J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               439

Forest", to follow immediately after Section 322 thereof, pro-
viding for the establishment of a Special Tax Zone in the Second
Election District of Anne Arundel County to be known as Epping
Forest and providing for the levying of special taxes in said dis-
trict for the benefit of the residents thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 322A to 322D, inclusive, be and they are hereby
added to the Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel County
(1947 Edition, being Article 2 of the Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Anne Arundel County", and to be under the new sub-
title "Epping Forest", to follow immediately after Section 322
thereof, and all to read as follows:

Epping Forest

322A. That the property now located in the Second Election Dis-
trict of Anne Arundel County, lying within the Subdivision known
as "Epping Forest", and described as follows, shall be, and the
same is hereby, constituted a special tax zone:

Beginning for the same at a point in the said subdivision where
Clements Path leads to Clements Bay and running thence down
Clements Path and Clements Trail to Daneseye Trail, thence up
Daneseye Trail to Holly Trail, thence down Holly Trail to Clements
Trail to Epping Way, thence with the north side of Epping Way to
Plompton Way, thence to Epping Way, thence down Epping Way
to the west side of Lot No. 8 in Block No. 70, thence with the west
side of Lot No. 26 in Block No. 70 to Ramshorn Trail, thence down
Ramshorn Trail to Chelmerford Trail, thence up Chelmerford Trail
to Salt Pan Bay, thence with the outlines of Salt Pan Bay, the
Severn River and Clements Bay to the point of beginning. All as is
shown on plats entitled "Epping Forest", recorded among the Plat
Records of Anne Arundel County in Plat Book No. 1, page 39,
Book No. 1, page 47, and Book No. 2, page 3.

322B. That immediately after this Act becomes effective, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, and annually thereafter, Epping
Forest, Incorporated, a community organization duly constituted
under the laws of the State of Maryland, the membership of which
comprises the taxpayers owning real estate in said special tax zone,
shall elect, from among the membership of said Corporation, a Board
consisting of a President and ten Directors, who shall serve without
compensation. The Board of County Commissioners of Anne Arun-
del County shall recognize and appoint the aforesaid Board as the
civic government body of Epping Forest, which body shall be known
as the Board of Directors of Epping Forest, Incorporated. The
members of the said Board shall, within ten days after they are
appointed, qualify by taking the oath prescribed by Section Six,
Article One, of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. In case
of a vacancy due to death, removal, or refusal to act, the Board of
County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall fill said
vacancy as soon as practicable, in the manner as hereinafter pro-
vided. In case of a vacancy due to death, removal or refusal to act,
the President of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to appoint,
as the need may be, the director or directors, necessary to fill the
unexpired terms, of the director or directors who are unable, or
removed, or refuse to act, provided that the number of Directors