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27-7.

(b) The ballots shall contain the words "Absentee Ballot" printed in large letters
in a clear space at the top of each paper ballot or of each punchcard and covering
folder as the case may be. If paper ballots are used, underneath these words shall
be printed the following warning: "Mark ballot by placing X in proper blank after
each candidate or question. Do not erase or make identifying mark." If punchcard
ballots are used, underneath these words on each punchcard shall be printed the
following warning: "Mark ballot by punching out the circled cross after each
candidate or question indicating your choice. Do not repair or make identifying
mark." If both sides of one or more punchcards are used to accommodate the
ballot, the words "vote both sides" and the other wording required by this
subsection shall appear on both sides of each punchcard. Where punchcards are
used, these instructions may appear on stubs attached to the cards which may be
removed after the absentee voter has voted. The designation of the election district
or ward and the precinct shall be left blank on paper ballots on the back and
outside of said ballots and on punchcard ballots on each punchcard and on the
outside of the covering folders for said ballots, and such designation shall be [filed]
FILLED in by the appropriate board before being sent to any registered absentee
voter.

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

Approved April 10, 1973.

CHAPTER 17
(Senate Bill 671)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19(g) of Article 49B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Human Relations Commission," subtitle "Discrimination in
Employment," correcting certain errors in the laws relating to discrimination in
employment.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 19(g) of Article 49B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Human
Relations Commission," subtitle "Discrimination in Employment," is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

19.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, (1) it shall not be an
unlawful employment practice for an employer to hire and employ employees, for
an employment agency to classify, or refer for employment any individual, for a
labor organization to classify its membership or to classify or refer for
employment any individual, or for an employer, labor organization or joint
labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or
[retaining] RETRAINING programs to admit or employ any individual in any
such program, on the basis of his religion or national origin in those instances
where sex, age, religion or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification
reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or
enterprise; (2) it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to