48 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 18

of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Became effective February 14, 1951.

This bill passed the House of Delegates notwithstanding the
objections of the Governor by a vote of 86 to 17 on February
12, 1951, and in the Senate by a vote of 22 to 6 on February
14, 1951, as required by Article 2, Section 17 of the State
Constitution.

CHAPTER 18
(House Bill 67)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5
of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "County Commissioners, " sub-title "General
Provisions, " relating to the nomination or appointment of a
person to fill a vacancy in the office of county commissioner.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 5 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "County Commissioners, " sub-
title "General Provisions, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5. In case any office of county commissioner shall become
vacant in any county by death, resignation or otherwise, the
Governor, if such vacancy shall occur during the session of the
Senate, shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
appoint, and if such vacancy shall occur during the recess of
the Senate, he shall appoint a proper person or proper persons
to fill such vacancy or vacancies; and the nomination of the
person or persons thus appointed during such recess, or of
some other person in his or their place, shall be made to the
Senate within thirty days after the next meeting of the
legislature. The Governor shall nominate or appoint a THE
person to fill such vacancy from a person whose name shall be
submitted to him in writing by the State Central Committee of
the political party with which the county commissioner, so

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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