SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         89

County (1965 Edition, being Article 7 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Carroll County," subtitle "Almshouse," be
and that they are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 77
(House Bill 291)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume and 1966 Supplement), title "Public Education,"
subtitle "County Board of Education," to provide for an expense
allowance for the Board of Education of Carroll County and the
time of payment of such allowance.

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 and 1966 Supplement), title "Public
Education," subtitle "County Board of Education," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

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 meet-
ings 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 re-
ceive no salary, but each member shall receive the sum of one hun-
dred 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 Som-
erset counties each member of the board of education shall receive
annually the sum of five hundred dollars for such traveling and
other expenses. In Charles County each member 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 and Worcester County each member of the Board
of Education shall receive the sum of $500.00 annually for such
traveling and other expenses. In Queen Anne's County each member
of the Board of Education shall receive the sum of $250.00 annually