1446                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 350

Sex Discrimination — Obsolete Provisions

FOR the purpose of deleting certain provisions that specify
the rights of women to practice law and to hold public
offices and positions and that validate acts of women
notaries public.

BY repealing

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 6

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 68 — Notaries Public

Section 9

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 69 - Officers

Section 10

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, At common law women were prohibited     from

exercising various civil rights including the right to   hold

public office, the right to be a notary public, and     the
right to practice law; and

WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly enacted various
statutes in the early 20th Century which abrogated the
common law and thereby assured women of various civil
rights; and

WHEREAS, The development of the 14th Amendment to the
United States Constitution and the enactment of Maryland's
Equal Rights Amendment, Article 46 of the Maryland
Declaration of Rights, fully assure to Maryland women
equality of rights and make unnecessary the continuation of
certain statutes; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

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