1280 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 527

passage of this Act shall not be affected by its provisions;
and provided further that on or before the first Monday in
May, 1949, the Governor shall appoint in Caroline County
three members, one for a term of one year, one for a term of
three years and one for a term of five years, from the first
Monday in May, 1949. Thereafter the term of each member
appointed to the Board of Education for Caroline County
shall be five years.

(b) The members of the said Board shall be appointed
solely because of their character and fitness, but no person
shall be appointed to the Board who is in any way subject to
its authority. The State Superintendent of Schools by and
with the approval of the Governor, may remove any member
of a Board appointed under the provisions of this section for
immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency or wilful
neglect of duty, giving to him a copy of the charges against
him, and an opportunity of being publicly heard in person
or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days'
notice. If any member of a county board shall be removed,
the State Superintendent of Schools shall file in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County for which
the member was appointed, if the member so requests, a com-
plete statement of all charges made against such member,
and the Superintendent's findings thereon, together with a
complete record of the proceedings. Vacancies on said Board,
for any cause, shall be filled by the Governor for the unex-
pired term, and until a successor shall qualify. Any member
of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment, unless other-
wise disqualified by the provisions of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 527
(House Bill 191)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 129-161, inclusive, of the Anne
Arundel County Code (1947 Edition), being Article 2 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-