1690                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 583

COUNTY, may prescribe by rule for service by registered or certified

mail of papers other than those previously specified in this section.

FOR REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL SERVICE, NOT IN-
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. IN MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY, A MAJORITY OF THE JUDGES OF THE
PEOPLE'S COURT MAY PRESCRIBE BY RULE FOR SERVICE
OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL.

118.

(A) ANY DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CASE
PENDING BEFORE ANY TRIAL MAGISTRATE MAY HAVE
THE CASE REMOVED TO ANOTHER TRIAL MAGISTRATE IN
THE SAME COUNTY BY FILING AT ANY TIME BEFORE
TRIAL AN AFFIDAVIT, EXECUTED BY THE DEFENDANT
OR HIS AGENT OR ATTORNEY BEFORE ANY PERSON AU-
THORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS, STATING THAT HE
DOES NOT BELIEVE SUCH DEFENDANT CAN HAVE A FAIR
AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL BY THE TRIAL MAGISTRATE BE-
FORE WHOM THE CASE IS PENDING, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT IN KENT [COUNTY] AND CECIL COUNTIES THE NO-
TICE OF REMOVAL HEREINBEFORE PROVIDED FOR MUST
BE GIVEN AT LEAST FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS PRIOR TO
THE TIME AT WHICH THE CASE SOUGHT TO BE REMOVED
IS SET FOR TRIAL.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 583
(House Bill 308)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5-104 (b)
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Decedents' Estates," subtitle V "Opening
the Estates," providing that certain individuals shall be allowed
to serve as administrators and executors of estates.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5-104 (b) of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Decedents' Estates," sub-
title V "Opening the Estate," is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:           

5-104.

(b) Letters shall not be granted to a person who, at the time
any determination of priority is made, has filed with the register
a declaration in writing that he renounces his right to administer
or is