1964

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 711

commission.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 187A to be under the new subtitle "Status of

Women Commission"
Article 19 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1965 Edition and 1974 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 187A to be under the new
subtitle "Status of Women Commission" be and it is hereby
added to the Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County being
Article 19 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1965
Edition and 1974 Supplement, as amended) to read as
follows:

Article 19

STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION

187A.

(A)    THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY
[[SHALL]] MAY ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS,
EACH OF WHOM SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. OF
THE MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED, ONE SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM
OF ONE YEAR, THREE SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS,
AND THREE SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.

(B)    A MEMBER [[SHALL]] MAY BE APPOINTED FROM LISTS
SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BY WOMEN'S
ASSOCIATIONS, RETIRED WOMEN, AND OTHER CITIZENS' GROUPS
WHICH HAVE A RECORD OF SUPPORT FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN.

THE MEMBERSHIP SHALL INCLUDE A__CROSS__SECTION__OF

INDIVIDUALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF AGENCIES AND GROUPS IN
THE COUNTY INVOLVED WITH THE CONCERNS [[OF]] AND ISSUES
AFFECTING WOMEN. A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE
WOMEN OF THE COUNTY.

(C)    THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE CHAIRMAN,
VICE CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER, EACH   TO SERVE
FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR OR UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL     MEETING
OF THE COMMISSION. AN OFFICER MAY NOT SERVE   FOR MORE
THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN THE SAME OFFICE.
OFFICERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING OR WHEN A VACANCY
OTHERWISE OCCURS.

(D)    THE COMMISSION [[SHALL]] MAY: (1) ADVISE AND
ASSIST IN THE COORDINATION OF GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS; (2)
DEVELOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO ALLOW FULL
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN ALL ACTIVITIES WITH DIGNITY AND
MEANING; (3) STRENGTHEN HOME LIFE BY DIRECTING ATTENTION
TO CRITICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING WOMEN AS WIVES, MOTHERS,