MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2421

24C.

AS OF JULY 1, [[1976]] 1975, THE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE SHALL TRANSFER
TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT [[SYSTM]] SYSTEM ALL
[[ACCUMULATED]] CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 32A OF
ARTICLE 73B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND FOR THE
EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
2(d), 13, 14A, and 18A(a) of Article 88A -Social
Services Administration, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 88A — Social Services Administration
2.

(d) The State Director may appoint such employees
as a proper performance of the duties of the State
Department may require, as provided from time to time in
the budget. The appointment and removal of all paid
personnel under this article shall be governed by the
provisions of Article 64A of this Code. [, but in the
case of the department of social services of Baltimore
City, §§ 108 to 122, inclusive, of Article VII
of the Charter of Baltimore City, 1964 Revision, shall
govern; except that, in accordance with the provisions of
§ 48(b) of Article VII of the said Charter, the mayor of
Baltimore City shall appoint the successors to the
present incumbent of the position of director of the
department of social services in Baltimore City when the
present term of the present incumbent expires, or, if the
position shall be vacated sooner by the present
incumbent, from a merit system list under the provisions
of the said §§ 108 to 122, inclusive, of Article VII of
the said Charter of Baltimore City.]

13.

(a) The State Department shall create or continue
in each county a local department of social services to
be known as such with the name of the county prefixed
thereto. In each county such local department shall
have a local board [and a local director] appointed in
accordance with the provisions of § 14 [and § 14A] of
this article AND A LOCAL DIRECTOR APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUBSECTION (B) (1) OF THIS SECTION.

In Baltimore City the department of social services
shall have a commission of social services (herein