THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     211

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section A of Section 91, Section 93 and Sub-section B of
Section 94 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951
Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Soil Conservation
Districts", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

91. (State Soil Conservation Committee.) A. There is hereby
established, in the State Board of Agriculture and the Regents of the
University of Maryland, to serve as an agency of the State and to
perform the functions conferred upon it in this sub-heading, the
State Soil Conservation Committee. The following shall serve as
members of the committee: the Director of the Maryland Experiment
Station, the Director of the Maryland Agricultural Extension Service,
the Director of the Maryland Department of State forests and Parks,
the Chairman of the State Board of Agriculture, or other member of
the Board he may designate, the Dean of Agriculture of the Uni-
versity of Maryland, two soil conservation district supervisors from
soil conservation districts organized in Maryland according to the
provisions of this sub-heading, each of whom is to serve for a term
of one year, to be appointed by the State Board of Agriculture, and
the principal administrative officer for Maryland of the Soil Conser-
vation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The com-
mittee shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and
may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and promulgate
such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of
its functions under this sub-heading.

93. (Election of Three Supervisors for Each District.) Within
thirty (30) days after the date of issuance by the Secretary of State
of a certificate of organization of a soil conservation district, nomi-
nating petitions may be filed with the State soil conservation com-
mittee to nominate candidates for supervisors of such district. The
committee shall have authority to extend the time within which
nominating petitions may be filed. No such nominating petition shall
be accepted by the committee, unless it shall be subscribed by twenty-
five (25) or more occupiers of lands lying within the boundaries of
such district. Land occupiers may sign more than one such nominat-
ing petition to nominate more than one candidate for supervisor.
The committee shall give due notice of an election to be held for the
election of three supervisors for the district. All occupiers of lands
lying within the district shall be eligible to vote in such election. Only
such land occupiers shall be eligible to vote. One or more polling
places may be designated and in addition, at the discretion of the
State Committee, ballots may be cast by mail if properly identified
with the voter. The three candidates who shall receive the largest
number, respectively, of the votes cast in such election shall be the
elected supervisors for such district. The committee shall pay all the
expenses of such election, shall supervise the conduct thereof, shall
prescribe regulations governing the conduct of such election and the
determination of the eligibility of voters therein, and shall publish
the results thereof.

94.

B. The supervisors shall designate a chairman and may from time
to time, change such designation. The term of office of each super-