Ch. 227

LAWS OF MARYLAND

19A-2.

The BOARD OF county commissioners of Cecil County shall
appoint a suitable person as director of public works, and he,
with the advice of the BOARD [county commissioners], shall
appoint such assistants, aides, clerks, stenographers and other
field and office help as may be necessary for the proper
administration of the department of public works created
hereunder. The director of public works shall be a professional
engineer registered under the laws of this [state] STATE. The
county, when appointing a director of public works, shall give
first consideration to the qualifications of those who are
graduates in engineering from a recognized college or technical
school of collegiate grade. The director of public works shall
be a person of broad experience and high standing in the
engineering profession, and shall have had responsible charge of
engineering works over a period of at least five years. If the
person appointed as director of public works is not a graduate in
engineering from a recognized college or technical school of
collegiate grade, he shall have had not less than ten years'
experience in engineering, during five years of which he shall
have been in responsible charge of important engineering
projects. The deputy director of public works may be a
professional engineer registered under the laws of this [state]
STATE. The director of public works may be removable REMOVED
from office at any time in the discretion of the BOARD OF county
commissioners, and his compensation shall be fixed for his
services by the BOARD [county commissioners] from time to time.

22-2.

In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of
the citizens of Cecil County and other persons who may use
taxicab facilities therein, the BOARD OF County Commissioners of
Cecil County may enact, amend, and repeal ordinances, prescribing
reasonable rates of fare, fixing requirements for the ownership
and operation of taxicabs in the county and providing for
inspection and licensing of taxicabs, their owners and operators.
The regulation herein provided for the taxicab industry for Cecil
County shall be in addition to any regulation by the Department
of Motor Vehicles MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION or the Public
Service Commission of Maryland.

Any person, firm, or corporation subject to this chapter who
or which is dissatisfied with any ordinance of the BOARD OF
county commissioners or their ITS agent, enacted pursuant to the
authority herein conferred, may commence an action in the Circuit
Court of Cecil County against the BOARD [county commissioners] or
their ITS agent to vacate and set aside the ordinance on the
ground that the regulation, practice, act, or service established
by the ordinance is unreasonable or unlawful. The decision of
the circuit court shall be appealable to the Court of SPECIAL
Appeals of Maryland by either party, provided the appeal is

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