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ment of Agriculture.] from recommendations submitted by the dis-
trict supervisors of each area to be represented. Of the three soil
conservation district supervisors first appointed to the Committee,
one shall serve for one year, one for two years, one for three years,
and thereafter each term shall be for a period of three years. No
member who is a soil conservation district supervisor may serve more
than two full successive terms, except that a member appointed prior
to July 1, 1971, shall be eligible for one additional full term. An
appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be made in the same
manner as for the full term.

The three geographic areas from which members who are soil
conservation district supervisors shall be chosen, shall be as follows:

(1)    Area one shall include the Garrett, Allegany, Washington
County, Catoctin, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore County and Harford
Soil Conservation Districts;

(2)    Area two shall include the Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arun-
del, Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert Soil Conserva-
tion Districts; and

(3)    Area three shall include the Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caro-
line, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Soil
Conservation Districts.

The Director of the Cooperative Extension Service and the Prin-
cipal Administrative Officer for Maryland of the Soil Conservation
Service, United States Department of Agriculture, shall be advisory,
non-voting members of the Committee. The Committee may invite
other representatives of cooperating State and Federal agencies to
serve as consultants to the Committee. The Committee shall adopt an
official A seal, WHICH SEAL SHALL BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED,
and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for
the execution of its functions under this subheading.

(c) [The Committee shall designate its chairman, and may, from
time to time, change such designation.] The Committee shall organize
annually in July and select a Chairman and Vice Chairman from
among its members. A member of the Committee shall hold office
so long as he shall retain the office by virtue of which he shall be
serving on the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall con-
stitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter
within their duties shall be required for its determination. The chair-
man and members of the Committee shall receive no compensation
for their services on the Committee, but shall be entitled to expenses,
including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge
of their duties on the Committee. The Committee shall provide for
the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall
be entrusted with funds or property; shall provide for the keeping
of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions,
regulations, and orders issued or adopted; and shall be subject to
an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements by
the State Auditor.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971