WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 647

15. For other provisions on removal, see: Md.
Constitution, Art. XV, § 2, on suspension and removal
for crimes, and Art. 41, § 1-203 of the Code, on
removal for failure to attend meetings.

In subsection (a)(4)(v) of this section, the former
specific reference to "Baltimore County" is deleted as
inconsistent with subsection (a)(6) of this section.

In subsection (a)(6) of this section, the reference to
"a county or area of a county" is substituted for the
overly broad reference to "political subdivision".

In subsection (d) of this section, the specific
reference to "Article I, § 9 of the Maryland
Constitution" is substituted for the former phrase "by
law", for clarity.

Also in subsection (d) of this section, the former
word "affirmation" is deleted as included in the word
"oath". See Art. 1, § 9 of the Code.

Also in subsection (d) of this section, the former
phrase "within thirty days after notification of his
appointment" is deleted to allow the provisions
generally applicable to offices of profit or trust,
Art. 70, § 11 of the Code, to govern this office.
Those provisions generally require an appointee to
take the oath of office within 30 days after a clerk
of court receives the commission. Only in those
instances when no commission is sent to the clerk, do
the provisions measure from the date of notification.
Similarly, in subsection (d) of this section, the
former limited requirement for the oath to be taken
"before the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
City" is deleted. Art. 70, § 7 of the Code allows an
appointee to an office of profit or trust to make an
oath before the clerk of any circuit court or before a
deputy clerk. This latter deletion also reflects
that, in practice, appointees have made an oath before
a clerk or deputy clerk of the circuit court in the
county where the appointees live.

The seventh sentence of former Art. 56, § 449(a),
which provided for the expiration of the terms of all
members on May 1, 1985, is deleted as obsolete.

The first clause of the first sentence of former Art.
56, § 452, which provided for the initial terms of the
members of the 1910 Board, is deleted as obsolete.

The third and fourth clauses of the first sentence of
former Art. 56, § 452, which made failure to take the.

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