
consent elections.

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

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 616       

(Senate Bill 597)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 27 of Article 3 of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Department", to pro-
vide that no Bill shall originate in either House during the last ten
CALENDAR days of a regular Session, in even years, or during
the last twenty CALENDAR days of a regular Session, in odd
years, and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland
(Three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be and it is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Article 3 of the Constitution of Maryland, title
"Legislative Department", the same, if adopted by the qualified voters
of the State, to become Section 27 of Article 3 of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland.

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.