THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1097

basis, AND ON A GENERAL COUNTY-WIDE TICKET;

no designation of party affiliation shall be placed upon
any petition for nomination, nor upon any voting machine or
paper ballot used at any said election. The candidate or can-
didates receiving the highest number or numbers of votes cast
for the office of member of the County Board of Education
shall be declared elected.

(c) Any vacancy on the said Board in an office filled by an
interim incumbent or an elected member resulting from death,
resignation, failure to qualify, or any other reason shall be
filled by the selection by the remaining members of the Board
of a duly qualified person to fill the vacancy. Any person so
selected shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term of
the vacancy or until his successor is elected and qualified.

(d) The Montgomery County Council may remove any mem-
ber of the Board elected or serving 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 the Board of Education shall
be so removed, he shall have the right to a review by the Cir-
cuit Court for Montgomery County in a proceeding de novo.
Upon the initiation of such proceedings for review in the Cir-
cuit Court, the County Council shall forthwith file in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County a
complete statement of all charges made against such member,
and the findings of the Council thereon, together with a com-
plete record of the proceedings.

(e) No member of said Board of Education shall receive
compensation for his services, but shall receive an allowance
of $300. 00, annually or such larger sum for travel and other
expenses as may be provided by the County Council of Mont-
gomery County.

(f) The County Board of Education of Montgomery County
shall perform the functions of County Boards of Education as
provided by State Law and shall have power to adopt by-laws
for regulation and administration of schools within the county
not inconsistent with State Law; provided, however, that all
action shall be accomplished after a public meeting, the formal
record of which shall likewise be public. Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be deemed to deny the power of the Board to meet
and deliberate in executive session provided, however, that all
action of the Board together with the individual vote of each
member shall be a matter of formal public record.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before the pro-
visions of this Act shall become effective, the County Council