1888

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 684

authority shall appoint one of said persons so certified
to said position. IF THE CLASS IS UNIQUE TO ONE AGENCY,
THE SECRETARY MAY PERMIT THE AGENCY TO RECRUIT, EXAMINE,
AND CERTIFY A LIST OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS TO BE CONSIDERED
FOR APPOINTMENT TO THAT UNIQUE CLASS. An appointing
authority shall not appoint a nonresident of the State
from any list when there is a resident of the State with
the same or a better standing on the list. An
appointing officer who passes over a veteran eligible as
provided in § 18 of this article and selects a nonveteran
shall file with the Secretary of Personnel a substantial
reason for so doing, which shall become a part of the
record of such veteran eligible, and shall be made
available upon request to the veteran or his designated
representatives; the Secretary of Personnel is directed
to determine the sufficiency of such submitted reason
and, if found insufficient, shall require such appointing
officer to submit more detailed information in support
thereof; if the reason so received be deemed insufficient
by the Secretary of Personnel, then, he shall order the
employment of such veteran by such appointing officer,
and a copy thereof shall be sent to the veteran eligible
or to his designated representatives; in case there is no
eligible list for the class, the Secretary shall
forthwith call an examination, and shall post the
eligible list resulting therefrom within sixty days from
the time of holding said examination, and in case no
eligible list results, the Secretary shall repeat such
call and continue to hold examinations until an eligible
list results. If necessary to prevent the stoppage of
public business, but not otherwise, the Secretary may
authorize temporary appointment as prescribed in § 22 of
this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 685

(House Bill 788)

AN ACT concerning

Municipal Corporation Ordinances - Annual Publication

FOR the purpose of requiring the several municipal
corporations of the State, including Baltimore City,
to provide annually for the editing, preparation,
publication, and sale or other distribution of a
supplement to or new edition of their most recent