1000 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 506

6. County Boards of Education shall be composed in the
Counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester, Wash-
ington and Montgomery of six members, and in each of the
other counties of three members, who shall be appointed from
the citizens of the county by the Governor for a term of six
years from the first Monday of May next succeeding their
appointment, and they shall hold office until their successors
qualify. Provided that the terms of office of persons who are
members of the County Boards at the time when this act shall
take effect shall not be affected by its provisions; and provided
further in order that the length of the first six regular ap-
pointments under this section in the Counties of Baltimore,
Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester, Washington and Montgomery,
and the first three regular appointments in the other counties
shall be so designated by the Governor that there shall there-
after be one regular vacancy and one regular appointment each
year in the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorches-
ter, Washington and Montgomery, and one regular vacancy
and one regular appointment every two years in each of the
other counties, the Governor shall appoint in the first instance
only two members in the Counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Fred-
erick, Dorchester, Washington and Montgomery, one of whom
he shall designate to hold office for the term of six years, and
the other for the term of five years, from the first Monday in
May, 1918; and in each of the other counties he shall appoint
in the first instance only one member to hold office for the term
of six years, from the first Monday in May, 1918; before the
first Monday in May, 1920, he shall appoint two members in
the Counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester,
Washington and Montgomery for a term of five and six years,
respectively, and one member in each of the other counties for
a term of six years, from the first Monday in May, 1920. And
before the first Monday in May, 1922, he shall appoint two
members in the Counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dor-
chester, Washington and Montgomery, for a term of five and
six years respectively, and one member in each of the other
counties for a term of six years, from the first Monday in
May, 1922. Thereafter, the term of each member appointed
to the Boards from each county shall be six years. The mem-
bers of the Boards shall be appointed solely because of their
character and fitness, but no person shall be appointed to a
Board who is in any way subject to its authority. The State
Superintendent of schools, by and with the approval of the