PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 655

School Board of Allegany County shall call a meeting of said
Board of Trustees.

SEC. 2. The members of the said Board of Trustees shall
hold office until their successors are elected and become mem-
bers as provided by the preceding section. In case of a vacancy
in said Board of Trustees by reason of death, resignation, or
through any other cause, of a member of the teaching force, the
Board of Trustees shall elect a member of said teaching force
as a member of said Board of Trustees for the unexpired term
of the person who has ceased to be such.

SEC. 3. A majority of said Board of Trustees shall consti-
tute a quorum for the transaction of all business, and the said
board shall have full power to make and enforce all by-laws,
rules and orders that it may deem necessary or appropriate to
carry out the purposes of this act, and said Board of Trustees
may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest, any money, personal
property, real estate or any interest therein, and any such gift,
grant, devise or bequest may be absolute, or upon the condition
that only the rents, profits and income arising from the same
shall be applied to the uses and purposes of the Teachers' Retire-
ment Fund, hereinafter mentioned, and said board shall be
authorized to take such gifts, grant, devise or bequest under
and by the style of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers'
Retirement Fund of Allegany County and to hold the same, or
assign, transfer, or sell the same, whenever proper and nec-
essary, under and by such name.

SEC. 4. Said board of trustees shall elect from its members
a president, and shall appoint a secretary and treasurer, both
of which officers may be held by the same person, and the said
board of trustees shall have power to appoint such other employ-
ees as it may from time to time deem necessary to carry out
the purposes of this act, and the said board shall pay to the
secretary, treasurer and employees such salaries as may be
fixed by the board, provided that the salaries paid to the secre-
tary, treasurer and such other employees shall be subject to
the approval of the School Commissioners. It shall be the duty
of the secretary to keep a true and accurate account of the
proceedings of said board of trustees when acting upon matters
related to said Teachers' Retirement Fund, and he shall per-
form such other duties as the board of trustees shall direct.

The secretary of the Board of School Commissioners of said
county shall act as assistant secretary of the board of trustees,
with such additional compensation therefor as may be fixed
and paid by the board of trustees with the approval of the