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the approbation of this State. The position of Notary Public shall
not be considered an office of profit within the meaning of this
Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Declaration of Rights of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland shall, at the next general
election, to be held in this State in the year 1964, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters of the State for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of the directions contained in Article 14 of
the Constitution of this State, and at the said general election, the
vote on the said proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" and "Against the Constitutional Amendment" as now
prescribed by law, and immediately after said election, due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 130
(House Bill 129)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 132 (a)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1963 Supple-
ment), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Birds, Game and Inland
Water Fish," subheading "Upland and Migratory Game Birds and
Game Animals," to change the open seasons for the taking of bear,
male and antlerless deer, to eliminate certain exceptions and special
seasons, to provide for a uniform method of prescribing antlerless
deer seasons throughout the State, and relating generally to the
hunting of deer and bear.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 132 (a) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1963 Supplement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Birds,
Game and Inland Water Fish," subheading "Upland and Migratory
Game Birds and Game Animals," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Sec. 132.

(a) The open season for game birds and game animals shall be
set by regulations of the Game and Inland Fish Commission under
authority conferred upon it by Sec. 115 of this article within the
prescribed dates listed below. The Game and Inland Fish Commis-
sion shall adopt and publish seasons on game birds and game animals
annually on or before April 25 of each year, and antlerless deer sea-
sons, if any, before November 1 of each year, provided, however, that
whenever the Game and Inland Fish Commission, in the exercising
of its powers and authority, restricts or reduces the number of days
normally allowed for the hunting, taking, capturing, killing, posses-
sion, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage or export of