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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That IF the provisions that
are set forth in Sections 1, 2 or 4 of this bill or any combination
thereof less than both ALL THREE provisions, are declared invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, that determination shall not
affect the validity of any other provision of this bill, and that if the
provisions set forth in Section 1, 2, and 4 are all declared invalid by
a court of competent jurisdiction, that determination shall not affect
the validity of the provisions set forth in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of
this bill.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the foregoing sections
hereby proposed as amendments to the Constitution of Maryland,
in Section 3 of this Act, at the next ensuing general election to be held
in this State, shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions
contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election, the vote on the said proposed amendments
to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendments"
and "Against the Constitutional Amendments" as now provided by
law, and immediately after said election, all returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against said proposed amend-
ments, as directed by said Article 14 of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article 14.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 577
(House Bill 92)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 88(a)
and 88(b) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967
Replacement Volume), title and subtitle "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subheading "Desertion of Wife or Child," and to add a new

Section 88(E) thereto, to follow immediately after Section 88(d)

thereof, to provide that any non-support order issued by a court of
competent jurisdiction in the State shall be a lien on defendant's
salary EXCEPT SALARIES OF STATE AND BALTIMORE
CITY EMPLOYEES upon notification to the employer by the
Probation Department, and providing further that it shall be a
misdemeanor for any business, company, or other institution to
discharge or fail to hire said defendant because of such support

decree.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 88(a) and 88(b) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume), title and subtitle "Crimes
and Punishments," subheading "Desertion of Wife or Child," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments; and that
new Section 88(e) be and it is hereby added thereto, to follow immedi-
ately after Section 88(d) thereof, and all to read as follows: