568 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 320

nomination shall be so certified shall be placed on the ballot
at the1 ensuing general election as a candidate for the office
of County Commissioner of Montgomery County. At the
next ensuing General Election in which County Commis-
sioners are to be elected and every four years thereafter,
the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall place on the
general ticket to be voted for by the qualified voters of Mont-
gomery County, the names of all persons so nominated for
the office of County Commissioner of Montgomery County
and the seven persons in the respective Commissioner Dis-
tricts receiving the highest number of votes shall be returned
and constitute the Board of County Commissioners.

Section 127-C. Montgomery County is hereby divided
into seven Districts to be known as "Commissioner Dis-
tricts, " said Districts to be as follows:

The first and eighth Election Districts of Montgomery
County shall constitute and be "Commissioner District No.
1" of said County. The second and twelfth Election Dis-
tricts of Montgomery County shall constitute and be "Com-
missioner District No. 2" of said County. The third and
eleventh Election Districts of said County shall constitute

and be "Commissioner District No. 3. " The fourth and
tenth Election Districts of said County shall constitute and
be "Commissioner District No. 4. " The fifth and thirteenth
Election Districts of said County shall constitute and be
"Commissioner District No. 5. " The sixth and ninth Elec-
tion Districts of said County shall constitute and be "Com-
missioner District No. 6. " The seventh Election District of
said County shall constitute and be "Commissioner District
No. 7. " Seven persons who shall be residents, voters and
taxpayers of Montgomery County and seven persons so elected
shall compose and constitute the. Board of County Commis-
sioners for Montgomery County. In the event of a vacancy
caused by death, resignation or otherwise, the person ap-
pointed to serve as successor shall be a registered voter,
resident and taxpayer of Montgomery County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That nothing con-
tained in this Act shall in any manner affect or diminish
the powers, duties, compensation, numbers, or term of office
of the County Commissioners of Montgomery County, elected
at the General Election in the year 1926, in accordance with
existing General and Local Laws defining and limiting such