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wise to assault a policeman while the said policeman is acting in his
official capacity.

(b)   Violation of this section is a felony MISDEMEANOR pun-
ishable by imprisonment not to exceed fifteen FIVE years.

(c)   This section is only applicable to Baltimore City.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not apply
to any assault on a policeman which occurred prior to June 1, 1965,
nor shall any person be charged on any information or indictment
after June 1, 1965, for any act or occurrence alleging the crime of an
assault on police which occurred before June 1, 1965.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 641
(Senate Bill 162)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 21 of Article 2 of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Executive Department", increas-
ing the annual salary of the Governor and correcting the wording
of this section, and providing that this amendment shall be sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption and
rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(Three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section 21 of Article 2 of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, title "Executive Department", the same, if
adopted by the legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided,
to become a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

21.

The Governor shall reside at the seat of government, and, from
and after the [second] fourth Wednesday in January [1955] 1967,
shall receive for his services an annual salary of [Fifteen] Thirty
five TWENTY-FIVE Thousand Dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said aforegoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the State
of Maryland shall, at the next general election to be held in November,
1966, 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 the State of Maryland, and at the
said general election the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendment", and