476                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      CH. 411]

a new Subsection 649(a) (2-1) to said Article and Subtitle, to
follow immediately after Section 649 (a) (2) thereof, enlarging
the membership of the Sanitary Commission of Somerset County
and relating generally to the members of that Commission and
to their appointment, tenure, powers and duties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 649(a) (1) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1967 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Sanitary
Districts," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments; and new Subsection 649(a) (2-1) be and it is hereby added
to said Article and Subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 649
(a) (2) thereof, and all to read as follows:

649.

(a) The powers of each district shall be exercised by a govern-
ing body (herein called the "commission") composed as follows:

(1) If the district is incorporated by one county, except in Al-
legany, Somerset and Garrett counties the commission shall be com-
posed of three citizens of such county, no one of whom shall hold
any other office of said county during his term of office on said
commission. The governing body of such county shall appoint the
members of the commission, whose terms of office shall commence
on the date of appointment, and one of whom shall serve for two
years, one for four years, and one for six years from the January
first next succeeding the date of incorporation, and thereafter the
said governing body shall, at a meeting held not later than one
month prior to January first in each year in which a vacancy occurs,
appoint as a member of the commission a citizen of the county for
which the district is created, for a term of six years, to succeed
the member whose term expires on the January first next succeed-
ing.

The Allegany County sanitary commission appointed pursuant to
the preceding paragraph shall be enlarged from three citizens of
such county to seven citizens of such county, no one of whom
shall hold any other office of said county during his term of office
on said commission. As of June first, 1963, the governing body
of such county shall appoint the four additional members of the
commission provided for herein, whose terms of office shall com-
mence on the date of appointment, and two of whom shall serve
for six years, one for four years and one for two years from
the date of their appointment. At the expiration of each of
said terms, the county governing body shall, at a meeting held not
later than one month prior to June first in each year in which a
vacancy occurs, appoint as a member of the commission a citizen
of the county for which the district is created, for a term of six
years, to succeed the member whose term expires on the June first
next succeeding.

At the expiration of the term of each of the three members serv-
ing on the commission prior to June 1, 1963, the said governing body
shall, at a meeting held not later than one month prior to January
first in each year in which such a vacancy occurs, appoint as a
member of the commission a citizen of the county for which the
district is created, for a term of six years and five months, to succeed
the member whose term expires on the January first next succeeding.