1176                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 654

Board of Education," to provide an increase in the allowance to
the Somerset County AND THE DORCHESTER COUNTY
Board of Education for traveling and other expenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 49 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chap-
ter 5. County Board of Education," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

49.

The county board of education shall hold an annual meeting each
year on the second Tuesday in May, or as near as possible thereto
in May, except that in Montgomery County such annual meeting
shall be held on or before the tenth day of January in each year.
At this meeting the board shall elect one of its members to
serve as president and one to serve as vice-president. Other regular
meetings shall be held at least once in each school term, and such
special meetings may be held as the duties and business of the board
may require. The members of the county boards of education shall
receive no salary, but each member shall receive the sum of one
hundred dollars annually for traveling and other expenses incident
to attending the meetings and transacting the business of the board
within the county, provided, however, that in Dorchester [and
Somerset counties] County each member of the board of education
shall receive annually the sum of two FIVE hundred dollars for such
traveling and other expenses and in Somerset County each member

shall receive annually the of sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for

such traveling and other expenses. In Charles County each mem-
ber of the County Board of Education shall receive compensation at
the rate of six hundred dollars annually, and in Allegany County
each member of the Board of Education shall receive not more than
two hundred dollars annually for such traveling and other expenses.
In St. Mary's County each member of the Board of Education shall
receive the sum of $200.00 annually for such traveling and other
expenses. In Frederick County each member of the Board of Edu-
cation shall receive the sum of $500.00 annually for such traveling
and other expenses. In Worcester and Queen Anne's counties each
member of the Board of Education shall receive the sum of $250.00
annually for such traveling and other expenses. In Wicomico and
Garrett counties each member of the Board of Education shall re-
ceive the sum of $200.00 annually for such traveling and other ex-
penses. In Washington County each such member of the Board of
Education shall receive the sum of $300.00 annually for such travel-
ing and other expenses. In Howard County each member of the
Board of Education shall receive the sum of $400.00 annually for
such traveling and other expenses.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.