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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 911

Sections 157, 159, 159A, 160(c), 163, 164, 166, 167, 168,
169, 172, 176, 180A, 180B, and 180C be and they are
hereby added to said Article; and all to read as follows:

Article 19

157. Commission; appointment, tenure, staff.

[ (a) Commission. For the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of this subtitle, the sanitary districts
created hereafter shall be under the jurisdiction of a
Commission of seven persons. Each member of the
Commission shall be appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Mary's County as follows: one member
from each of the first, third, sixth, seventh and eighth
election districts, one member from the second and ninth
election districts, and one member from the fourth and
fifth election districts. Each member shall reside in
the election district he represents, be a resident
taxpayer of the County and be a qualified voter. The
members of the Commission shall be appointed for a three
year term and shall serve until their successors are
appointed and have qualified. Those persons serving as
members of the Commission immediately prior to July 1,
1970, shall continue to serve in their respective
positions until the expiration of their terms. On July
1, 1970, the County Commissioners shall appoint two new
members for a period of two years and two new members for
a period of three years from election districts
unrepresented at the time of appointment. As the term of
each Commissioner expires, his successor shall be
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County. Any vacancy in the personnel of the
Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Board of
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County for the
unexpired term.]

[ (b) Officers. The Commission shall elect one of
its members as Chairman, and shall appoint, discharge at
pleasure and subject to the approval of the Board of
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County, shall fix the
compensation of the Secretary—Treasurer, a chief
engineer, and such engineering, legal, clerical and other
personnel and help, as from time to time the Commission
may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this
sub-title. ]

[ (c) Salaries of Commission. The annual salary of
each of said Commissioners shall be determined by the
Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County, but
said annual salary for the Chairman shall not exceed
$1,200.00, and that of the other members shall not exceed
$900.00, and shall be payable quarterly.]

[(d) Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer
appointed by the Commission shall be the collector of all
charges and assessments made by the Commission, and shall
receive and account for all moneys which shall be due and