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generally relating to the abolition of the Caroline
County Board of Recreation and Parks.

BY repealing

The Public Local Laws of Caroline County
Section 403 and 404

Article 6 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1965 Edition and 1980 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 read(s) as follows:

Article 6 - Caroline County

[403.

(a)  The County Commissioners of Caroline County are
hereby authorized to establish a Board of Recreation and
Parks with powers and duties hereinafter specified.

(b)  The Board shall consist of seven members,
appointed by the County Commissioners, of whom one shall be
first recommended by the County Board of Education from its
membership or otherwise, and one of whom shall be a member
of the Board of County Commissioners. All members of the
Board, except the County Commissioner member who shall serve
for his elected term of office, shall be appointed for four
years from the first day of January of the year of their
appointments or until their successors are appointed. The
members of the Board, other than the County Commissioner
member, when first appointed, shall be divided into three
classes. The initial terms of those in the first class
shall be for four years; of those in the second class, three
years; and of those in the third class, two years.
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. In the appointment of Board
members the County Commissioners shall give due regard to
population and geography. All members of the Board shall
serve without compensation.

(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 it may deem necessary. The
Board is authorized to determine all questions of general
policy relating to parks and public recreation in the county