190                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 198

203A. Recreation and Park Board.

(a)  The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County
may appoint and provide for a Recreation and Park Board. The
Board shall have three members, and the Commission may fill vacan-
cies on the Board from time to time. Of the members first appointed
to the Board, one shall be appointed for a term of two years, one
for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years; thereafter
appointments shall be for terms of six years each. Members of the
Board shall receive no compensation, but they may be reimbursed
by the County Commissioners for necessary expenses incurred in
the discharge of their duties as members of the Board.

(b)  The County Commissioners may accept and acquire real and
personal property of all kinds suitable for the purposes and pro-
grams of the Recreation and Park Board, and may turn over such
property to the use and administration of the Board. The County
Commissioners may appropriate in the annual budget such sums as
may be necessary to purchase land, construct improvements and
defray current expenses for the maintenance of the recreation and
park areas under the control of the Board and for the purposes and
programs of the Board. Also, the County Commissioners may turn
over public properties for these purposes and programs. The acquisi-
tion of such property by the County Commissioners may be by pur-
chase, condemnation, gift, grant, bequest, devise or lease, of the
fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement, covenant or
other contractual right necessary for these purposes and programs.
With the approval of the Recreation and Park Board, the County
Commissioners shall have the power to lease, sell, convey or other-
wise dispose of said properties in accordance with the provisions of
Section 177 of this Code as amended by Chapter 280 of the Laws
of Maryland of 1959.

(c)  The purposes and programs of the Recreation and Park Board
include the preservation and use of real property, and of personal
property which is appurtenant and adjunctive thereto, as recreation
and park areas. The Board may receive such funds and properties
as are provided for it, and shall administer and control the areas
and properties deemed by it suitable and useful for these purposes
and programs.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 198
(House Bill 268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 191A
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington County (1957

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