THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1755

building inspection and enforcement of building and
zoning ordinances in Prince George's County from said
Commission to said County, (h) (G) to provide for
budget hearings by said Commission, and (j) (H) to
define the procedure effecting the Commission's recom-
mendations on zoning amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section be and the same is hereby added to
Chapter 1008 of the Laws of Maryland of 1943 known as
the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District Act,
which said Act is incorporated for convenience of refer-
ence in the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County and in the Montgomery County Code, 1950, said
new Section to follow immediately after Section 2-II of
said Act, to be known as Section 2-II-A and to read as
follows:

II-A. From and after June 1, 1953 not more than two
of the persons appointed to said Commission from each
County pursuant to Section 2-II hereof shall be members
of the same political party and, in making such appoint-
ments, the Governor shall select Republican appointees
from persons recommended by the Republican State Cen-
tral Committees of Montgomery or Prince George's Coun-
ties, as the case may be, and the Democratic members from
among persons recommended by the Democratic State
Central Committees of Montgomery or Prince George's
Counties, as the case may be. In addition to the foregoing,
any persons so appointed shall have possessed the qualifica-
tions for membership on said Commission, as prescribed
by Section 2-H, for periods of not less than three years
prior to their respective appoints.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 2-VII
of said Chapter 1008 of the Laws of Maryland of 1943 be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

VII. Immediately upon the sale of any bonds or notes
issued under the preceding section on account of lands
acquired in Montgomery County the Commission is di-
rected to certify to [the County Commissioners of] Mont-
gomery County the amount of bonds or notes so issued,
the rate of interest and maturities, and so long as any of
said bonds or notes shall be outstanding and unpaid, the
County [Commissioners are] is hereby authorized and
directed to levy against all property within that portion
of the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District within