1393                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 328

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 16-6(b) of Article 33 - Election
Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code
16-6.

(b) Each board, in the preparation of ballots,
shall follow the order designated by the Secretary of
State and shall always place the proposed constitutional
amendments and the other state—wide referenda, if any, in
numerical order as indicated. Constitutional amendments
shall be placed first on the ballots, to be followed by
statewide questions, statewide referenda and by local
questions or referenda in that order. LOCAL QUESTIONS OR
REFERENDA SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY SUCCESSIVE LETTERS OF
THE ALPHABET, RATHER THAN NUMERICALLY. The county
council, county commissioners or the treasurer of the
City of Baltimore shall designate the [numerical]
ALPHABETICAL order of local questions or referenda.

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

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 329
(Senate Bill 406)
AN ACT concerning

Patuxent Institution - Mentally Disordered Prisoners

FOP the purpose of adding the Patuxent Institution to
those institutions which may apply for involuntary
admission of persons in their custody to facilities
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 59 — Mental Hygiene

Section 16

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)