SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       825

PACT" CONFIRM THE PRIMARY RIGHT OF THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE TO CONSTRUCT AND
OPERATE ANY FACILITIES FOR WATER SUPPLY FROM
THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN WHICH IT DETERMINES
TO BE IN ITS OWN INTEREST OR IN THE INTEREST OF ITS
SERVICE AREA TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AND CON-
FIRM THAT THE POWER OF CONDEMNATION POSSESSED
BY THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION PUR-
SUANT TO ARTICLE 15.14 OF THE COMPACT (SECTION 74)
MAY BE EXERCISED ONLY WITH DUE REGARD FOR SUCH
PRIMARY RIGHT.

Sec. 2 3. And be it further enacted, That subject to other pro-
visions in this Act covering the application and effect of the Sus-
quehanna River Basin Compact, particularly those in Section 74
(15.22 thereof), this Act shall take effect on June 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 392
(Senate Bill 154)

AN ACT to repeal in its entirety Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Elections";
and to enact a new Article 33 in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the Article so repealed and to be entitled "Election Code";
to completely revise the election law of the State by repealing all
existing laws and adopting a new Election Code to govern all
aspects of the conduct of elections in this State for federal, State
and local offices, including municipal elections in Baltimore City
but in no other municipality, such revision to provide for a system
of continuous registration of voters, to include a revision of pro-
visions on the use of paper ballots and voting machines and to
combine all procedures for absentee voting and to make other
changes applicable to Boards of Election Supervisors, candidates
for nomination and election, political parties and the conduct of
elections in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1966 Supplement), title "Elections" be and it is hereby repealed
in its entirety; and that a new Article 33 be and it is hereby enacted
in lieu thereof to stand in the place of the Article so repealed and
to be entitled "Election Code," and to read as follows:

ARTICLE 33—

ELECTION CODE

DEFINITIONS
1-1. Definitions; gender references; computation of time.

(a) As used in this Article the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated unless a contrary meaning is clearly intended
from the context in which the term appears: