498                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [Ch. 33

Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland shall
appoint [nine] ELEVEN licensed funeral directors and
embalmers, residents of the State of Maryland, who shall
have been actively engaged in their profession for the
last five years immediately preceding their appointment,
[four] FIVE of whom shall be residents of Baltimore City
and [five] SIX residents of the counties, who, together
with the Commissioner of Health, or some person
designated by the said Commissioner, as an ex officio
member, shall constitute the State Board of Funeral
Directors and Embalmers of Maryland, and they shall take
oath prescribed by the Constitution of Maryland, The
members of the said Board shall hold office for a term of
four (4) years or until their successors are duly
appointed and qualified; any vacancy or vacancies
occurring in the membership of the said Board appointed
by the Governor shall be filled by the Governor, upon the
recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene and by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of Maryland.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved March 12, 1974,

CHAPTER 34
(Senate Bill 509)
AN ACT concerning

Allegany County — Bowling Green Fire Area

FOR the purpose of creating the "Bowling Green Fire
Area", levying a special tax in this area, and
providing for a referendum thereon.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Allegany County

Section 166I through 166L, inclusive to be under the

new subheading "Bowling Green Fire Area"
Article 1 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1973 Supplement)