432                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 159

Assessments and Taxation," be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

312A.

The vestries shall be chosen for each parish within this diocese
in the following manner:

Every member of the parish who shall have been entered on the
books of the parish as a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
at least one month preceding the day of parish election, shall have
the right of suffrage for the election of vestrymen at the annual
meeting of such parish and for all other matters which may duly come
before the parish at any annual or special meeting. In the case of a
newly organized parish, the right of suffrage shall extend to all
members of the new congregation for the election of the initial vestry
and the adoption of bylaws. Additional qualifications for suffrage
not inconsistent herewith, if any, shall be contained in bylaws
adopted in accordance with the provisions of (a) hereof, provided
that the age of all voters shall not be less than 18 years of age.

(a) The parishes and separate congregations of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the State of Maryland may by bylaws provide
for the time, place, and manner of calling the annual meeting [and
all special meetings of the parish and the manner of conducting
elections of vestrymen, the number of vestrymen to be elected],
and all special meetings of the parish and the manner of conducting
elections of vestrymen, the number of vestrymen to be elected, and
the length of the terms of the offices of vestrymen. Such bylaws
may be adopted at any annual meeting or special meeting of mem-
bers of the parish or congregation by a vote of two thirds of the
qualified voters present at such meeting. Any bylaws adopted as
authorized by this section shall be subject to amendment, modifica-
tion, or repeal at any annual meeting or special meeting of the parish
or congregation in the same manner as herein provided for adoption
of such bylaws. Subject to the provisions of applicable public law,
parish bylaws shall be in conformity with the constitution and
canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church and of the diocese of said
church wherein the parish is located.

442.

A corporation organized and operating under this subtitle shall
furnish a report to the State Department of Assessments and Taxa-
tion by March 31 of each year showing the names and post-office
addresses of all its shareholders, directors and officers, and shall
certify that all these persons are duly licensed, certified, registered
or otherwise legally authorized to render the appropriate profes-
sional or other personal service in this State. This report shall be
made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department, and
shall not contain fiscal or other information other than that expressly
required by this [subsection] section. It shall be signed by the
president or vice-president and the secretary or an assistant sec-
retary of the corporation, and acknowledged before a notary public
by the persons signing the report. The report shall be filed with the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation, and shall be in lieu
of any regular annual report of corporations otherwise required by
this article. The filing of such reports shall be governed by Sec. 252
of Article 81, as amended from time to time.