Major General, salary, $2,000 per annum ; a Quartermaster
General, a Chief of Ordnance, an Inspector General, a
Surgeon General and Judge Advocate General, with
rank of Brigadier General; to be appointed by the Gov-
ernor and to hold office until the appointment and quali-
fication of their successors, or removed in pursuance of
the sentence of a court martial. The Governor is em-
powered to appoint such number of aids, not exceeding
ten, with the rank of colonels, as may be necessary to the
discharge of his duties as Commander-in-Chief. (Sec. 5,
ch. 89, Act of 1896.)

Military State Board.— This board is composed of the
Adjutant General, Comptroller of the Treasury and State
Treasurer, and is required to meet on the first Mondays
in March and September, in each year, and at such other
times as the Adjutant General, who shall be president of
said board, shall deem necessary, upon notice by him to
the remaining members of the board, for the purpose of
auditing and adjusting all military claims incident to the
organization, maintenance and discipline of the National
Guard, and which, on approval of said board endorsed
thereon, shall be paid as herein provided. (Ch. 89, Act
of 1896.)

Measurer of Carts.—The Governor shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one com-
petent person to measure and stamp carts in Baltimore-
city, and vehicles dealing in sawed and split wood. The
measurer may appoint deputies; may measure wood in
dispute between buyer and seller of wood. Fee of one
dollar allowed for each cart or vehicle inspected. No
bond. Qualifies before Clerk of Superior Court. (Article
4, sections 527-534, P. L. L.)

Measurers of Oysters.—The Governor, at each session
of the General Assembly, no advice and consent of the
Senate required, shall appoint five persons for the city of
Baltimore, and one person for each of all the other ports
or towns bordering upon the Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries, as general measurers of oysters. Each

measurer is to give a bond of $3,000 to the State; but
before what officer is not specified. Duties, to measure
oysters. Fee, ten cents per hundred bushels, to be paid
by the seller. (Article 72 of the Code. Acts 1884, chap-
ter 299.)
Notaries Public.—Notaries public are paid by fees,