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pay for such insurance. Provided, however, that the active members
of the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company shall be limited to
seventy-five members and the active members of the Rock Hall Volun-
teer Fire Company be limited to sixty active members, and the active
members of each of the other volunteer fire companies of Kent
County shall be limited to forty active members, and the active mem-
bers of each of the volunteer fire companies in Howard County shall
be limited to seventy-five active members, and only active members
shall be covered by the provisions of this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 284
(Senate Bill 303)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 30 (e) of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Elections", sub-title "Registration by Judges Acting as Boards
of Registry", relating to the places for making applications for
designation or change of party affiliation or removals within a
county or city by registered voters thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 30 (e) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Registration by Judges
Acting as Boards of Registry", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

30.

(e) Party affiliation or removal.—In counties not having a perma-
nent board of registry, designation or change of party affiliation,
subject to the provisions of Section 28 hereof, or removal to another
precinct or district within said city or county, as the case may be,
may be made either by written notice verified by affidavit of the
registrant, sent by mail [or] , by calling in person at the board's
office or by making application in person to the board of registry in
the district or precinct wherein the applicant is registered OR THE
DISTRICT OR PRECINCT TO WHICH HE HAS MOVED when the
board is sitting therein as provided by this article. Upon receiving
such written notice, the board shall cause the signature to be com-
pared with the original registration records of such applicant, and
if such signature appears to be the same, such change of residence
or affiliation shall be made on the original and duplicate registration
records and the registrant shall be immediately notified by mail of
the change so made. If the board is not satisfied as to the signature

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.