ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 783

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That immediately
after the passage of this Act or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, and each two years thereafter, the Board of County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall appoint, upon
the recommendation of the Herald Harbor Citizens Associa-
tion, Inc., its successors and assigns, a committee of five resi-
dents of the aforesaid special tax district, who shall serve
without compensation and who shall be duly qualified voters
of the Second Election District of Anne Arundel County, and
taxpayers owning real estate in the said special tax district,
which said committee shall be known as the Herald Harbor
Civic Board. The members of said Board shall within ten
days after they are appointed qualify by taking the oath
prescribed by Section 6, Article I, of the Constitution of the
State, before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County, the said members of said Civic Board shall be sub-
ject to removal at the pleasure of the County Commissioners.
In case of a vacancy, death, removal, or refusal to act, the
Board of County Commissioners shall fill said vacancy as,
soon as practicable, said vacancy to be also filled upon the
recommendation of the Herald Harbor Citizens Association,
Inc. The said Civic Board, as provided for above, shall in-
spect said roads in said tax district and shall annually, or
oftener if necessary, make such recommendations to the Board
of County Commissioners with reference to the administration
of this Act as may appear necessary.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That at the time of
making the annual levy, the said County Commissioners shall
levy on all assessable real property liable to taxation within
the limits of the said special tax district as above designated,
a road tax not in excess of one dollar on each one hundred dol-
lars, which said road tax shall be expended in said special tax
district as provided for above, which tax shall be a special tax
in addition to the general taxes provided for by law. The
Treasurer of Anne Arundel County is hereby authorized to
retain from the amount realized from the special tax levy as
herein provided, an amount to cover administrative costs from
said fund not to exceed five per cent, of the amount collected.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this is an emer-
gency law, and shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.