174                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 184

CHAPTER 183
(House Bill 349)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 350 (b)
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Wills", to correct a refer-
ence to the number of states in the United States in a section
relating to certain requirements for the validity of wills and holo-
graphic wills.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 350 (b) of Article 93 of the Annotated of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Wills", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

350.

(b) No devise or bequest which is entirely in the handwriting of
the devisor and signed by him shall be void or ineffective for lack
of attesting witnesses, if, at the time it is made, the devisor is
outside the area of the United States and is serving with any of the
armed forces of the United States; but no such unattested devise or
bequest shall be valid or effective after the expiration of one year
from the date of the devisor's discharge from the armed forces if
the devisor is living and possesses testamentary capacity at the
time of such expiration. As used in this section, the term "area of
the United States" shall mean only the area lying within the [forty-
eight] fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 184
(House Bill 352)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 503 to 520, inclusive, of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition, being Article 1
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany
County", sub-title "Schools", sub-heading "Teachers—Pensions"
repealing a set of obsolete local laws for Allegany County which
relate to an old teachers' retirement fund for certain teachers in
the county.

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.