290                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 228

337C. The LaVale Zoning Board shall determine the manner in
which regulations and restrictions shall be established and enforced,
and from time to time amended, supplemented and changed. Before
determining the regulations and restrictions to be enforced therein,
it shall hold a public hearing or hearings thereon, giving at least
fifteen days' notice in a newspaper of general circulation throughout
the District, of the place and time of the beginning of such hearing
or hearings. The LaVale Zoning Board shall have the power to
amend, supplement or repeal the regulations or restrictions adopted
by it, provided that before doing so it shall follow the same proce-
dure with respect to notice and public hearings as is herein provided
for the original regulations and restrictions.

337-D. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this sub-title there shall be constituted and formed a Board of three
persons, which shall be known and designated as the LaVale Zoning
Board. Each member of the Board shall be a resident of the Zoning
District and a qualified voter therein, and the owner of at least
$500.00 worth of assessable real property within said Zoning Dis-
trict; or a resident of the District who has been a qualified voter for
at least three years.

(b)   The members of the Board shall be elected. The first election
shall be held on June 18,1957, and shall be conducted simultaneously
with the election referendum set forth under the provisions of this
sub-title. The election for the three members of the Board shall be
conducted by the Board of Election Supervisors for Allegany County.
Names of candidates for election of all duly qualified candidates shall
be placed upon the voting machine or ballot, as the case may be.
Any candidate for office who wishes his name placed upon the ballot
must file with the Chairman of the Board of Election Supervisors
for Allegany County a written petition requesting that he be a can-
didate for office, signed by at least twenty registered voters of the
District. This list of twenty registered voters must be certified to
for genuineness by the Clerk or Clerks of the Board of Election
Supervisors for Allegany County. Each candidate for office at the
June 18, 1957, election shall submit his petition for election fully
certified by the Board of Election Supervisors to the Chairman of
the Board of Election Supervisors no later than midnight June 8,
1957. At the election to be held on June 18, 1957, the three candi-
dates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to office.
The candidate receiving the most votes shall be elected to serve until
the general election held in 1962 in Allegany County and shall be
Chairman of the Board until the next succeeding general election.
The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be
elected to serve until the general election held in 1960. The candidate
receiving the third highest number of votes shall be elected to serve
until the general election held in 1958.

(c)   The election of a member to said Board in the 1958 general
election, and all subsequent elections, shall be upon the same terms
and conditions as set forth above, and also shall be conducted by the
Board of Election Supervisors of Allegany County simultaneously

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