358                                 Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 284

WASHINGTON COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION

833. (a) The County Commissioners of Washington County are
hereby authorized and directed to establish the Washington County
Youth Commission.

(b)  The membership shall consist of thirteen (13) persons, one
of whom the membership shall designate as the Chairman.

(c)  Regular members of the Commission shall be the Judge of
the Juvenile Court of the County, the Superintendent of Schools for
the County, the Director of the County Welfare Board, and the
County Health Officer. The above listed members may be represented
on the Commission by a duly authorized person from the respective
board or department, providing said designated person is acceptable
to the County Commissioners. The remaining nine members shall be
appointed by the County Commissioners and at least one of whom
shall be a Minister, one a person conversant with the problems of
labor, one with a thorough knowledge of law enforcement, mid one
shall be a woman. , TWO SCHOOL STUDENTS, ONE OF WHOM
SHALL BE A FEMALE AND ONE A MALE. TO COMPLETE
THE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION ALL DUE CONSIDERA-
TION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND, INC.

(d)  The persons to be appointed by the County Commissioners
shall each be appointed for a period of three years and shall not be
subject to reappointment for more than two terms without the lapse
of one year at the end of the second term. The members of the Com-
mission shall serve without pay. Those originally appointed shall
serve terms as follows: three for one year; two for two years; and
three for three years, and thereafter all terms shall be for three
years.

834. The Commission shall determine its own meeting time and
location. The Commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as
it may deem necessary to govern its procedure and business. The
Commission has the power to establish and appoint advisory groups
and committees to assist in its program of activity of which mem-
bership is not restricted solely to members of the Commission. The
Commission shall only have such funds, if any, as DETERMINED in
the discretion of the County Commissioners, and the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized to appropriate such funds as they
shall determine.

835. The duties of the Commission shall be:

1.    To assume the leadership in studying the services available to
and the needs of the youth in the County.

2.    To carry out a program of public information on youth prob-
lems, its needs, and the action needed through the various public
media such as press, radio, personal contacts, etc.

3.    To stimulate the full development of present youth facilities
and to promote local coordination and cooperation of youth services.

4. To develop and put into effect local programs of Juvenile
Delinquency Prevention.