J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       177

may reject all the nominations and call for a new list. In case the
county commissioners of any county or the mayor of Baltimore shall
fail to furnish the list herein provided for within twenty days after
notice from the State Department of Assessments and Taxation the
said Department shall have power to fill such office immediately after
the expiration of such time. The supervisors shall be furnished with
an office at the county seat by the county commissioners of each
county, and the supervisor of assessments for Baltimore City shall
likewise be furnished an office in Baltimore City by the mayor and
city council; and they shall be allowed such clerical help and ex-
pense as the county commissioners and the mayor and city council
of Baltimore shall respectively determine. They shall confer fre-
quently with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation,
submitting questions for determination to that Department and shall
receive and carry out instructions given by the Department or the
chief supervisor of assessments appointed by the Department for
their guidance in supervising the valuation and assessment of real
and personal property; they shall likewise keep constantly informed
of the method of work pursued by other supervisors of assessments.
After July 1, 1961, supervisors of assessments shall not hold their
positions after they have attained the age of seventy (70) years, ex-
cept that this shall not apply to the supervisor of assessments of
Baltimore County until and after December 1, 1966.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That 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-heading "Article I. Officers and Employees
Generally", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

21-1.

The county is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and
maintain a general system of pensions and retirements for the benefit
and advantage of its officers, agents, servants and employees, with
necessary classifications and terms of admission; to provide that
upon the establishment of any such system of pensions and retire-
ments, its officers, agents, servants and employees theretofore or
thereafter appointed, by whatever authority, except those appointed
directly by the Governor of Maryland, whose salary or compensation
is paid by the county shall be eligible to admission to such pension
or retirement system, subject to such exceptions, exclusions, limita-
tions and restrictions as may be deemed expedient in connection with
the admission to or the continuance in such pension and retirement
system of any of such officers, agents, servants and employees. Mem-
bers of the regular fire and police bureaus shall be eligible to admis-
sion to such pension or retirement system in lieu of their admission
to the special retirement systems provided for them in this title.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the supervisor of assess-

ments of Baltimore County is permitted to remain as a member of

this system until December 1, 1966. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE SUPERVISOR OF ASSESS-
MENTS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT
UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 1966, TO ANY MANDATORY RETIRE-
MENT REQUIREMENTS OF THIS RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY
VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING ATTAINED THE AGE OF SEVENTY
(70) YEARS.