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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 774

Chapter 775 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1969

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 37 of Article 77 - Public
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed:

Article 77 — Public Education

37.

[(a) The county boards of education shall hold an
annual meeting each year on the second Tuesday in July,
or as near as possible thereto in July, except that in
Montgomery County such annual meeting shall be held on or
before the tenth day of January in each year, and in
Prince George's County the annual meeting shall be held
as provided in § 36C (e) of this Article. At this
meeting the board shall elect one of its members to serve
as president and one to serve as vice—president. Other
meetings shall be held as the duties and business of the
board may require. The members of the county boards of
education shall receive neither salary nor compensation,
but each member shall receive reimbursement for traveling
and other expenses incident to attending the meetings and
transacting the business of the boards. In Calvert
County each member of the Board of Education shall
receive the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
annually for traveling and other expenses. In Carroll
County each member of the Board of Education shall
receive the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
annually for traveling and other expenses. In Cecil
County each member of the Board of Education shall
receive $600.00 annually for traveling and other
expenses. In Kent County each member of the Board of
Education shall receive the sum of six hundred dollars
($600.00) annually for traveling and other expenses. In
Garrett County each member of the Board of Education
shall receive the sum of two hundred ($200) annually for
traveling and other expenses. In Charles County the
chairman of the Board of Education shall receive the sum
of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) annually for traveling
and other expenses, and the members of the Board of
Education shall receive the sum of six hundred dollars
($600.00) annually for traveling and other expenses.

(b) All final actions of county boards of
education shall be taken at a public meeting, the minutes
of which shall likewise be public provided, however,