1328                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 839

1, 1959, UPON WHICH DATE THE TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL
BEGIN. THE GOVERNING BODY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY IN MAKING NOMINATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR
FOR MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION
FROM THAT COUNTY SHALL SUBMIT A LIST OF NOT
FEWER THAN FOUR NOMINEES FOR EACH MEMBER OF
THE COMMISSION TO BE NOMINATED FROM THE COUNTY.
IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IN THE EVENT ANY AP-
POINTMENT IS NOT MADE ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1 OF THE
YEAR IN WHICH ANY APPOINTMENT IS TO BE MADE, A
VACANCY EXISTS WHICH SHALL BE FILLED AS PROVIDED
HEREIN FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES IN THE COM-
MISSION. FROM NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CON-
TAINED IN THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, FROM
JUNE 1, 1965, AND THEREAFTER, AS THE TERM OF
EACH PRESENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER
EXPIRES, OR AS THE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP BE-
COMES VACANT OF COMMISSIONERS FROM MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY, THE THREE NEW COMMISSION MEM-
BERS, OR MEMBER, FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHALL
BE APPOINTED SOLELY BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, SUCH
RIGHT TO APPOINT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THREE OF
THE COMMISSION MEMBERS SHALL BE AND CONTINUE
SOLELY WITHIN THE POWER OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY. OF THE APPOINTMENTS OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NOT MORE THAN TWO IN THE
COUNTY SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE SAME POLITICAL
PARTY. IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE COUNTY COUNCIL
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SELECT THEIR RESPECTIVE AP-
POINTMENTS OR RE-APPOINTMENTS FROM A LIST OF
APPLICANTS. SAID LIST SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AT ALL TIMES AND SHALL BE COMPLETED AT LEAST
THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO ACTUAL APPOINTMENT OR RE-
APPOINTMENT. IN THE EVENT THE COUNTY COUNCIL
DOES NOT APPOINT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE NAME AP-
PEARS ON SAID LIST, OR IN THE EVENT THAT NO NAME
APPEARS ON SAID LIST, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL
PROVIDE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A SECOND LIST AND
SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO THE
FIRST SAID LIST. ALL SUCH APPOINTMENTS OR RE-
APPOINTMENTS BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL BE SUB-
JECT TO SECTION 73-46. NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED
OR CONTINUE IN OFFICE AS A MEMBER OF SAID COMMIS-
SION WHO HOLDS ANY POSITION OF PROFIT OR TRUST
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR LAWS OF THIS STATE,
OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ALL AP-
POINTEES SHALL BE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF
SAID SANITARY DISTRICT AND SHALL SERVE FOR FOUR
YEARS, OR IN THE CASE OF MEMBERS FROM MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY ONLY UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE
APPOINTED AND HAVE QUALIFIED, EXCEPT THAT THE
TERMS OF ONE MEMBER NOMINATED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AND ONE
MEMBER NOMINATED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, FIRST APPOINTED UNDER THIS