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The officers of the Board shall be a chairman, a vice-chairman, a
secretary, a treasurer, and such additional officers as may be created
by the Board from time to time. The Board shall meet annually and
officers shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting.
The Board shall have the right to formulate and establish by-laws
not inconsistent with the provisions of this compact to govern its own
actions in the performance of the duties delegated to it including
the right to create and appoint an executive committee and a finance
committee with such powers and authority as the Board may
delegate to them from time to time. The Board may, within its
discretion, elect as its chairman a person who is not a member of
the Board, provided such person resides within a signatory state,
and upon such election such person shall become a member of the
Board with all the rights and privileges of such membership.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That this amendment to in-
crease the number of members on the Board of Control for Southern
Regional Education shall become effective when a total of eight or
more of the States which are parties to the Southern Regional Edu-
cation Compact have given legislative approval thereto.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That for the purpose of signi-
fying the assent of the State of Maryland to the changes herein
proposed, this Act shall take effect on June 1, 1956.

Approved March 2, 1956.

CHAPTER 67
(Senate Bill 134)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 23 of
Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Registers of Wills", increasing
the schedule of fees chargeable by law by the several registers of
wills in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 23 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Registers of
Wills", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

23. The various Registers of Wills in the State shall be entitled
to charge and collect for the performance of their duties the fees
hereinafter specified, as follows:

For taking probate of wills, entering the names, all
necessary oaths including and granting letters Tes-
tamentary or of Administration, Letters de bonis
non, or Ad Colligendum (whether one or more
persons or Letters Pendente Lite, C.T.A. be in-

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.