854 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 448

regulations shall be on file for public examination in the office
of the clerks of the County Commissioners of said County

SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That there are hereby
created and established two boards of zoning appeals—one for
Montgomery County and one for Prince George's County.
Each Board of Zoning Appeals shall consist of three (3) mem-
bers, who shall be residents of that portion of the District with-
in their respective 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 vacan-
cy shall serve for the unexpired term. All meetings of the
Boards of Zoning Appeals shall be public and they shall organ-
ize annually and elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. They
shall act by resolution in which two members must concur. The
compensation of members shall be as 'fixed by the respective
Boards of County Commissioners of said two counties and said
County Commissioners may provide said boards of zoning ap-
peals with such executive and clerical assistance as may be
deemed necessary. The respective boards of County Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized to levy annually on all the assess-
able property within that portion of the District within their
Counties an amount sufficient to pay the compensation and ex-
penses of the boards of zoning appeals and their necessary
executive and clerical assistance. The boards of zoning ap-
peals 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 ac-
cordance therewith.

SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That no building or
other structure shall be erected in the District without the
issuance of a building permit, and no such permit shall be
given except in conformity with the regulations enacted by
the respective District Councils. In any part of the District
in which there does not now exist provision of law or ordinance
designating an administrative official by whom building per-
mits are to be issued, the District Councils shall designate
such official.

SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That the boards of
zoning appeals shall within ten days after the filing thereof