MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1643

FEES, IT MAY ONLY PROVIDE FOR REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES
TO BE SET BY THE COURT IN THE EVENT OF THE FILING OF
SUIT.

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

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER
(House Bill 43)
AN ACT concerning

Special Election - House of Representatives

FOR the purpose of providing that the Governor's
proclamation directing that an election be held to
fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in
Congress must be issued [[at]] within a. certain
tine, and to clarify the language therein.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 22-1 (b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 22-1(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Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed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
22-1.

(b) If a vacancy in the office of Representative in
Congress should occur by death, resignation or otherwise,
the Governor shall, except as hereinafter provided, issue
a proclamation directing that a special primary election
and a special election be held to fill the vacancy. HE
SHALL ISSUE THIS PROCLAMATION WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE
VACANCY OCCURS OR [[WAS HADE KNOWN OR BECAME]] BECOMES
KNOWN TO HIM.