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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 326

The Public Local Laws of Charles County
Section 336(b), (c), (d), and (g)
Article 9 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1969 Edition and 1977 Supplement, as amended)

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of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as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

Article 9 - Charles County

336.

(a)  There is established a Board of Parks and
Recreation, with powers and duties as specified in this
subtitle.

(b)  The Board shall consist of seven members [of whom
one shall be selected by the Board of Education of Charles
County, four shall be selected] APPOINTED by the County
Commissioners[, one by the Charles County Chamber of
Commerce, and one by the Governor]. All members of the
Board shall be appointed for four years from the first day
of January of the year of their appointments, or until their
successors are appointed. Vacancies, except those at the
expiration of a term, shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointments and for the unexpired term. All
members of the Board shall serve without compensation,
except that they may be reimbursed for necessary and proper
expenses incurred while performing their duties thereon.

(c)  The Board shall annually select a chairman and a
vice chairman from its membership[; and it shall also select
a secretary and a treasurer, who may or may not be members
thereof. The Board may require the treasurer to give bond
in such amount as it may determine, and it is further
authorized to adopt all necessary rules and regulations for
the conduct of its business and for the protection of
properties under its control]. The Board shall hold such
regular and special meetings as it may deem necessary. The
Board is authorized to determine all questions of general
policy relating to parks and public recreation in Charles
County and to supervise the expenditure of funds
appropriated to these purposes. It may appoint advisory
committees or panels to assist in the exercise of its
[powers and functions] RESPONSIBILITIES.

(d)  The Board with the approval of the County
Commissioners, may accept real and personal property of all
kinds, suitable for public parks, open space programs, and
recreational purposes, legal title to which shall always be
in the Board of County Commissioners. The County
Commissioners shall appropriate in the annual budget of the
county a sum of money to defray the expenses of the Board,