Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    1119

Such amendment or amendments shall be made in the following
manner:

(1)  Such amendment or amendments shall first be proposed by the
Commission by the adoption of a resolution setting forth the pro-
posed amendment or amendments and directing that it or they be
submitted to the governing body or governing bodies of the county
composing the District. Said resolution shall contain the language of
the proposed amendment or amendments to the articles of incorpora-
tion by providing that said articles shall be amended so as to read as
therein set forth in full, or that any provision be amended so as to
read as therein set forth in full, or that the matter stated in said
resolution be added to or stricken from the articles of incorporation.
After the amendment or amendments have been submitted to the
governing body or governing bodies of the county composing the
District, such governing body or governing bodies shall adopt or
reject the same by resolution or ordinance.

(2)  After an amendment or amendments have been adopted by
the said governing body or governing bodies, articles of amendment
shall be executed under the seal of the District by two duly authorized
officers of the District who shall also verify under oath the matters
and facts set forth in said articles of amendment.

(3)  Said articles of amendment shall contain (a) the name and
location of the principal office of the. District; (b) the amendment or
amendments, in full, adopted by the governing body of the county
composing the District and a statement that the same were proposed
by the Commission of the District and have been adopted by the
governing body of the county composing the District.

(4) The articles of amendment shall be filed with the State Tax
Commission which shall receive the same and endorse thereon the
date and time of such receipt. If the Chairman or the Secretary of
said Commission finds that the articles of amendment conform to law
he shall forthwith endorse his approval thereon and issue a certificate
of approval to which shall be attached a copy of the approved articles.
Upon the issuance of such certificate of approval by the Chairman or
Secretary of said Commission said articles of amendment shall be-
come effective and be in full force and effect and such articles of
amendment shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and
properly proposed and adopted. Promptly after the issuance of a
certificate of approval the said Commission shall record said articles
of amendments, together with the endorsements thereon, in the booh
kept by it for the purpose of recording articles of incorporation.

877. (a) The powers of each District shall be exercised by a
governing body (herein called the "Commission") composed as fol-
lows :

(1) The Commission shall be composed of three citizens of such
county, no one of whom shall hold any other office of said county
during his term of office on said Commission. The governing body
of such county shall appoint the members of the Commission, whose
terms of office shall commence on the date of appointment, and one
of whom shall serve for two years, one for four years, and one for
six years from the January first next succeeding the date of incorpor-
ation, and thereafter the said governing body shall, at a meeting held
not later than one month prior to January first in each year in which