J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      759

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 547
(Senate Bill 472)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 46 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1957 Edition, being
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Howard County", sub-title "County Commissioners and County
Collectors", making the provisions for appointment of a clerk to
the Board of County Commissioners of Howard County directory
and not mandatory.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 46 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County
(1957 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Howard County", sub-title "County Commissioners
and County Collectors", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

46. The County Commissioners of Howard County [shall] may
at their first regular meeting, held in the month of May in each year,
annually appoint some suitable person who shall be a resident of
said county, clerk to their board, who, before entering upon the
duties of his said office, shall make oath in due form of law, before
the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, to well and faithfully
perform the duties of clerk to the County Commissioners of Howard
County, and shall also execute and deliver to said County Com-
missioners a good and sufficient bond with such surety or sureties
as may be approved by them, in the penalty of Five Thousand
($5,000) Dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties as clerk to the said County Commissioners, which said bond
shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for
said county, and a copy thereof duly certified by said clerk, shall be
evidence in any court in this State; and should said clerk fail to
execute such bond as aforesaid, within thirty days after he shall
have been appointed, or should said office at any time become vacant
by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the said County Com-
missioners [shall,] may, within fifteen days thereafter, proceed to
fill the same by the appointment of some such suitable person for
the remainder of the term for which said appointment shall have
been made, and such appointee shall in like manner make oath and
execute a bond for the performance of his duties in the manner and
within the time aforesaid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.