72                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                             Ch. 22

the standard establishment section.
3-104. COUNTY BOARD IS A CORPORATE BODY; GENERAL POWERS.

(A)   CORPORATE BODY.

EACH COUNTY BOARD IS A BODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE BY
THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF...........COUNTY.

(B)   GENERAL POWERS.
A COUNTY BOARD:

(1)   HAS PERPETUAL EXISTENCE;

(2)   MAY SUE AND BE SUED; AND

(3)    MAY HAVE, USE, ALTER, OR ABANDON A COMMON
SEAL.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §38.

In subsection (b) (3) of this section, the present
language "and the same at their pleasure ... in
them" is deleted as unnecessary.

In this section and throughout this article, the
term "county board" is substituted for "county
board of education" in light of the definition of
"county board" in §1—101 of this article.

The only other changes are in style.

3-105. COMPOSITION OF COUNTY BOARD.

(A) SUBSECTIONS (B), (C), AND (D) OF THIS SECTION DO
NOT APPLY TO A COUNTY IF THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY
BOARD IS REGULATED BY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.

(A B) SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH LESS THAN 50,000 STUDENTS.

IF A COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF LESS
THAN 50,000 STUDENTS, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL HAVE FIVE
MEMBERS, EXCEPT THAT:

(1)    THE WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD SHALL HAVE THE
NUMBER OF MEMBERS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS
SECTION; AND

(2)    ANY COUNTY BOARD THAT HAD MORE THAN FIVE
MEMBERS ON JULY 1, 1969, SHALL RETAIN THAT NUMBER OF
MEMBERS.

(B (C) SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH BETWEEN 50,000 AND 100,000
STUDENTS.

IF A COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 50,000