1702                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 830

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 10F be and it is hereby added to Article 25 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "County Commissioners," subtitle "General Provisions," to
follow immediately after Section 10E thereof, and to read as follows:

10F.

(A)    THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF TALBOT COUNTY, IN
ADDITION TO, BUT NOT IN SUBSTITUTION FOR, THE POWERS
WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE GRANTED THEM,
MAY: (1) DETERMINE THE SALARY AND EXPENSES OF THE TALBOT
COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY AND HIS ASSISTANT; (2) DETERMINE
THE NECESSARY COSTS AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE
EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF THE TALBOT COUNTY STATE'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE; (3) DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES OF THE TALBOT COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
BOARD; (4) REGULATE THE POSSESSION AND MAINTENANCE OF
DOGS AND SET DOG LICENSE FEES; (5) DETERMINE BOTH THE
SALARY OF THE TALBOT COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE NECESSARY
COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF HIS
OFFICE; AND (6) DETERMINE THE SALARY AND EXPENSES OF THE
JUDGES OF THE TALBOT COUNTY ORPHANS' COURT.

(B)    UNLESS AND UNTIL SUPERSEDED BY ACTION OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UNDER THIS SECTION, ALL PUBLIC
GENERAL AND PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS REGULATING THE MATTERS
MENTIONED IN SUBSECTION (A) WHICH ARE IN FORCE ON THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE
AND EFFECT.

(C ANY LAW PROPOSED BY THE TALBOT COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR PURSUANT TO
SECTION 206 OF ARTICLE 2B OR SECTION 3(EE) OF ARTICLE 25 OF
THIS CODE MUST BE ENACTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER;

(1) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL PROCEED ONLY BY
PROPOSING AN ORDINANCE ON THE SUBJECT MATTER WHICH
SHALL BE PREPARED IN WRITTEN OR PRINTED FORM.

(2)  WHEN SUCH AN ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED AND PREPARED,
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC
HEARING THEREON.

(3)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL PUBLISH A COPY OF
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND. NOTICE OF THE TIME AND.
PLACE OF THE HEARING THEREON IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL
CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST TWO CONSECUTIVE
WEEKS BEFORE THE HEARING, AND ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE
ORDINANCE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO
THE PRESS IN TALBOT COUNTY.

(4) UPON THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE
MANNER THAT PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS ARE TO BE PUBLISHED
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 76 OF THE CODE.