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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

from said number appoint, within sixty days, a Board of Ex-

aminers, to be composed of five members ; one of the members

of this Board shall be designated by the Governor to hold office

one year, two for two years, and two for three years; and

hereafter, upon the expiration of the term of office of the per-

son or persons so appointed, the Governor shall appoint a

successor to each person or persons, to hold office for three

years, from a list of five nominations submitted to him by

the Maryland State Association of Graduate Nurses annually;

To fill vacan-
cies.

all vacancies occurring on this board shall be filled by the

Governor in the same manner from the list of nominations

furnished him, or from a list of five to be furnished upon his

request for additional names.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the members of this State

Board of Examiners shall, as soon as organized, and annually

Election of
officers.

thereafter, in the month of June, elect from their members

a president and a secretary, who shall be the treasurer; three

members of this Board shall constitute a quorum, and special

meetings of the Board shall be called by the secretary upon

written request of any two members; the said Board of Ex-

aminers is authorized to frame such by-laws as may be neces-

sary to govern its proceedings; the secretary shall be required

to keep a record of all meetings of the Board, including a reg-

ister of the names of all nurses duly registered under this Act,

which shall at all reasonable times be open to public scrutiny,

and the Board shall cause the prosecution of all persons vio-

lating any of the provisions of this Act, and may incur neces-

sary expenses on this behalf; the secretary shall receive a

Salaries and

salary to be fixed by the Board, not to exceed one hundred

expenses.

dollars per annum, also traveling and other expenses incurred

in the discharge of her official duties; the other members of

the Board shall receive five dollars for each day actually en-

gaged in this service, and all legitimate and necessary ex-

penses ; said expenses and salaries shall be paid from fees re-

ceived by the Board under the provisions of this Act, and

no part of salaries or other expenses of the Board shall be

paid out of the State Treasury ; all money received in excess

of the said allowance and their expenses provided for, shall

be held by the treasurer for meeting the expenses of the said

Board and the cost of annual reports of the Board.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That after June 1, 1906, it shall

To meet an-

be the duty of said Board of Examiners to meet not less fre-

nually.

quently than once in every year, notice of which meeting shall

be given in the public press and in one nursing journal one