(a) The said Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall be constituted as follows: Oliver Owen Kuhn, Charles A. Read and James C. Adkins, who shall serve until the qualification of the committeemen to be elected in April, 1919, as herein provided, and vacancies therein shall be filled by the remaining committeemen as hereinafter provided, the first shall, until otherwise directed by said committee, be and constitute the chairman thereof, each of whom shall qualify as such committeeman by taking an oath before any officer of said Montgomery County authorized by law to administer oaths to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties of the office. In case any such persons shall fail to qualify within ten (10) days after April 10, 1918, or any of their successors shall fail to qualify within ten (10) days after his election as committeeman as hereinafter provided, or in case of any vacancy through death, resignation, removal from said Oakmont Subdivision, or otherwise, the remaining committeemen shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a bona fide property holder and taxpayer, who shall hold office until the next election as hereinafter provided.
(b) On the second Tuesday in April, 1919, three (3) members of said citizens' committee shall be elected, one (1) to serve one (1) year, one (1) to serve two (2) years and one (1) member to serve three (3) years. On the second Tuesday in April, 1920, and on the second Tuesday in April of each following year, an election shall be held at which a committeeman shall be elected to succeed the committeeman whose term has expired, and at which committeemen shall be elected to fill such vacancies as may exist, but the committeemen so elected to fill such vacancies shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term. Election shall be by ballot in a manner prescribed by the said citizens' committee. Only those residents who have been property holders and taxpayers in said Oakmont Subdivision shall be entitled to vote or hold the office of committeeman. Following each election each newly elected member of the said citizens' committee shall qualify by taking an oath before any officer of said Montgomery County, authorized by law to administer oaths, to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties of office. Said committee shall select from their number a chairman, secretary-treasurer and any other officers they may deem necessary.
(c) The members and officers of the Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall be compensated for their services in an amount determined by the committee. Any change in such compensation is not effective until the qualified voters of Oakmont have been given an opportunity to vote thereon and the change has been approved by a majority of the votes cast. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 69-3; 1918, ch. 190, § 3; 1979, ch. 728, §1; 2003, ch. 423, § 1.)
Editor's note—2003, ch. 423, § 2, states [t]hat pursuant to Article III, Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary or compensation of the members of the Oakmont Citizens' Committee in office on the effective date of this Act [October 1, 2003], but the provisions of this Act concerning the removal of the limitation on the maximum amount of salary or compensation of the members of the Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.