3986 ARTICLE 17.

first submitted to the Commission for approval, disapproval or sugges-
tions, and the Commission shall have been allowed a reasonable time, not
less than thirty days, for consideration and report. Similarly, in the
original zoning regulations enacted by the District Councils, there shall
be no change in or departure from the plan submitted by the Commission
until and unless such change or departure shall first be submitted to the
Commission for its approval, disapproval or suggestions, and the Commis-
sion shall have been allowed a reasonable time, not less than thirty days
for consideration and report. Before any regulation or regulations author-
ized by this section and Sections 739, 740 and 741 of this subtitle may
be passed, the District Council shall hold a public hearing thereon and
shall give thirty days' notice of the time and place thereof in two news-
papers of general circulation respectively in the county in which the prop-
erty is located, and during said thirty days the text or copy of the text
of the regulations, together with the map or maps forming part of or
referred to in the regulations shall be on file for public examination in
the office of the clerks of the County Commissioners of said County. The
cost of advertising in connection with publication of proposed changes
in the zoning regulations or maps shall be paid by the persons or corpora-
tions making application for such changes.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 24.

743. There are hereby, created and established two boards of zoning
appeals—one for Montgomery County and one for Prince George's Coun-
ty. Each Board of Zoning Appeals shall consist of three (3) members,
who shall be residents of that portion of the District within their respec-
tive counties and who shall be appointed by the respective Boards of
County Commissioners. The terms of members shall be four years each,
except that one of the first three members appointed to each Board of
Zoning Appeals shall be for a term of one year. The member appointed
for a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term. All meetings of the
Boards of Zoning Appeals shall be public and they shall organize annu-
ally and elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. They shall act by resolu-
tion in which two members must concur. The compensation of members
shall be fixed by the respective Boards of County Commissioners of said
two counties and said County Commissioners may provide said boards of
zoning appeals with such executive and clerical assistance as may be
deemed necessary. The respective boards of County Commissioners are
hereby authorized to levy annually on all the assessable property within
that portion of the District within their Counties an amount sufficient to
pay the compensation and expenses of the boards of zoning appeals and
their necessary executive and clerical assistance. The boards of zoning
appeals shall adopt, from time to time, such rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the regulations
enacted by the respective District Councils and all their resolutions, orders
and decisions shall be in accordance therewith.