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that county, shall be elected by the duly qualified voters of that county in
accordance with the provisions of § 3, Article IV of the Constitution of Maryland
and shall be selected in the manner provided by § 5 of Article IV of the
Constitution of Maryland and shall be subject to all the provisions of the
Constitution and laws relating to the 3rd judicial circuit and the several judges
thereof.]

IN ADDITION TO THE TWO CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES FOR
HARFORD COUNTY FOR WHICH PROVISION NOW IS MADE BY
SECTION 21 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND
AND BY CHAPTER 847, 1963 LAWS OF MARYLAND, THERE SHALL BE
A THIRD JUDGE WHO SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF HARFORD
COUNTY SUBJECT TO ELECTION BY THE VOTERS THEREOF AS
PROVIDED BY SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
MARYLAND, AND SELECTED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY
SECTION 5 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND,
AND SUBJECT TO ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND LAWS RELATING TO THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND THE
SEVERAL JUDGES THEREOF. [[THE THIRD JUDGE SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR BETWEEN DECEMBER 15, 1974 AND
JANUARY 1, 1975.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, [[1973]] 1974.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 607
(House Bill 1109)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 139A (a) of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Crimes
and Punishments," subtitle "I. Crimes and Punishments," subheading
"Explosives," to apply the provisions of this section to any person
manufacturing, assembling, using, or possessing any container containing
incendiary liquids.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 139A(a) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle
"I. Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Explosives," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

139 A.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, use or possess in
this State, any device commonly known as a [[gasoline]] FIRE bomb or a
Molotov cocktail. Such a device is defined as any [breakable] container which is
filled with an incendiary liquid and into which, or attached to which, a fuse is
placed and ignited, resulting in the explosion of the container.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.