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mendations as to the actual content of any modification of the present
structure or of the new instrument of government; now therefore

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 192C be and it is hereby added to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Queen Anne's County (being Article 18 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Queen Anne's
County," subtitle "County Commissioners," to follow immediately
after Section 192B thereof, as added by Chapter 464 of the Acts of
1955, and to read as follows:

192C.

(a)    The Queen Anne's County Governmental Study Commission
is hereby created for the purpose of studying and making recom-
mendations concerning the structure or form of the government of
Queen Anne's County. The Commission shall be composed of nine
(9) persons who shall serve without compensation. Commission
members shall be selected and appointed by the resident State
Senator, the member of the House of Delegates and the County Com-
missioners of Queen Anne's County. One of the persons so selected
shall be designated by the appointing authority as Chairman of the
Commission. In appointing the members of the Commission, the
appointing authorities shall endeavor to select those whose devotion
to the County and its people, whose knowledge of government and
sense of historical perspective and whose education and experience
especially equip them for membership on the Commission and will
assure that the Commission reflects the several interests and regions
of the County. In addition to the nine (9) members herein provided,
the County Commissioners, State Senator and member of the House
of Delegates shall serve as ex officio, non-voting members of the Com-
mission and render advisory assistance thereto.

(b)     The Commission shall examine the existing structure and
form of county government in light of present and future needs of
the people of Queen Anne's County, giving due consideration to the
prospective growth of the County and to the character and nature of
such growth. It shall meet and hold hearings as often as may be
necessary to accomplish this purpose. It shall assemble such data
and obtain such technical advisory services as may be needed. It
may recommend to the County Commissioners that a part-time or
full-time research assistant be employed to assist it in the discharge
of its duties. The Commission shall consider and make recommenda-
tions concerning all proposals for change in the structure of county
government including revision of the County Commissioner system,
adoption of charter form of government, code home rule and any
other legal form of government.

(c)    For these purposes the Commission is to be appointed by
April 15, 1968, and is directed to hold its first meeting not later than
May 1,1968.

(d)    The Commission is directed to report to the County Com-
missioners, to the resident State Senator, the member of the House of
Delegates and the people of Queen Anne's County on or before
December 15, 1968. Such report shall be in writing and shall include
its detailed findings, recommendations and a draft of any suggested
changes or instrument of government together with such other perti-
nent matters as the Commission deems necessary or appropriate.