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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE YEARS ON THE ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENT AND EACH SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENT FOR A FIVE
YEAR TERM, OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED AND
HAVE TAKEN THEIR POSITIONS. THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND, SHALL
DESIGNATE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO BE AN EX-OFFICIO
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION. FROM TIME TO TIME, THE
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL SELECT THEIR
CHAIRMAN. VACANCIES AMONG THE APPOINTIVE MEMBERS
SHALL BE FILLED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
UNEXPIRED TERMS. ANY PERSON MAY BE REAPPOINTED TO THE
ASSOCIATION FOR SUCCESSIVE TERMS. ALL MEMBERS OF THE
ASSOCIATION SHALL BE RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND
REGISTERED VOTERS OF KENT COUNTY.

(B)    MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL NOT
BE PAID ANY COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT MAY
BE REIMBURSED FOR REASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED IN
THEIR DUTIES. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
KENT COUNTY SHALL PAY THE PROPER AND NECESSARY
EXPENSES OF THE ASSOCIATION. A QUORUM OF THE
ASSOCIATION SHALL BE ANY THREE MEMBERS THEREOF.

(C)    IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE
ASSOCIATION TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY, THE LOCATION OR
LOCATIONS TO ESTABLISH DITCHES, DRAINS OR CANALS, AND
TO CAUSE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, STRAIGHTENED, WIDENED OR
DEEPENED, ANY DITCH, DRAIN OR WATERCOURSE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DRAINING WET, SWAMPY OR OVERFLOWED LANDS OR
LANDS SUBJECT TO OVERFLOW AND TO ASSIST THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY IN PERFORMING ITS
DUTIES AS SET FORTH UNDER ARTICLE 25, SECTION 52 AND
FOLLOWING, PERTAINING TO "DRAINING LANDS", SECTIONS OF
THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY,
MARYLAND, That this Act shall take effect on the 19th
day of May, 1972.

BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Read the third time on April 4, 1972.
Passed.