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(f) [All expenses of the Board shall be paid by the Commis-
sion.] Misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance in office shall be
cause for removal of a Merit Board member upon proper notice and
due consideration by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the provisions of this Act
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this
end, all the provisions of the Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 289
(House Bill 331)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 61 (f)
of Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Supple-
ment), title "General Assembly," subtitle "Department of Fiscal
Services," amending the laws concerning the Department of Fiscal
Services in order to correct certain cross references therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 61 (f) of Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Supplement), title "General Assembly," subtitle "Department
of Fiscal Services," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

61.

(f) The Division of Fiscal Research shall prepare, have printed,
and make available copies of the forms it may prescribe for the
statements of financial condition required of the several counties
and other political subdivisions. This form may be altered from time
to time in order to effectuate the purposes of this subheading. State-
ments of financial condition shall be compiled as of the last day of
each and every fiscal year of the county or other political subdivision
by the treasurer or other authorized financial officer thereof. Upon
completion of a statement, the treasurer or other authorized financial
officer shall make affidavit thereto, and within one hundred and
twenty days following the end of the fiscal year for which the state-
ment is made he shall file it with the Division of Fiscal Research.
Upon receiving any such statement, the Division shall examine it
and upon being satisfied that it complies with the provisions of this