1146                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 512

CHAPTER 512
(House Bill 244)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article VII of the Constitution
of Maryland, title "Sundry Officers," repealing and re-enacting,
with amendments, Section 2 to abolish the office of the Surveyor
of Baltimore City AND OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES and
providing for the submission of this amendment to the qualified
voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, (Three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses concurring), That the following amendment be and it is
hereby proposed to Section 2 of Article VII of the Constitution of
Maryland, title "Sundry Officers," the same if adopted by the legally
qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to become a part of
the Constitution of Maryland, and to read:

2.

Sec.2. (A) The qualified voters of each County [and of the City of
Baltimore] shall, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-eight,
and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter, elect a
Surveyor for each County [and the City of Baltimore, respectively,]
whose term of office shall commence on the first Monday of January
next ensuing their election, and whose duties and compensation shall
be the same as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by Law.
And any vacancy in the office of Surveyor, shall be filled by the
Commissioners of the counties, or by the [Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, respectively,] County Council of Chartered Counties
for the residue of the term.

(B) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ALLEGANY,
ANNE ARUNDEL, BALTIMORE, CALVERT, CAROLINE
CECIL, DORCHESTER, FREDERICK, HARFORD, HOWARD,
KENT, PRINCE GEORGE'S, QUEEN ANNE'S, ST. MARY'S
SOMERSET, TALBOT, WASHINGTON, WICOMICO, AND WOR-
CESTER COUNTIES.

Sec. 3 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing section
hereby proposed as amendment to the Constitution of Maryland, at
the next general election to be held in this State in November, 1972,
shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article
14 of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendments AMENDMENT to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words "For the Constitution CONSTITUTIONAL
Amendments" and "Against the Constitution CONSTITUTIONAL
Amendments" as now provided by law, and, immediately, after said
election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amendments AMENDMENT, as directed
by said Article 14 of the Constitution, and further proceedings had
in accordance with said Article 14.

Approved May 17, 1971.