3508

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 844

hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

155.

(d) In Baltimore City, the chairman of the board
shall receive an annual salary of [eight thousand dollars
($8,000.00)] [[$10,000]] [[$8,500]] $9,500, and the other
members of the board shall receive an annual salary of
[six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00)]
[[$8,000.]] $9,000. The board shall appoint an executive
secretary whose salary shall be fixed by the board,
subject to approval by the State Comptroller. The
executive secretary shall be of high character and
integrity. He shall be appointed upon the basis of his
executive skill and ability and once appointed shall hold
office during good behavior [regardlesss] REGARDLESS of
changes in members constituting the board. He shall be
removed only for incompetency or immorality upon charges
furnished in writing by the board setting forth the
grounds for dismissal and after opportunity for hearing.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
[[shall take effect July 1, 1975]] is hereby declared to
be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having
been - passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three—fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 845
(Senate Bill 567)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance Policies — Rental Illnesses

FOR the purpose of changing the minimum requirements and
repealing the maximum allowable of certain benefits
to be included in hospital or major medical
insurance policies issued under health insurance,
nonprofit health service plans or group and blanket
health insurance with respect to treatment for