J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1139

title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "State Tax Commission", to
provide that after July 1, 1961, Supervisors of Assessments shall
hold their office until they have attained the age of 70 years and
no longer; and to repeal and re-enact Sub-section (h) of Section
237 of said title and sub-title to provide that all assessors, after
July 1, 1961, shall hold their positions until they have attained the
age of 70 years and no longer.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 233 and Sub-Section (h) of Section 237 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

233. In each county of this State and in Baltimore City there
shall be a supervisor of assessments who shall be a resident thereof
and who shall be appointed by the State Tax Commission from a list
of five persons submitted to said Commission by the county commis-
sioners of each county and by the mayor of Baltimore City in the
case of the supervisor of Baltimore City, and said supervisors shall
be removable at any time by the State Tax Commission for incom-
petency or other cause. The supervisor shall hold no other public
office of profit. If the State Tax Commission deem fit to be appointed
none of the persons whose names are upon the list submitted as afore-
said, they may reject all the nominations and call for a new list.
In case the county commissioners of any county or the mayor of
Baltimore City shall fail to furnish the list herein provided for within
twenty days after notice from the State Tax Commission the said
Commission shall have power to fill such office immediately after the
expiration of such time. The supervisors shall be furnished with an
office at the county seat by the County Commissioners of each county,
and the supervisor of assessments for Baltimore City shall likewise
be furnished an office in Baltimore City by the mayor and city coun-
cil; and they shall be allowed such clerical help and expense as the
county commissioners and the mayor and city council of Baltimore
shall respectively determine. They shall confer frequently with the
State Tax Commission, submitting questions for determination to
that Commission and shall receive and carry out instructions given
by the Commission or the chief supervisor of assessments appointed
by the Commission for their guidance in supervising the valuation
and assessment of real and personal property; they shall likewise
keep constantly informed of the method of work pursued by other
supervisors of assessments. After July 1, 1961, all supervisors of
assessments shall NOT hold their positions until AFTER they have
attained the age of seventy (70) years, and no longer.

237. (h) The county commissioners or county council shall submit
to the State Tax Commission, from the applicants for each position
to be filled, a list of not less than three applicants for each position.
The State Tax Commission shall interview, examine and grade said
applicants, in order to determine their relative qualifications for the
position or positions to be filled, and shall certify the list of appli-
cants and their respective grades to the county commissioners or
county council, who shall appoint an assessor (by whatever title
designated) for each position from the said list. In the event of the
resignation, death or removal of any assessor, the vacancy shall be
filled by the county commissioners or county council in the manner
hereinbefore set forth, within 60 days from the date when the vacancy