J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      715

to make its recommendation ALLOW ANY INCORPO-
RATED MUNICIPALITY IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY 60
DAYS IN WHICH TO MAKE ITS RECOMMENDATION ON
ANY APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN THE ZONING CLAS-
SIFICATION OF ANY PROPERTY WITHIN ITS CONFINES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 78 (d) of Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959, being also
Section 59-83 (d) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1963 Edition) being also Article 17 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, "Park and Planning Commis-
sion," being also Section 84 (d) of the Montgomery County Code
(1960 Edition) being also Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, "Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com-
mission" as last amended by Chapter 630 of the Laws of Maryland
of 1963, subheading "Regional District" AND IT IS HEREBY RE-
PEALED AND RE-ENACTED to read as follows:

78.

(d) Referral to incorporated municipalities. Before the district
council of the Maryland-Washington Regional District in Mont-
gomery County and Prince George's County may amend the zoning
ordinance of either county by changing the zoning classification of
property within any incorporated municipality, the application for
such change shall be referred to the governing body of such in-
corporated municipality for its recommendation, allowing such
governing body if it be within the confines of Prince George's
County sixty (60) days in which to make its recommendation; pro-
vided, that in Montgomery County and Prince George's County a
two-thirds majority of all the members of the district council shall
be required before said council may change the zoning classifica-
tion of property within any incorporated municipality contrary
to the recommendation of such municipality thereon. For purposes
of this section the term "incorporated municipality" shall include
any city, town, village, or any special taxing area which has an
elected local governing body and performs general municipal
functions.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 418
(House Bill 524)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 205(2)
of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Chancery," subtitle "Uniform Absent Persons' Act," amend-
ing the provisions of the Uniform Absent Persons' Act to decrease
the period of time which the court must wait before passing a
final decree declaring all interest of the absentee in his property
ceased when said absentee has been missing for more than twenty
years.