HARRY HUGHES, Governor

5379

This bill authorizes the creation of a State debt. The
proceeds of this loan are to be used as a grant to assist in
the design, construction, alterations and an addition,
including equipment, to the Carroll County Jail.

Senate Bill 753, which was passed by the General
Assembly and signed by me on June 1, 1982, accomplishes the
same purpose. Therefore it is not necessary for me to sign
House Bill 1837.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 1890

AN ACT concerning

Firearms - Short-Barreled Rifles and Short-Barreled Shotguns

FOR the purpose of amending the law relating to

short barreled rifles and short barreled shotguns to
provide that a person may not possess such firearms and

that certain provisions of law may not prevent

possession of such firearms if they have been

registered with the United States government in

accordance with United States statutes.

FOR the purpose of altering the prohibition on the
possession of short-barreled rifles and short-barreled
shotguns; providing exceptions for certain persons and
for certain short-barreled rifles and short-barreled
shotguns which have been registered in a certain
manner; and allocating the burden of proving a certain
fact to a certain party in a certain prosecution.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 481C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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