Charles County Commission has six members
who serve four-year terms (Code 1957, Art. 66B,
sec. 3.02).

Planning Director: Appointed by the Planning
Commission for an indefinite term (Code 1957,
Art. 66B, sec. 3.04).

Board of (Zoning) Appeals: Appointed by the gov-
erning body of the county. In charter government
counties, the County Executive makes the ap-
pointments subject to County Council confirma-
tion. The Board consists of three or five members
who serve three-year terms. In Frederick County,
however, members may be appointed for from one
to three years (Code 1957, Art. 66B, sec. 4.07).

Commercial District Management Authority: The
county governing body specifies the membership,
organization, jurisdiction, and geographical limits
of the Authority. The Authority's purpose, deter-
mined by the county governing body, includes at
least one of the following for the commercial dis-
trict: promotion, marketing, and the provision of
security, maintenance, or amenities (Code 1957,
Art. 25, sec. 3(oo); Art. 25A, sec. 5(FF)).

Historic District Commission: Appointed by the
governing body of the county or Baltimore City.
The Commission consists of from three to seven
persons qualified by special interest, knowledge,
or training in history, architecture, preservation,
urban design, or other relevant fields. Members
serve three-year terms and may be reappointed
(Code 1957, Art. 66B, sec. 8.03).

Sanitary Commission: Appointed by the governing
body of the county. The Commission consists of
three members who serve six-year terms, one term
expiring every two years. In Allegany County the
Commission consists of seven members. In
Charles County a three-member Commission is
appointed for four-year terms. In Dorchester and
Kent counties membership may be enlarged to
five persons. In Garrett and Somerset counties the
Commission has five members (Code 1957, Art.
43, sec. 649).

Economic Development Commission: Appointed
by resolution of the local governing authority.

Agricultural (Land) Preservation Advisory Board:
Appointed by the county governing body. Each
board has five members who serve five-year terms.
At least three members must be commercial farm
owner-operators who earn half or more of their
income from farming. The Board advises the
county governing body and the Maryland Agri-
cultural Land Preservation Foundation (Code Ag-
riculture Article, sec. 2-504.1).

District Forestry Board: Appointed by the Director
of the Forest, Park and Wildlife Service for three-
year terms. Members elect a chairperson and vice-
chairperson every two years (Code Natural Re-
sources Article, sec. 5-605).

Scenic or Wild Rivers Local Advisory Board: Ap-
pointed by the Scenic and Wild Rivers Review
Board with the advice and consent of the local
governing body. The local governing body may es-
tablish a scenic river advisory board for each des-
ignated scenic or wild nver within its jurisdiction.
For those rivers that flow through one county on-
ly, the Board consists of two county residents who
own land contiguous to the river (except for the
Youghiogheny River where land owned must be
contiguous to that portion of the river between
Millers Run and the southern corporate limits of
Friendsville), two who do not own such land, one
representative of the local governing body, and
two members of the soil conservation district. For
those local Boards in which the river flows
through more than one county, each Board con-
sists of no more than two residents of each county
through which the scenic or wild river flows who
own land contiguous to the river, two who do not
own such land, two representatives of the local
governing body of the county through which the
river flows, and one representative of each soil
conservation district. Members select their own
chairperson (Code Natural Resources Article, sec.
8^03).

Roads Board: In Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester,
Garrett, Queen Anne's, Somerset and Worcester
counties the Board of County Commissioners, ex
officio, constitutes the Roads Board. In Wicomico
County the County Council, ex officio, constitutes
the Roads Board. In Frederick County the Roads
Board consists of five members appointed by the
Commissioners for five-year staggered terms, with
one County Commissioner serving as an ex officio,
nonvoting member. In Carroll, Harford and
Washington counties, the County Commissioners
are responsible for county roads, but no specific
legislation constitutes them a Roads Board. In
Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's, Mont-
gomery and Wicomico counties, Departments of
Public Works have charge of roads and are re-
sponsible to the County Council. In Baltimore
County the line of authority runs to the county
Administrative Officer, and thence to the County
Executive. In Calvert, Cecil, Charles, Kent, St.
Mary's and Talbot counties, the State Roads
Commission takes care of county roads (Code
1957, Art. 25, sees. 1, 25, 26, 34-50, 135-155;
Art. 25A, sec. 5; Art. 89B, sec. 220).