J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1639

WHEREAS, Cecil County has experienced significant changes in re-
cent years, and

Whereas, Many proposals have been advanced for a change in the
present structure or form of government; and

Whereas, It is realized that basic changes in government should
not be entered into lightly but should be made for generations; and

Whereas, It is deemed desirable to have a study made first to de-
termine what changes, if any, in the structure or form of the County
government should be made to best satisfy these needs and to prepare,
if possible, specific recommendations as to the actual content of any
modification of the present structure or of the new instrument of
government; now, therefore

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
as follows:

A.   The Cecil County Governmental Study Commission is hereby
created for the purpose of studying and making recommendations
concerning the structure or form of the government of Cecil County,
The Commission shall be composed of eleven (11) persons who shall
serve without compensation. Commission members shall be selected
and appointed by the joint action of the Board of County Commis-
sioners and the State Senator and members of the House of Delegates
elected from the county. One of the persons so selected shall be
designated by the appointing authorities as Chairman of the Com-
mission. In appointing the members of the Commission, the appoint-
ing authorities shall endeavor to select those whose devotion to the
County and its people, whose knowledge of government and sense of
historical perspective and whose education and experience especially
equip them for membership on the Commission and will assure that
the Commission reflects the several interests and regions of the
County. In addition to the eleven (11) members herein provided,
the County Commissioners, State Senator and members of the House
of Delegates shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the
Commission and render advisory assistance thereto.

B.  The Commission shall examine the existing structure and form
of county government in light of present and future needs of the
people of Cecil County, giving due consideration to the prospective
growth of the County and to the character and nature of such
growth. It shall meet and hold hearings as often as may be neces-
sary to accomplish this purpose. It shall assemble such data and
obtain such technical advisory services as may be needed. The Com-
mission shall consider and make recommendations concerning all
proposals for change in the structure of county government including
revision of the County Commissioner system, adoption of Charter
form of government, code home rule and any other legal form of
government.

C.  For these purposes the Commission is to be appointed by July 1.
1965, and is directed to hold its first meeting not later than August
1,1965.

D.   The Commission is directed to report to the County Commis-
sioners, to the State Senator, the members of the House of Delegates
and the people of Cecil County on or before January 1, 1966. Such