1190                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 770

composed of seven members, qualified voters of Montgomery County,
who shall be chosen as follows: one from each of the five Council
districts and two at large, and who shall serve as hereinafter provided
in this section, provided, however, that the offices now held by the
members of the Board of Education on June 1, 1957, are abolished
and the incumbents exercising the functions and duties thereof
on such date shall hold office under the provisions of this section
as interim incumbents of the offices herein provided, to serve for
such terms as are hereinafter specified and until their respective
successors shall have been elected and qualified.

The members of said Board shall be elected and hold office as
follows: the members from the first and third Council districts
and the two members at large shall be elected in November of 1958,
to take office January 1, 1959, and shall serve [for four years]
until December 1, 1962. The members from the second, fourth and
fifth Council districts shall be elected in November of 1958, to
take office January 1, 1959 and shall serve [for two years,] until
[January 1, 1961] December 1, 1960. The County Council and the
Board of Election Supervisors of Montgomery County shall provide
for the election, in November of 1960, for the said members from
the second, fourth and fifth Council districts, respectively, who shall
take office [January 1, 1961] December 1, 1960, and serve for four
years. Thereafter all the members shall be elected for terms of four
years at the general election to be held immediately before the
expiration of their respective [four-year] terms.

(b) Nomination by petition. Nomination for membership on the
County Board of Education for Montgomery County shall be by
petition endorsed by a minimum of two hundred voters for the
nominee from each Council district, respectively and five hundred
voters of the County for the two nominees at large, respectively.
Each such petition shall be filed with the Board of Election Super-
visors of Montgomery County, sixty (60) days before the general
election and except as otherwise in this section specified shall conform
generally to the laws and requirements of Article 33 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland; Provided, however, that notwithstanding

the provisions of Section 68 of Article 33 of the Code, the said

Montgomery County shall defray the cost of publication of each

such petition SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. No person shall be
certified as a candidate who is subject to the authority of the Board of
Education. On the receipt of a valid nominating petition, said Board
of Supervisor of Elections shall do such things as are necessary to
provide for the election of the members of said Board of Education as
in this section required, in conformity with the election laws con-
tained in said Article 33, provided, however, that all voting for Coun-
ty Board of Education Members shall be conducted on a non-partisan
basis, and on a general County-wide ticket; no designation of party
affiliation shall be placed upon any petition for nomination, nor
upon any voting machine or paper ballot used at any said election.
The candidate or candidates receiving the highest number or numbers
of votes cast for the office of member of the County Board of
Education shall be declared elected.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959. SECTION 68 OF ARTICLE 33 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION, AS AMENDED), TITLE