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maternal grandparent survives, to the survivor, or if neither mater-
nal grandparent survives, to the issue of the maternal grandparents,
by representation; in the event that neither of one pair of grand-
parents and none of the issue of either of that pair survives, the one-
half share applicable thereto shall be distributed to the other pair of
grandparents, the survivor of them or the issue of either of them, in
the same manner as prescribed for their half share; or

(c) Great-grandparents and their issue—if there is no surviv-
ing parent or issue of a parent, or surviving grandparent or issue
of a grandparent, one quarter of TO each pair of great-grandparents
equally or all to the survivor thereof, or if neither survives, all to the
issue of either (or of both) of that pair of great-grandparents, by rep-
resentation; in the event that neither member of a pair of great-
grandparents nor any issue of either of that pair survives, the quarter
share applicable thereto shall be distributed equally among the
remaining pairs of great-grandparents (or the survivor of a pair or
issue of either of a pair) of great-grandparents), in the same manner
as prescribed for a quarter share.

3-110.

In the event a descendant, ancestor[, brother or sister], or de-
scendant of [a brother or sister] an ancestor of the decedent, fails
to survive the decedent by thirty (30) full days, he shall be
deemed to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of intestate
succession, and shall not be entitled to the rights of an heir. If
the time of death of the decedent or of the descendant, ancestor,
[brother or sister,] or descendant of [a brother or sister] an an-
cestor of the decedent, who would otherwise be an heir, or the
times of death of both, cannot be determined, so that it cannot be
established that such person has survived the decedent by thirty
(30) full days, such person shall be deemed not to have survived
for the required period.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply only
to estates of persons who die on or after July 1,1972.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 613

(House Bill 1328)

AN ACT to add new Section 3-5A to Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election
Code," subtitle "Registration of Voters—General Provisions," to
follow immediately after Section 3-5 thereof, to provide that a
local election board may require a person seeking to be registered
to vote to submit satisfactory evidence of proof of his birth-
date, to require the State Administrator of Election Laws to