390                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 153

ministration] admission and discharge for these children as will
provide for adequate care for the children, and adequate service
to the courts in which they may appear. The State Department
also shall supervise, direct and control the Thomas J. S. Waxter
Children's Center, prescribe minimum qualifications for personnel,
and appoint personnel needed to staff the Thomas J. S. Waxter
Children's Center, all in accordance with the provisions of Article
64A of this Code, title "Merit System".

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 153
(House Bill 86)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 73 (b)
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1963 Supple-
ment), title "Elections," subtitle "Vacancies in Nomination in
General," to correct an error in the election laws relating to
certificates of candidacy for nomination in primary elections.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 73 (b) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1963 Supplement), title "Elections," subtitle "Vacancies in Nomi-
nation in General," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

73.

(b) Whenever any person who has filed a certificate of candidacy
for nomination in any primary election shall, in a writing signed
by him or her, and acknowledged before a justice of the peace or
notary public, notify the officer or board with whom the certificate
of candidacy is required to be filed by this article, at least 65 days
before the said primary that he or she desires to withdraw as a
candidate for such nomination, such certificate of candidacy shall
thereupon be and become void; and the name of any person so with-
drawing shall not be printed upon the ballots to be used at such
primary election. The filing of a valid certificate of withdrawal of
candidacy is a final act of withdrawal; and a person who files such
a certificate of withdrawal may not reinstate his or her candidacy,
unless the time limit for the filing of candidacies has not expired.
No filing fees shall be refunded to persons who withdraw in accord-
ance with this section, subject however to Section 58 of this Code.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.