1038                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 454

County (1963 Edition, being Article 5 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Calvert County," subtitle "County Com-
missioners," as amended by Chapter 584 of the Acts of 1966, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

123A.

(a)  The County Commissioners of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
Counties are each authorized to appropriate annually the sum of five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in order to make a total of fifteen thou-
sand dollars ($15,000.00) available annually for the use of the [Tri-
County Committee for Community Action.] Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland.

(b)  The County Commissioners of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
Counties are authorized and directed respectively, to appropriate
annually the following sums for the use of the [Tri-County Com-
mittee for Community Action] Tri-County Council for Southern
Maryland: Calvert County, two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); Charles
County, four thousand dollars ($4,000.00); St. Mary's County, four
thousand dollars ($4,000.00). The sums so appropriated shall be used
together with funds presently available to the [Committee] Council
for the purpose of [securing the services of a planner, to be known
as the "Tri-County Planner.] fostering cooperative planning and
development in the tri-county region.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 56 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Charles County (1969 Edition, being Article 9
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles
County," subtitle "County Commissioners," subheading "Miscellane-
ous Appropriations," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

56.

(a)  The County Commissioners of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
Counties are each authorized to appropriate annually the sum of five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in order to make a total of fifteen thou-
sand dollars ($15,000.00) available annually for the use of the [Tri-
County Committee for Community Action] Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland.

(b)  The County Commissioners of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
Counties are authorized and directed respectively, to appropriate
annually the following sums for the use of the [Tri-County Com-
mittee for Community Action] Tri-County Council for Southern
Maryland: Calvert County, two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); Charles
County, four thousand dollars ($4,000.00); St. Mary's County, four
thousand dollars ($4,000.00). The sums so appropriated shall be used
together with funds presently available to the [Committee] Council
for the purpose of [[securing the services of a planner, to be known
as the "Tri-County Planner.] fostering cooperative planning and
development in the tri-county region.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 41 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County (1968 Supplement, being
Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "St.