MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        707

folded and enclosed and sealed in this Ballot Envelope; that I am not
now disqualified from voting under the laws of Maryland.

(Absentee voter must sign his name)

[Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this................day

of....................,19.........

(Notary public or other person au-
thorized to administer oaths)]"

Warning! The Absentee Voting Law provides that anyone who wil-
fully signs any false application or oath, or who wilfully does any act
contrary to the terms and provisions of the Absentee Voting Law
with intent to cast an illegal vote or to aid another in doing so, or who
wilfully violates any of the provisions of that law or who applies for
a ballot under any other name than his own, shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than
two years, or to both, in the discretion of the court,

27-8.

(c) After sealing the Ballot Envelope, you must, in the presence
of a witness, fill in the blanks in the "Oath of Absentee Resident" on
the Ballot Envelope(s) and sign (Do not print) your name on the line
indicated. [You must then swear to the Oath before the witness
who must fill in the date, sign his name and indicate his official
position in the space provided, and, if a notary public, affix his
official seal. The witness must be a notary public or other person
authorized to administer oaths.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 246
(House Bill 33)

AN ACT to repeal Section 15B of Article 78 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Service
Commission Law," subtitle "Public Service Commission," subhead-
ing "People's Counsel," and to enact new Section 15B in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place of the section repealed, providing that
the people's counsel of the Public Service Commission is authorized
to hire experts in the utility regulation field in certain proceedings
before the Commission and generally relating thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 15B of Article 78 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Service Commission Law,"
subtitle "Public Service Commission," subheading "People's Coun-