1530 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 535

the Acts of 1949, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and that a new section be and
it is hereby added to said Article, said new section to be
known as Section 7C, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 7B, as said section was enacted by Chapter 526 of the
Acts of 1949 and to be under the sub-title "Chapter 2,
Formation of Boards, " and all to read as follows:

6. County Boards of Education shall be composed in
the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester,
Washington, Somerset and Montgomery of six members,
and in each of the other counties (except Anne Arundel
[and], Caroline and Charles Counties, for which separate
provisions are made by Sections 7 [and]. 7B and 7C of
this Article), of three members, who shall be appointed
from the citizens of the county by the Governor for a term
of six years from the first Monday in May next succeeding
their appointment, and they shall hold office until their
successors qualify. Provided that the terms of office of
persons who are members of the County Boards on pas-
sage of this Act shall not be affected by its provisions; and
provided further that on or before the first Monday in
May of 1929, the Governor shall appoint in the Counties
of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester, Washington,
Somerset and Montgomery, two members, one for a term
of five years and one for a term of six years from the first
Monday in May, 1929. Thereafter the term of each mem-
ber appointed to the Boards from each County (except
Anne Arundel) shall be six years. And provided further
that in Somerset County, the members of the Board shall
be appointed in the manner hereinafter described from the
following election districts of said county: one member
from Tangier, Damesquarter and St. Peters; one member
from Mt. Vernon, Princess Anne No. 1 and Princess Anne
No. 2; one member from Dublin, Westover and Fair-
mount; one member from Brinkleys No. 1, Brinkleys No.
2 and Lawsons; one member from Crisfield No. 1, Cris-
field No. 2 and Asbury; and one member from Deals Island
and Smiths Island. The members of the Boards shall be
appointed solely because of their character and fitness,
hue no person shall be appointed to a 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 pro-
visions 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