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1963, CHAPTER 744

Office of the Secretary of State
Annapolis, Maryland

I, Lloyd L. Simpkins, Secretary of State of the State of
Maryland, pursuant to the direction contained in Section 172 (c)
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1957 Edition),
Do Hereby Certify, that at the General Election held in the State of
Maryland on November 3, 1964, an Act known as Chapter 744 of the
Acts of 1963 was submitted to the voters of the State of Maryland,
pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT to propose amendments to certain sections of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, being Sections 20 and 40 of Article 4,
title "Judiciary Department", amending the Constitution to
provide that in Montgomery County, on and after the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November, 1966, the several
judges of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County shall sit
alternately in rotation as an Orphans' Court for said County,
exercising all the power, authority, and jurisdiction which
Orphans' Courts now or hereafter have or exercise; to eliminate
the election of Orphans' Court judges in Montgomery County;
and to provide for the submission of these amendments to the
qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection at
the next general election.

and I do certify that at said election 337,553 votes were cast
in favor of the adoption of Chapter 744 of the Acts of 1963, and
159,439 votes were cast against adoption of said Chapter 744 of
the Acts of 1963, the said Act has therefore been ratified by a
majority of the qualified voters of the State of Maryland.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed my official seal at the City of
Annapolis, this 1st day of December, 1964.

(Secretary of
State's Seal)

(s) LLOYD L. SIMPKINS,

Secretary of State.