BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                         1633

only unless again selected; the President of the Town
Council of Oakland; Mrs. Lorilla F. Tower or upon her death,
resignation or failure to act the President of the Garrett
County Chapter of the American Red Cross; one person to be
elected by the Garrett County Medical Association, if there
be such, or upon its failure to function or to act in the
premises then by the Medical Staff of the Hospital, the term
of such person so elected to be for the period of one year
only unless re-elected; [and] three members to be selected
by the County Commissioners of Garrett County, one from each
of the three county commissioner districts of [said] THE
County, who shall be subject to approval by the [heretofore
named] board members, and who shall also serve for the
period of two years only unless re-appointed; FOUR MEMBERS
SELECTED FOR THEIR EXPERTISE IN PARTICULAR DISCIPLINES
ELECTED ANNUALLY BY THE HOSPITAL BOARD TO SERVE AT LARGE;
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE GARRETT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
FOR AS LONG AS HE IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE
HOSPITAL. The terms of all of the above appointive members
of the board shall begin on the first day of July, 1959.
The terms of the County Commissioners of Garrett County, of
the President of the Town Council of Oakland and the
President of the Garrett County Chapter of the American Red
Cross, as ex officio members, shall be co—extensive with
their respective terms of office and no longer.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act 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 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 469

(Senate Bill 508)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County — Test Borings and Soil Studies

FOR the purpose of permitting Anne Arundel County agents,
employees or assistants to conduct test borings and
soil studies on private property under certain
conditions before determining whether to exercise its
right of eminent domain; requiring actual notice to
owners or good faith attempts to give such notice
before tests or studies; providing for injunctive
relief under certain circumstances; providing that
owners are entitled to damages for property damage
caused by borings or tests; and matters generally