The Governor, without consent of the Senate, shall,
once in every two years, designate and appoint one of
the professors of the Maryland Agricultural College,
State Entomologist, to serve without pay. No bond.
(Acts of 1896, chapter 290.)

State Veterinary Board of five. (Acts of 1894, chapter
273.)

The Governor, without consent of the Senate, is
authorized to appoint a Game Warden and Deputy Game
Wardens. No bond. (Acts of 1896, chapter 293.)

Five measurers of oysters for Baltimore and each of
the other ports or towns bordering upon the Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries. (Article 72, section 68 of the
Code.)
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

The Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate. His term of
office', unless removed by the Governor, continues until
the end of the term of the Governor, from whom lie re-
ceived his appointment. His annual salary is $2,000.
He is required to reside in Annapolis. (Article II, sec-
tion 22, Constitution.)

The Secretary of State shall carefully keep and pre-
serve a record of all official acts and proceedings of the
Executive Department, and shall perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by law, or as may properly
belong to his office, together with all clerical duty be-
longing to the Executive Department. (Article II, sec-
tion 23, Constitution.)

A departmental seal shall be kept by the Secretary of
State for the authentication of copies of records and
papers in his office; but no copy of a record or paper
shall be given out or certified by him, or any order, entry
or action of the Governor without the approbation of the
Governor. (Article 86, P. G. L., section I, Maryland
Code.)

A record of all commissions to civil officers shall be
kept by the Secretary of State, and he shall transmit the
commissions to the clerks of the several Circuit Courts
for the counties and the Superior Court of Baltimore.
{Ibid, section 2.)

The reports of clerks of said courts of the qualifica-
tion of officers shall be preserved by the Secretary of