624                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 386

234. (a) A qualified voter, who, on the occurrence of any primary,
[or] general [or], special or BALTIMORE CITY municipal election,
may be unavoidably absent from the State of Maryland, for what-
ever reason on the day of election, may vote as an absentee voter
under this sub-title. A voter who is otherwise qualified and who is
also a full-time and regular student in a bona fide school, college,
hospital or similar institution and who is unavoidably absent from
the county or Baltimore City in which he is registered, as the case
may be, on the occurrence of any primary or general or special
election, also may vote as an absentee voter under this sub-title.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared 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 April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 386
(Senate Bill 633)

AN ACT to add new Section 203B to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Washington County (1957 Edition, being Article 22 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Washington County",
to follow immediately after the various Sections 203A thereof, as
such Sections were added by Chapters 197, 402, and 409 of the
Acts of 1961, said new Section 203B to be under the new sub-title
"Deer Damage Commission", providing for the creation of a Deer
Damage Commission of Washington County, defining the powers
and purposes thereof, providing for the appointment and terms of
its members, and providing for the reimbursement of its members
for actual expenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 203B be and it is hereby added to the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Washington County (1957 Edition, being Article
22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Washington
County", to follow immediately after the various Sections 203A
thereof, as such Sections were added by Chapters 197, 402, and 409
of the Acts of 1961, said new Section 203B to be under the new sub-
title "Deer Damage Commission", and to read as follows:

Deer Damage Commission

203B. (a) There is hereby created a commission of five persons,
to be known as the Deer Damage Commission of Washington County.
The Commission shall study, review and make recommendations with
regard to problems resulting from damage by deer to orchards, farms,
and other lands in Washington County. In making such studies, re-
views, and recommendations, the Commission shall give due consider-
ation to accepted practices and policies of wildlife conservation, to
the maintenance of the County as a leading area for sportsmen, and
the damage to the economy of the County and its landowners from