176                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 174

any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Commission from
Prince George's County shall be filled in the manner provided herein
for the making of appointments to the Commission. A person ap-
pointed to fill any such vacancy for an unexpired term shall be a
member of the same political party as was represented by the member
who vacated the office.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of members
of the Commission in office on the effective date of this Act shall not
be affected by the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the mem-
bers elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18, 1965.

CHAPTER 174
(Senate Bill 613)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 233 of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement),
title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "State Department of Assess-
ments and Taxations", and to repeal and re-enact, with amend-
ments, Section 21-1 of Baltimore County Code 1958 (being Article
3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore
County", sub-title "Title 21. Pensions and Retirement", sub-head-
ing "Article I. Officers and Employees Generally", to provide for
the extension in office for the purposes of the Baltimore County
pension laws and applicable State laws of the Supervisor of
Assessments of Baltimore County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 233 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "State De-
partment of Assessments and Taxation", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

233.

In each county of this State and in Baltimore City there shall be a
supervisor of assessments who shall be a resident thereof and who
shall be appointed by the State Department of Assessments and Tax-
ation from a list of five persons submitted to said Department by the
county commissioners of each county and by the mayor of Baltimore
City in the case of the supervisor of Baltimore City, and said super-
visors shall be removable at any time by the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation for incompetency or other cause. The su-
pervisor shall hold no other public office of profit. If the State Depart-
ment of Assessments and Taxation deem fit to be appointed none of
the persons whose names are upon a list submitted as aforesaid, they