GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
A merit system for officers and employees for Montgomery County was established pursuant to the county charter in 1948. Montgomery County Code, Ch. 33 sets out what is stylistically known as the "County Personnel Act." That act or ordinance provides in pertinent part:
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