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

Approved March 21, 1957.

CHAPTER 308
(Senate Bill 412)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 83 of
Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supple-
ment), title "Chancery", sub-title "Adoption", providing that no
notice of adoption proceedings need be given to parties who have
given consent within one year of the filing of petition.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 83 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1956 Supplement), title "Chancery", sub-title "Adoption", be and
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows :

83. Notice.

Due notice of proceedings under this sub-title shall be given im-
mediately upon the filing of a petition by summons, order of publi-
cation, or otherwise, as the court may order to be given to any per-
son or persons whose consent is necessary thereto.

Provided, however, that notice need not be given to any party or
parties who shall have formally given their consent to an adoption
or to a guardianship under § 80A of this sub-title, within [90 days]
one year of the filing of the petition, and shall have waived notice
of any proceeding relative to an adoption.

Provided further, however, that in no event shall a consent exe-
cuted by a natural mother before the end of the first thirty days of
the child's life constitute a waiver of the requirement of notice pro-
vided for in this section.

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

Approved March 21, 1957.

CHAPTER 309
(Senate Bill 427)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 49 and 50 of Article 21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.