1748

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 289

(1)  A majority of the [members shall constitute]
ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP CONSTITUTES a quorum of the Commission for the
purpose of organizing the District and conducting [the] ITS
business [thereof and for]. FOR all other purposes, [and all]
action may be taken by vote of a majority of the members present,
unless [in any case] by-laws adopted by the Commission [may]
require a larger number. The Commission shall [have the
authority to] manage the properties and business of the District
and [to] prescribe, amend, and repeal by-laws, rules and
regulations governing the manner in which the BUSINESS OF THE
District [may be] IS conducted[, and the powers granted to it may
be exercised, enforced and recorded]. The Commission shall
APPOINT, AND fix and determine the number of, officers, agents,
employees, consultants and attorneys of the District and SHALL
SPECIFY their respective powers, duties, and compensation[, shall
appoint the same and].

(2)  THE COMMISSION may appoint ANY OF ITS MEMBERS to
such office or offices, except to the office of
Secretary-Treasurer, [any member of the Commission with such]
WITH WHATEVER powers, duties, and compensation [as] THAT the
Commission [may deem proper] CONSIDERS NECESSARY.

(3)  The Commission shall have [at least] a
Chairman[,] and a Secretary-Treasurer, but until [such time as]
the Commission [shall begin] BEGINS to receive revenues from the
sources provided in this subtitle, it [shall] MAY not appoint any
other officers, agents and employees nor make any provision for
compensation of any nature except to the extent that [such] THE
appointments [shall be] ARE approved by the County [and such]
WITH compensation provided by the County.

(4)  The Secretary-Treasurer appointed by the
Commission shall be the chief fiscal officer of the District, to
whom the Treasurer of the County shall pay, at regular intervals,
all receipts from taxes, charges and assessments levied, made, or
imposed by the County for the use and benefit of the District[,
and he]. THE SECRETARY-TREASURER shall receive and account for
all [moneys which shall be] MONEY due and payable to [said] THE
District [from any source whatsoever]. All moneys deposited by
the Secretary-Treasurer in any banking institution shall be
protected and secured by a depository bond or by the pledge of
[such] other security [as may be] THAT IS approved by the
Commission. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give bond to the State
of Maryland in [such] WHATEVER amount [as may be] IS necessary to
protect the funds of [said] THE District with a good and
sufficient surety to be approved by the Commission, with the

condition "that if the above bounden .......... shall well and

faithfully execute his office and shall account to the District
for all moneys which he shall receive for account of the
District, or be answerable for by law, then the [said] obligation
shall be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and
effect". The [said] bond, when approved, shall be recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington