Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-10-11
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1851


Of county board shall be re-
moved, the State Superintendent of
Schools shall file in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
the County for which the member
was appointed, if the member so
requests, a complete statement of
all charges made against such
member, and his findings thereon,
together with a complete record
of the proceedings. Vacancies on
any of the county boards for any
cause shall be filled by the Gov
ornor for the unexpired term, and
until a successor shall qualify.
Any member of a county board
shall be eligible for reappointment,
unless otherwise disqualified by
the provisions of this section.
&c (a) After January l. 1852,
the County Board of Education of
Montgomery County, shall be COM
posed of seven members, qualified
voters of Montgomery County,
who shall be chosen AS FOL-
LOWS: ONE FROM EACH OF
THE FIVE COUN GIL DIS
TRICTS AND TWO AT LARGE,
and who shall serve as hereinafter
provided in this section, provided,
however, that the offices now held
by the members of the Board of
Education on the effective date
of this Act are abolished and the
incumbents exercising the func-
tions and duties thereof on such
cate shall hold office under the
provisions of this Act as interim
incumbents of the offices herein
provided to serve for such terms
as are hereinafter specified and
until their respective successors
shall have been elected and quail
fled.
(b) Nomination for membership
on the County Board of Education
of Montgomery County shall be
by petition endorsed by a mini
mum of TWO HUNDRED VO-
TIERS FOR THE NOMINEE
FROM EACH COUNCIL DIS
TRICT RESPECTIVELY, AND
five hundred voters of the County
FOR THE TWO NOMINEES AT
LARGE, RESPECTIVELY. Each
such petition shall be filed with
the Bo%d of Election Supervisors
of Montgomery County, sixty (60)
days before General election and
except as otherwise in this section
specified shall conform generally
to the laws and requirements of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland. No person shall be
certified as a candidate who is
subject to the authority of the
Board of Education. On the re-
ceipt of a valid nominating petit
ton, said Board of Supervisors of
Elections shall do such things as
are necessary to provide for the
election of the members of said
Board of Education as in this sec
tion required, in conformity with
the election laws contained in said
Article 33, provided, however,
that all voting for County Board
of Education members shall be
conducted on a non-partisan basis,
AND ON A GENERAL COUNTY
WIDE TICKET; no designation of
party affiliation shall be placed
upon any petition for nomination,
nor upon any voting machine or
paper ballot used at any said cleo
ton. The candidate or candidates
receiving the highest number or
numbers of votes cast for the Of
flee of member of the County
Board of Education shall be de-
clared elected.
(c) Any vacancy on the said
Board in an office filled by an
interim incumbent or an elected
member resulting from death,
resignation, failure to qualify, or
any other reason shall be filled
by the selection by the remaining
members of the Board of duly
qualified person to fill the va
cancy. Any person so selected
shall serve for the unexpired por-
ton of the term of the vacancy
or until his successor is elected
and qualified.
(d) The Montgomery County
Council may remove any member
of the Board elected or serving UNI
der the provisions of this section
for immortality, misconduct in Of
flee, incompetency, or wilful neg
lect of duty, giving to him a copy
of the charges against him, and
an opportunity of being publicly
heard in person or by counsel in
his own defense, upon not less
than ten days notice. If any mem-
Der of the Board of Education shall
be so removed, he shall have the
right to a review by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County in
a proceeding de novo. Upon the
initiation of such proceedings for
review in the Circuit Court, the
County Council shall forthwith
file in the office of the Clerk of