334                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 177

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 176
(Senate Bill 374)

AN ACT to add new Section 12 (c) to Article 66B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title
"Zoning and Planning", sub-title "Planning", to follow immediately
after Section 12 (b) thereof, relating to the planning commission
of St. Mary's County, providing for the compensation of its mem-
bers, and providing for clerical help for the commission.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 12(c) be and it is hereby added to Article 66B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supple-
ment), title "Zoning and Planning", sub-title "Planning", to follow
immediately after Section 12(b) thereof and to read as follows:

From and after June 1, 1963, in St. Mary's County the commission
shall consist of one member of the county commissioners and six
persons appointed by the county commissioners. The terms of the
members of the commission serving thereon prior to June 1, 1963,
shall remain unchanged. Of the two additional members of the com-
mission authorized by this sub-section, one shall be appointed initially
for a term of four years, and the other for a term of five years.
Thereafter the term of each member shall be five years. Wherever in
this sub-title a vote of three commission members is required, with
respect to St. Mary's County, the vote of four members shall be re-
quired. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the chairman
of the Commission shall receive as compensation the sum of four
hundred dollars ($400) annually, and each of the other members of
the Commission shall receive as compensation the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300) annually. In addition the County Commis-
sioners shall provide such other clerical assistance to the Commission
as may be necessary.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 177
(Senate Bill 99)

AN ACT to add new Section 16A to Article 78A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Works", sub-title
"Board of Public Works", to follow immediately after Section 16
thereof, directing AUTHORIZING the Board of Public Works , IN
ITS DISCRETION, to pay to any person pardoned by the Gov-