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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-327" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Acquisition and Disposition of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a board of property review in each county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If necessary, additional boards may be appointed in any county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each board of property review of a county has three members who are appointed by the judges of the circuit court for the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the members of each board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One shall be a lawyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>One shall be a farmer engaged in some agricultural pursuit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>One shall be an engineer or a person with an engineering background and knowledge.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member of the General Assembly may not be a member of a board during his term of office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each board member serves for a term of 2 years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term serves only for the remainder of that term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A board member is entitled to the per diem compensation set by the Supreme Court of Maryland. The compensation shall be uniform statewide and shall be paid monthly by the Commission, on vouchers approved by the clerk of the court.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each board shall appoint its chairman and may adopt rules not inconsistent with this title or the Maryland Rules.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each county shall provide a suitable place for its board to meet and, whenever possible, the clerk of the court shall provide suitable clerical assistance. If the clerk fails to provide clerical assistance, the Administration shall provide it on request of the board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Each board is under the jurisdiction of the court and each member of the board is an officer of the court.</text>
  </level>
</section>
