4948

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(F) BALTIMORE CITY WARD 26, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH
33, INCLUSIVE, AND 47 THROUGH 51, INCLUSIVE.

(47) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 47 CONSISTS OF:

(A)  BALTIMORE CITY WARDS 23, 24, AND 25 IN THEIR
ENTIRETY;

(B)  BALTIMORE CITY WARD 19, PRECINCTS 3, 4, AND
5;

(C)  BALTIMORE CITY WARD 20, PRECINCTS 19 AND 20;

(D)  BALTIMORE CITY WARD 21, PRECINCTS 2 AND 3;
AND

(E)  BALTIMORE CITY WARD 21, THAT PART OF
PRECINCT 1 THAT LIES SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE THAT RUNS
ALONG THE CENTER OF HARBOR CITY BOULEVARD FROM EUTAW STREET
TO PRATT STREET.

47A.

FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINNING WITH THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL
ELECTIONS OF 1982 AND, FOR PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION, SHALL
BE APPLICABLE BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF
JANUARY, 1983.

47B.

ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ALL OTHER LAWS OR
PARTS OF LAWS, PUBLIC GENERAL OR PUBLIC LOCAL, INCONSISTENT
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, ARE REPEALED TO THE
EXTENT OF ANY SUCH INCONSISTENCY.

47C.

IF ANY PART OF THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING ANY SECTION OR
SUBSECTION OR PORTION OF IT, SHALL BE HELD TO BE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID FOR ANY REASON, THE
UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OR INVALIDITY MAY NOT AFFECT THE
REMAINING PARTS OF THIS SUBTITLE. IT IS THE INTENTION THAT
THE REMAINING PARTS OF THIS SUBTITLE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENACTED
INTO LAW IF THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OR INVALIDITY HAD BEEN
KNOWN. TO THIS END, ALL PARTS OF THIS SUBTITLE ARE DECLARED
TO BE SEVERABLE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Joint
Resolution is intended to remove ambiguities from, and
implement the underlying intent of, the plan for legislative
districting presented by the Governor pursuant to Article
III, Section 5, of the Constitution of Maryland and to make
an internal change within a legislative district to improve,