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1965 Code, sec. 27; 1947, ch. 378; 1957, ch. 726; 1965, ch. 362; 1976 Code, sec. 3-10; 2000, ch. 601.
The County Commissioners of Carroll County are authorized to levy and pay not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year towards the cost of tuition, board, books and other expenses for each of not more than three students of medicine from Carroll County to be selected and appointed by County Commissioners in the manner that the County Commissioners may determine; provided, that the appointment shall not be held by the same student for more than four years and that each student receiving such appointment shall give bond to the County Commissioners for the amount, with security as may be approved by County Commissioners, that the student will reside and practice medicine within Carroll County for not less than five years after leaving medical school; and provided further, that the powers conferred on the County Commissioners shall be continuing and may be exercised from time to time, except that the payments shall not be made for more than three students of medicine in any year.
1970, ch. 198; 1976 Code, sec. 3-20; 1986, ch. 792; 2000, ch. 601.
(a) Powers to acquire.
(1) The County Commissioners are authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise or by any other legal means real or leasehold property, to be used for public purposes in the County, including any rights or interests in the property, and together with any improvements on the property, and to enter into any agreements, contracts or leases which may be necessary to acquire the property.
(2) The County Commissioners may acquire property to be used for public water supply and sewage disposal by condemnation.
(b) The County Commissioners are authorized to lease any public property or facilities owned or acquired by the County to any board, agency, department or other public body for use by any board, agency, department or other public body in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of any public facilities which the board, agency, department or other public body is now or may be empowered to construct, operate or maintain. The County Commissioners may enter into any and all agreements with any board, agency, department or other public body of the County for the leasing of any property or facilities and provide in the agreements, the terms and conditions upon which the property or facilities shall be leased, constructed, operated or maintained.
(c) (1) If the County Commissioners determine that real property is no longer needed for a public purpose, the property may be transferred with or without consideration to a private nonprofit corporation in the County that is authorized to receive appropriations from the County.
(2) The property may be transferred, subject to those conditions, covenants, and restrictions deemed appropriate by the Commissioners, after a public hearing is held at which the Commissioners solicit and receive comments concerning the transfer.
(3) Notice of the hearing shall be advertised in at least 1 newspaper having general circulation in the County at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, the last of which advertisement may not appear later than 1 week prior to the hearing.
(4) The County Commissioners shall have an appraisal made of the property the result of which shall be included in the notice of public hearing.
(5) In this section “private nonprofit corporation” means an exempt organization as defined in Title 26 U.S.C.S., Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.
1965 Code, sec. 25; 1939, ch. 694; 1976 Code, sec. 3-14; 2000, ch. 601.
(a) The County Commissioners of Carroll County are authorized and empowered to employ a competent person to serve as special police officer of Carroll County at a salary to be fixed by the County Commissioners, payable monthly.
(b) The person appointed shall be capable of doing finger print and identification, criminal investigation and detective work, and be sworn in by and perform the person’s duties under the direction and supervision of the County Commissioners, in cooperation with the State’s Attorney for Carroll County. The special police officer shall have and exercise all the powers and jurisdiction of the regular law enforcement officers within the limits and confines of Carroll County. If the County Commissioners, in their discretion, shall appoint a special police officer, they may designate the special officer to act as inspector for the Board of License Commissioners, with all the powers which inspectors of Boards of License Commissioners have under the general law.
(c) The County Commissioners shall pay in addition to the salary under subsection (a) of this section the necessary expenses, not exceeding however twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month, incurred by special officer in the performance of the special officer’s official duties, and shall levy for the salary as general expenses of the County. All bills for the expenses of the officer must be verified by an affidavit and presented direct to the County Commissioners on forms in use by the County Commissioners, and any false swearing in the affidavit shall be deemed perjury and be punished as perjury.
1965 Code, sec. 26; 1957, ch. 697; 1959, ch. 304; 1970, ch. 625; 1976 Code, sec. 3-15; 1984, ch. 474; 2000, ch. 601.
(a) The County Commissioners of Carroll County are authorized to appoint an executive or administrative assistant to the County Commissioners, who shall receive the compensation and have the powers and duties as determined and prescribed by the Commissioners. The executive or administrative assistant shall be appointed to a term of 4 years which shall begin July 1 of the year following the last general election at which the Board of County Commissioners was elected, and shall be eligible to reappointment by any successor Board. The person so selected shall be a registered voter and taxpayer in Carroll County. After the person’s appointment by the Commissioners, the person shall take the oath prescribed by Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of Maryland*, and may be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the person’s office in the amount that the Commissioners may prescribe, and the person’s services in such office may be terminated at any time by Commissioners upon not less than two months’ written notice, except that, in the case of termination for cause, the termination shall take effect immediately.
[Editor’s Note: *M.D. Const. Art. I, § 9.]
(b) Qualifications. The executive assistant shall be selected for the position on the basis of merit, shall have had a minimum of seven years’ experience in municipal administration or similar-type business administrative functions. Each year of education at a recognized college or university in business or public administration or in another field which may be approved by the County Commissioners may be substituted for one year of experience in arriving at the minimum years of experience required to qualify for the position of executive assistant.
(c) Powers and duties. The executive assistant shall have the powers and duties prescribed by the County Commissioners including; supervision and coordinating those general policies and instructions of the County Commissioners with respect to the several departments or administrative agencies of the County, the representation of the County Commissioners as liaison officer at those departmental and administrative agencies having functions affecting Carroll County, and to recommend to the County Commissioners from time to time policies, regulations or procedures which will aid in increased efficiency in the administration of the County’s affairs.
(d) Same; Clerk to County Commissioners. The County Commissioners may authorize the executive or administrative assistant to serve as Clerk to the County Commissioners. The executive or administrative assistant shall give the person’s personal attendance at the office of the County Commissioners during business hours. The executive or administrative assistant is authorized to administer an oath or affirmation to any person presenting a claim to the Commissioners against the County. In no case shall the executive or administrative assistant hold any other county job.
(e) Deputy. The County Commissioners shall have full authority to make a temporary appointment of a deputy administrative assistant to perform the duties of the executive or administrative assistant in the event that illness or other just causes render the executive or administrative assistant unable to perform the person’s duties as defined by law.
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