Ch. 227

LAWS OF MARYLAND

for such additional service, no additional compensation shall be
allowed said clerk.

1-20.

The Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County, as
provided by [section 9 of article 43 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Health,"] § 3-201 OF THE HEALTH
- GENERAL ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, shall ex
officio constitute a local board of health for their respective
county, and shall have and exercise all the duties of a board of
health as provided in said article, except in the cases where the
charter of any city or town in the State contains provisions
inconsistent therewith; and the [said] BOARD OF county
commissioners shall not be entitled to receive any compensation
for the performance of the duties of the board of health in
addition to the salary they receive as [such] county
commissioners, but said salary shall be taken and accepted by
them in full payment of all compensation for such services. The
local board of health may secure the services of attorneys at law
to represent it in all legal matters affecting the local board.

1-21.

The BOARD OF County Commissioners of Cecil County shall have
power and authority to establish, maintain, and support a center
for the care and rehabilitation of mentally retarded children.

1-23.

The BOARD OF county commissioners [are] IS authorized and
empowered to issue a summons for any person whose appearance
before them they THE BOARD IT shall deem necessary for any
purpose; and any person so summoned, and refusing to appear or to
be sworn, or to answer, shall be liable to prosecution therefor,
and upon conviction before a justice of the peace, shall be fined
not exceeding thirty dollars for each offense, said fine to be
paid into the county treasury; and every summons issued under
this section shall be returnable on the day named therein, and
shall be directed to the sheriff of the county, who shall receive
the same fees, and be liable to the same penalties as are now
received or incurred by him in the service of summons or
citations issued by the orphans' court.

1-24.

The pay of witnesses for attendance before the BOARD OF
county commissioners shall be the same as for attendance before
the circuit court, and shall be regulated in the same manner.

1-27.

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