Ch. 425                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                   887

Public Works, declare that the taxes required by this section shall not be collected
or levied in such ensuing taxable year.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all matters
committed by this Act to the discretion of the Board of Public Works shall be
determined by a majority of said Board.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , if any portion
(word, sentence, paragraph, proviso or section) of this Act shall be held invalid for
any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and such
invalid portion shall be considered severed and deleted from this Act.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1973, contingent upon the passage of a bill increasing the aggregate
maximum guarantee or insurance limits of the Maryland Industrial Development
Financing Authority, and if such bill does not become effective, this Act shall be
null and void without the necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 425
(Senate Bill 711)

AN ACT to add new Section 3-1 (c) to Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Election
Code," subtitle "Registration of Voters-General Provisions," to follow
immediately after Section 3-1(b) thereof, to provide for voter registration by
mail in certain counties and Baltimore City under the supervision of the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws and generally relating [[thereto]] to
regulations and procedures for implementation of voter registration by mail
programs.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That new Section 3-1(c) be and it is hereby added to Article 33 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Election Code," subtitle "Registration of Voters-General
Provisions," to follow immediately after Section 3-1 (b) thereof, and to read as
follows:

3-1.

(c) IN HOWARD, HARFORD, PRINCE. GEORGE'S AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE CITY, A VOTER
REGISTRATION-BY-MAIL PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND
ADMINISTERED BY GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS FOR ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
ELECTIONS, FOLLOWING THE GENERAL REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE. REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL
BE DESIGNED TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO SUPPLY
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS TO ASCERTAIN THE QUALIFICATIONS
OF THE VOTER APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION BY MAIL, AND TO
PREVENT FRAUDULENT REGISTRATIONS. THE INFORMATION