1442 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 820

County", sub-title "County Commissioners and Treasurer",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

187. The Board of County Commissioners of Montgom-
ery County shall have the power and authority to employ an
attorney or firm of attorneys to furnish legal services and
advice to the Board of County Commissioners. Such attorney
or firm of attorneys shall hold office at the pleasure of the
County Commissioners, and shall receive a salary not ex-
ceeding Forty-two Hundred ($4, 200. 00) Dollars a year, pay-
able monthly, in equal installments, which shall be in lieu of
all other fees and compensation for services rendered by such
attorney or firm of attorneys to the said County Commission-
ers, The Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery
County shall have the authority to appoint an assistant attor-
ney to said attorney or firm of attorneys to perform such
legal services as may be assigned to him by said Board of
County Commissioners or by said attorney or firm of attorneys
so employed as hereinbefore provided, and said assistant attor-
ney shall receive a salary not exceeding Eighteen Hundred
($1, 800. 00) Dollars a year, payable monthly in equal install-
ments which shall be in lieu of all other fees and compensation
for services rendered by such assistant attorney to the said
County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners
shall have the authority at any time to employ and compensate
special Counsel when its regular Counsel is disqualified and
also to employ special Counsel for the purpose of preparing
proposed legislation relating to the administration of the
County or its fiscal affairs, or for the purpose of passing upon
the validity of any securities to be issued or purchased by the
County and to pay the fees either out of the proceeds of such
securities if sold, or out of any available funds of the County.
Said Board of County Commissioners are further authorized to
compensate F. Barnard Welsh for services rendered the County
Commissioners subsequent to January 31, 1939. In addi-
tion to the duties hereinabove prescribed, the attorney to the
Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County and
the assistant attorney to said Board of County Commission-
ers shall provide any and all legal advice and services neces-
sary to the Board of Zoning Appeals for Montgomery County,
the County Commissioners of Montgomery County sitting
as the District Council for the Montgomery County Subur-
ban District, the County Commissioners of Montgomery
County sitting as the District Council for that portion of
Montgomery County lying within the Maryland-Washington
Metropolitan District, the Board of Assessment of Mont-
gomery County, the Board of Public Welfare, the Treasurer