H.B. 346                                                 VETOES

Senate Bill 468, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on April 11,
1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 346.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 346

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - County Administrator

FOR the purpose of renaming the position of Clerk to the County Commissioners of
Dorchester County to County Administrator; providing that the County
Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the County Commissioners; providing
that certain references to the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners or the
Administrative Assistant to the County Commissioners shall mean the County
Administrator; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to the position of
County Administrator in Dorchester County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Dorchester County
Section 10-3 and 10-4
Article 10 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1984 Edition and June 1994 Supplement as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 10 - Dorchester County

10-3.

A.      Appointment; tenure; compensation. The County Commissioners [of
Dorchester County] shall appoint a [Clerk to the County Commissioners of said county,
and he] COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR shall [hold his
office in accordance with the appropriate ordinance of the Board of] SERVE AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE County Commissioners [concerning the county merit system and
other employees]. [He] THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR shall receive [such sum as]
compensation [for said duties] as the County Commissioners may prescribe.

B.      Duties. The [official] COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR shall perform all the duties
and services [now] required by law [or which may hereafter be required of him by law]
or [which may be required of him] by [any] order of the County Commissioners. [He]
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR shall make [full,] complete and accurate minutes of all
transactions and proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners and of all orders
passed by [said] THE Board and record the same in suitable and durably bound volumes
with AN index to facilitate reference to all such transactions, proceedings and orders.

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