1106                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 501

"Qualification and Selection of Jurors", to follow immediately
after Section 8 thereof, revising the laws relating to the selection
of jurors by prohibiting disqualification by reason of beliefs
against capital punishment.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 8A be and it is hereby added to Article 51 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title
"Juries", subtitle "Qualification and Selection of Jurors", to follow
immediately after Section 8 thereof, and to read as follows:

8A.

Hereafter no person shall be disqualified for service as a juror of
this State by reason of his beliefs against capital punishment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 501

(Senate Bill 407)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 72 of
Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume), title "Chancery", subtitle "Adoption", to provide for
guardianship with consent to long-term care of children short of
adoption.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 72 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume), title "Chancery", subtitle "Adoption",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

72.

(a)  A petition for adoption, as hereinafter described, may be
preceded by a petition for guardianship with the right to consent to
adoption, and such guardianship decree, which the courts having
jurisdiction of adoption matters may require and shall have power
to grant after such hearing and investigation as the court may deem
appropriate, shall terminate natural parental rights, and the duly
appointed guardian's consent to an adoption, for which the petition
may be filed in the same proceeding, shall eliminate the necessity
of further notice to the natural parent or parents. In all respects
not mentioned in this section, adoption proceedings preceded by a
guardianship petition, as herein described, shall conform to the
procedure outlined in this subtitle and in the Maryland Rules for
adoptions generally.

(b)  Any person permitted to file a petition under subsection (a)
of this section may file a petition for guardianship with the right to
consent to long-term care short of adoption. Said petition may be filed