678                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 326

(1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Elections," subtitle
"Supervisors of Elections and Employees," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

8.

(a) The Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County may em-
ploy any member of the Bar of Maryland, resident in Montgomery
County, who shall be paid for his services the sum of $1,200 per
annum, and shall also employ and appoint a majority clerk, who
shall be paid for his services as such $2,400 per annum, a minority
clerk at a salary of $2,400 per annum, two registrars who shall con-
stitute the permanent board of registry at a salary of $5,000 each
per annum, and each member of the permanent board of registry
shall be paid the further sum of $1,200 per annum for the expenses
incident to the operation of their automobiles. The Supervisors shall
also employ and appoint a stenographer and a clerk at a salary of
$3,600 each per annum and twelve clerks at a salary of $3,000 each
per annum. Six of the clerks shall be appointed by the member
of the Board who shall have been selected from the political party
opposite to that of the Governor, and shall be removable by such
member of the Board in his discretion. The majority clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections in Montgomery County and one
person who shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner
and on the same terms and conditions as the Supervisors of Elections
are appointed and who shall belong to the other leading political
party from that to which the majority clerk shall belong, and who
will be the minority clerk, shall constitute the permanent board of
registry for said Montgomery County. The Majority Clerk as de-
fined in this subsection shall be deemed an appointed official within
the meaning of Section 11 of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, and any amendments thereto, and shall be treated as
such for all purposes of said Article 73B.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 326

(House Bill 914)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendment, Section 148 (a)
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 12.
County Superintendent of Schools" amending the laws relating
to the term of office for the Superintendent of Schools; to change
the date of commencement.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 148(a) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle
"Chapter 12. County Superintendent of Schools," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendment, to read as follows: