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of this Code (1951 Edition as amended), and the Director of the
Fiscal Research Bureau shall have reasonable cause to suppose that
the municipal corporation is no longer actively operating as such
under its charter, and the State Auditor shall certify that the
municipal corporation has no obligations or debts outstanding and
unpaid, the Director of the State Fiscal Research Bureau shall
promptly certify all such facts to the Secretary of State. Upon
receiving such a certification, the Secretary of State shall forthwith
issue a public proclamation, declaring that the charter of the munici-
pal corporation, including all amendments and additions thereto, is
repealed under the provisions of this section. Copies of the procla-
mation shall be filed by the Secretary of State with the clerk of the
Court of Appeals, the clerk of the circuit court of the county in
which the municipal corporation is located, and the Department of
Legislative Reference. Upon the first day of the month next after
the issue of any such proclamation, the charter of the town, including
all amendments and additions thereto, shall be and the same is
hereby declared to be repealed [from]. From such latter date, the
municipal corporation shall not be construed to be or treated as a
municipal corporation and the charter so repealed shall no longer
be included in any subsequent edition or printing of the code of
public local laws of the State or of the particular county. If no
other disposal of the property, assets and liabilities of the municipal
corporation has previously been made by the proper officers of the
municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners or the
county council of the county in which the municipal corporation is
located, shall succeed to full ownership, title and control of the
property and assets after the charter stands repealed and shall be
responsible for liquidation of the indebtedness of said municipal
corporation as provided in section [43] 42 of this sub-title.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved January 28, 1957.

CHAPTER 10
(Senate Bill 52)

AN ACT to repeal Section 463 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments",
sub-title "Marrying Unlawfully", repealing said section because
its provisions are covered by Section 15 of Article 62 of the Code.

Whereas, Section 468 of Article 27 of the Code provides for the
penalty for any minister who shall marry any person without
license or publication as required by law, and

Whereas, Section 15 of Article 62 of the Code also provides for
the offense of a minister marrying persons without a license, and

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.