J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     931

GOVERNING BODIES DULY ELECTED AT THE 1966 GEN-
ERAL ELECTION. Members of the Commission shall serve until
their successors have been appointed and qualified. The governing
bodies of each of the counties shall inform the Commission of its
appointments to and removals from the Commission by delivering
to the Commission a certified copy of the resolution or other action
making the appointment or causing the removal.

73A and 83A.

7. Commissioners other than those who are FULL TIME mem-
bers of the governing bodies of the respective counties, EXCEPT
WHERE COMPENSATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF
THESE DUTIES IS PROHIBITED BY LAW, shall receive fifty
dollars ($50.00) per diem compensation for each day in which they
attend a meeting or business of the Commission for which official
minutes are kept or for meetings officially authorized by the Commis-
sion; provided that in no event shall a commissioner receive more
than $50 for any day, but every commissioner shall be reimbursed
for his necessary and proper expenses incurred in the performance
of his duties as a commissioner separate from the per diem com-
pensation.

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

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 543
(Senate Bill 568)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9 (11)
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes", subtitle "What Shall be
Taxed and Where", to increase the amount of exemption on farm
implements of farmers in Garrett County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 9 (11) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-
title "What Shall be Taxed and Where", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

9 (11). Fifteen hundred dollars in value of the farming imple-
ments of any farmer. Notwithstanding the provisions of this sub-
section, in Howard [County] and Baltimore counties, farm imple-
ments shall be exempt from assessment and taxation for county
purposes. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, in [Bal-
timore] Garrett County, farm implements shall be exempt from as-
sessment and taxation [for county purposes] in the amount of
twenty-five hundred dollars.