966                                 Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 642

sons claiming through him or it, warning him or them within six
months following the date of publication, to present information
relating to his or their identity and present address; and if such
information is presented and in the judgment of the Department a
valid claim has been presented for the funds, payment shall be made
accordingly.

(c)  If within the six-months' period no such information is pre-
sented, or if in the judgment of the Department a valid claim has
not been presented for the funds, the Department thereafter shall
forthwith deduct the pro rata cost of the publication from the amount
due the payee and pay over the remainder to the Motor Vehicle
Revenue Fund, for distribution as provided elsewhere in this Article
and in Article 89B of this Code. The liability of the Department as
to the amount due the payee shall thereupon cease and determine.

(d)  The payee of any such funds, or any person or persons claim-
ing through him or it, may recover the amount so paid over to the
Motor Vehicle Revenue Fund, by presenting to the State Comptroller
proof that he is the owner of and is legally entitled to the funds. If
the Comptroller, on the advice of the Attorney General, is satisfied
by a reasonable preponderance of evidence that such person is the
owner of and is legally entitled to the funds, he shall pay them to,
such person forthwith, from monies then in the Motor Vehicle Reve-
nue Fund.

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

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 642
(House Bill 494)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 21 of Article 4 of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Judiciary Department," sub-title
"Part III—Circuit Courts", increasing the number of Judges in
Prince George's County, RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE
OFFICE OF JUDGE, and correcting an error in and removing
obsolete language from said section 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 Members elected to each of the two Houses con-
curring), That the following section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section 21 of Article 4 of the Constitution
of Maryland, title "Judiciary Department", sub-title "Part III—
Circuit Courts", the same if adopted by the legal and qualified voters

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.