1942                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 708

filled for the duration of the unexpired term in the same
manner as is provided for the original appointment.

Members of the Council shall serve without
compensation.

(b)    Status. The Tri—County Council shall be a
tax-exempt public body corporate and politic, and shall
operate as a cooperative planning and development agency
within the representative counties to foster the
physical, economic and social development of the
tri-county area and utilize effectively the assistance
provided by the State. It shall initiate and coordinate
plans and projects for the development of human and
economic resources of the Southern Maryland region as a
Southern Maryland planning and development agency.

The Council will cooperate with the State
departments and agencies concerned, including, but not
limited to the Department of State Planning, the State
Office of Economic Opportunity, the Maryland Department
of Economic and Community Development, the State
Department of Transportation and the Department of
Natural Resources, and submit for approval plans and
projects of the Council in which such departments or
agencies have statutory functions and responsibilities.
The Attorney General of Maryland shall serve as legal
advisor to the Council in all matters pertaining to the
Council's activities.

(c)   Area of jurisidiction. The area of operation
of the Tri—County Council shall be coterminous with the
area of the Planning Region as herein defined.

(d)    Powers and duties. Without in any manner
limiting or restricting the general powers conferred by
this section, the Tri—County Council may:

(1)    adopt and have a common seal and alter
the same at pleasure;

(2)    sue, but shall be immune from being
sued;

(3)    adopt bylaws and make rules and
regulations for the conduct of its business;

(4)    make and enter into all contracts or
agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of
its duties;

(5)    borrow money and apply for and accept
advances, loans, grants, contributions and any other form
of assistance from the federal government, the state, or
other public body, or from any sources, public or
private, for the purposes of this section, and give such
security as may be required and enter into and carry out
contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and