J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1719

SEC. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1963.

Approved May 6, 1963.

CHAPTER 813
(House Bill 550)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 (b)
through (f) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), and to add a new subsec-
tion to the following FOLLOW immediately thereafter, a desig-
nated subsection (g), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 2.
Formation of Boards," subheading "Board for Montgomery
County," providing generally for a primary election system for
the County Board of Education of Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12 (b) through (f) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title "Public Ed-
ucation," subtitle "Chapter 2. Formation of Board," subheading
"Board for Montgomery County," BOARDS," be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments; and to add a new
subsection (g) to Section 12 of said Article to follow immediately
after subsection (f), all to read as follows:

(b) Nomination, [by petition]—Nomination for membership on
the County Board of Education of Montgomery County, except as
otherwise herein provided, shall be by petition endorsed by a mini-
mum of 200 voters for the nominee from each council district, re-
spectively, and 500 voters of the County for the two nominees at-
large, respectively. Each such petition shall be filed with the Board
of Election Supervisors of Montgomery County [, sixty (60) days
before the general election and] not later than midnight on the Mon-
day which is ten (10) weeks, or seventy (70) days, before the day on
which the primary election for the political parties shall be held.
Each such petition filed shall be accompanied by a $25.00 filing fee.
[e] Except as otherwise in this section specified, each such petition
shall conform generally to the laws and requirements of Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, provided, however, that publi-
cation 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 Supervisors of Elections shall do such things as are neces-
sary to provide for the election of the members of said Board of Ed-
ucation as in this section required, in conformity with the election
laws contained in said Article 33, provided however, that all voting
for County 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 elec-
tion. 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.]