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number of persons to be selected. A vacancy created in
the ex-officio membership of the County Board shall be filled
by the Board of County Commissioners alone.

(d) Any member of any County Board who shall fail to
attend meetings of such Board for a period of six consecu-
tive months may be considered to have resigned, and the
Chairman of such Board shall forward or cause to be for-
warded to the State Department of Public Welfare the name
of such member, with the statement of such non-attendance,
and the State Board may thereupon, in its discretion, declare
that a vacancy exists and proceed to have it filled by appoint-
ment for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner
provided in the aforegoing sub-section (c).

(e) If any member of any County Board, except the County
Commissioner serving thereon, becomes a candidate for
political office, or accepts public office by election or appoint-
ment during his tenure of office on such County Board, such
candidacy for or acceptance of public office shall be con-
sidered as his resignation as a member of such County Board,
and the Chairman of such Board shall forward or cause to
be forwarded to the State Department of Public Welfare
the name of such member, with the statement of such candi-
dacy for or acceptance of public office. The State Board
shall thereupon declare that a vacancy exists on such County
Board and proceed to have it filled by appointment for the
remainder of the unexpired term in the manner provided in
the aforegoing sub-section (c).

(f) Each County Board shall select its own chairman
annually.

The County Boards shall in their respective counties ap-
point the personnel necessary for the proper administration
of this Article, which power of appointment shall be subject
to the conditions prescribed in Section 9 of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 699.
(House Bill 47)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sec-
tions (a) and (c) of Section 15 and Sections 16, 19, 25
and 26 of Article 30 of the Annotated Code of Maryland