1066                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 644

(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 or governing
bodies of the county or counties composing INCORPORATING the
District and a statement that the same were proposed by the Com-
mission of the District and have been adopted by the governing body
or governing bodies of the county or counties composing INCORPO-
RATING the District.

(4)  The articles of amendment shall be filed with the [State Tax
Commission] State Department of Assessments and Taxation which
shall receive the same and endorse thereon the date and time of such
receipt. If [the Chairman or the Secretary of] said [Commission]
Department finds that the articles of amendment conform to law [he]
it shall forthwith endorse [his] its approval thereon and issue a
certificate of approval to which shall be attached a copy of the ap-
proved articles. Upon the issuance of such certificate of approval by
[the Chairman or Secretary of] said [Commission] Department said
articles of amendment shall become 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]
Department shall record said articles of amendments], together
with the endorsements thereon, in the book kept by it for the purpose
of recording articles of incorporation.

648. Whenever a District has been incorporated by two or more
counties any one or more of such counties may withdraw therefrom,
and any county not having joined in the original incorporation may
join in the District but no county shall be permitted to withdraw from
any District after an obligation has been incurred by the District.

Any county wishing to withdraw from or to become a member of an
existing District shall signify its desire by resolution or ordinance.
If the District shall by resolution of the Commission express its
consent to such withdrawal or joining, articles of withdrawal or
articles of joinder, as the case may be, shall be executed by the proper
officers of the withdrawing or incoming county and shall be joined
by the proper officers of the governing body of the District, and in the
case of a county seeking to become a member of the District also by
the proper officers of each of the counties that are then members of
the District, pursuant to resolutions or ordinances by the governing
bodies of such counties. In the case of a certificate of joinder, the
certificate shall set forth all of the information required in the case
of original incorporation insofar as it applies to the incoming county,
including the name and address and term of office of the first member
of the Commission of the District from the incoming county. Articles
of withdrawal and articles of joinder shall be filed with the [State
Tax Commission] State Department of Assessments and Taxation
which shall receive the same and endorse thereon the date and time of
such receipt. If [the Chairman or the Secretary of] said [Commis-
sion] Department finds that the articles of withdrawal or articles of
joinder, as the case may be, conform to law [he] it shall forthwith
endorse [his] its 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 the
Secretary of] said [Commission] Department said articles of with-
drawal or articles of joinder, as the case may be, shall become effec-