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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 86

as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 19 - St. Mary's County

26-1.

A. St. Mary's County shall be divided into [three (3)]
FOUR Commissioners' Districts as follows: The first,
second, [eighth] and ninth election districts shall compose
the First Commissioner District. The third and sixth
election districts shall compose the Second Commissioner
District; [and] the fourth, fifth and seventh election
districts shall compose the Third Commissioner District; AND
THE EIGHTH ELECTION DISTRICT SHALL COMPOSE THE FOURTH
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT. Each Commissioner shall be elected
as hereinafter provided by the general vote of the county
from each of said Commissioner Districts, who shall serve
for four (4) years from the date of his election and shall
be eligible to succeed himself, except that no County
Commissioner is to be elected to serve more than three (3)
full four-year consecutive terms. A majority of said
Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Five [(5)] County Commissioners are to be
elected by the voters of the entire county, of whom [two
(2)] ONE County Commissioners COMMISSIONER [are] IS to be
elected from the First Commissioner District, one [(1)]
County Commissioner is to be elected from the Second
Commissioner District, [and] one [(1)] County Commissioner
is to be elected from the Third Commissioner District, AND
ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS TO BE ELECTED FROM THE FOURTH
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall apply only to the terms of St. Mary's County
Commissioners beginning in 1982.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 14, 1981.

CHAPTER 87
(House Bill 1753)
AN ACT concerning