1858 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1049

Commissioners and the residents of Montgomery County on all
matters pertaining to public utilities and public transportation
services affecting the said County and its residents, before
the Public Service Commission of Maryland, the public utili-
ties authorities of the District of Columbia, or the Federal
Government, and before the various public and private utility
agencies which now or may hereafter serve said County and the
residents thereof. In addition to the duties hereinbefore pre-
scribed said Public Utility Agent shall advise and represent
said Board of County Commissioners on matters pertaining
to rates of service, and in connection therewith to investigate
the service given by, the rates charged by, and the valuation of
the properties of, the various public utilities and transporta-
tion services now or hereafter serving said County and its
residents. Such Public Utility Agent shall be a lawyer with
reasonable public utility and corporate experience, as well as
reasonable experience in governmental administration, and he
shall serve on a part-time basis and hold office at the pleasure
of and receive such salary as the said Board of County Com-
missioners of Montgomery County may provide.

It shall be requisite of said Public Utility Agent that he
shall maintain regularly advertised office hours in either the
Bethesda or Silver Spring County Buildings and shall make a
continuous effort to coordinate, advise and guide the residents
of the many separate communities within Montgomery County
in their efforts to obtain improved public services, and he shall
cooperate and assist in the preparation of all procedure and
rules and regulations pertaining to the operation and control
of taxicabs within Montgomery County as now or hereafter
may be provided by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all public
local laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1049.
(House Bill 740)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 282
of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Dogs", as the same was enacted by Section 1 of Chapter
717, Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, Session of