SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         565

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 336 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Injuries—
Reports of," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

336.

Whenever any physician, pharmacist, dentist, hospital or nurse
treats any person for an injury which was caused by or shows
evidence of having been caused by an automobile accident or by a
lethal weapon he or she, or in the case of a hospital, the individual
then in charge thereof, shall, as soon as practicable, notify either the
sheriff of the county, the county police, the municipal police, or the
State Police of such fact, giving such person's name and address, if
known, a description of the injury, and any other facts concerning
the affair which might assist in the detection of crime. Any such
person failing so to report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable in any court of competent criminal jurisdiction by a fine
not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The provisions of this
section shall only apply in Charles, Kent, Montgomery, Talbot,
Somerset [and], Prince George's, and Anne Arundel counties.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 238
(House Bill 392)

AN ACT to add new Section 393 to Article 93 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966 Supplement),
title "Testamentary Law," subtitle "Wills," to follow immediately
after Section 392 thereof, relating to the effect of certain tax
elections given to a fiduciary under the tax laws of the United
States, and the effect of provisions in a will or other controlling
instrument on the exercise of such elections by a fiduciary.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 393 be and it is hereby added to Article 93 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966
Supplement), title "Testamentary Law," subtitle "Wills," to follow
immediately after Section 392 thereof, and to read as follows:

393. Tax elections by fiduciaries.

(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided by a will, or other con-
trolling instrument, under which a trust is created or other pro-
vision made whereby any person is given an interest in income, an
estate for years or for life, or other temporary interest in any
property or fund and, under any tax law of the United States, the
executor, administrator, or other person acting in a fiduciary ca-
pacity for the deceased maker of such will or other instrument