J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       583

the county, relating generally to the conduct of public recreation
programs and relating generally to the conduct of public recreation
in the county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 62-1 through 62-8, inclusive, of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition, being Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince
George's County," subtitle "Recreation Board," be and they are
hereby repealed, and that new Sections 62-1 through 62-12, in-
clusive, be and they are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in
the place of the sections so repealed and to be under the new subtitle
"Recreation Department," and all to read as follows:

62. Department of Recreation RECREATION DEPARTMENT

1.    The County Commissioners of Prince Georges' County are
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish a Depart-
ment of Recreation RECREATION DEPARTMENT (hereinafter
referred to as the Department) which shall be an agency of the
County government to perform the duties specified in this subtitle.

2.    The power of the Department shall be vested in the County
Commissioners and shall be responsible for providing an adequate
and balanced recreation program to serve the varied needs and inter-
ests of the several age groups among the residents of the County.

3.    The Department shall have the power to initiate, adopt, con-
duct, direct, or cause to be conducted or directed under its super-
vision a comprehensive program of public recreation which shall
include the operation and direction of games, sports, art and crafts,
hobby shops, music, drama, dancing, nursery play, and such other
physical, social, mental and creative opportunities for leisure-time
participation as the Department shall deem advisable to offer in
major recreation centers, play fields, athletic fields, playgrounds, ten-
nis courts, baseball diamonds, swimming pools, golf courses, com-
munity centers and social centers in publicly or privately owned
lands and buildings or other facilities made available to the Depart-
ment for such purposes, or over which the Department has sole or
joint jurisdiction; or on or in any land or buildings or other facil-
ities of any municipality or political subdivision within the County
if it is requested of the Board by said municipality or political
subdivision.

4.    The County Commissioners shall appoint and fix the salary
and terms of employment of a Director of Recreation who, in ac-
cordance with the policy of the Board of County Commissioners,
shall be responsible for the general organization, administration,
and supervision of the program of public recreation contemplated
and provided for by this subtitle. The Director of Recreation shall
be a person of such training, experience, and capacity as will espe-
cially qualify him to discharge the duties of his office. He shall
possess those qualifications of education, training, and experience
in recreation work, as well as executive and administrative experi-
ence, which will assure a thorough knowledge of current theory and
practice in public recreation work and give promise of the admin-
istrative ability necessary to administer a program of public rec-
reation.