ART. 23] PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. 259

in the year nineteen hundred and ten (1910), and the appointment of
each of said commissioners shall be made and announced by the gov-
ernor not less than ten days before said first Monday of May, nineteen
hundred and ten. The governor, at the time of making and announcing
the appointment of said three commissioners, as well as in the commis-
sion issued by him to each of them, shall designate which of said com-
missioners shall serve for the term of two years, and which shall serve
for the term of four years, and which shall serve for the term of six
years, as aforesaid, and also which shall be the chairman of said com-
mission.

Upon the expiration of each of said terms, the term of office of each
commissioner thereafter appointed shall be six years from the time of
his appointment and qualification and until his successor shall qualify.
Vacancies in said commission shall be filled by the governor for the
unexpired term. Each commissioner shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment, in the discretion of the governor.

In the event that the term of office above ascertained and prescribed
for each of said commissioners, or the term of office hereinafter pre-
scribed for the general counsel, shall in respect to any of said commis-
sioners or the general counsel be held and decided by the courts, and
particularly by the court of appeals of Maryland, to be in excess of
the period or term of office allowed or permitted by the constitution
of Maryland, then, in such event, the term of office of each of said
commissioners, or said general counsel, shall, and this sub-title hereby
declares and determines that the term of office of each of them shall be
for the period of two years from and after the first Monday of May,
in the year nineteen hundred and ten (unless removed from office) and
until their successors, respectively, qualify according to law.

The governor may remove any commissioner for inefficiency, neglect
of duty, or misconduct in office, giving to him a copy of the charges
against him and an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or
by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If
such commissioner shall be removed, the governor shall file in the office
of the secretary of state a complete statement of all charges made
against such commissioner, and his findings thereon, together with a
complete record of the proceedings.

The salary of each of said Commissioners shall be three thousand
dollars ($3,000) per annum, payable out of the State Treasury of the
State of Maryland; and in addition to said sum of three thousand
dollars per annum, each of said Commissioners shall also receive the
sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, which shall be paid
out of its funds by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the
members of said Commission as employees of said municipal corpora-
tion.

The governor shall, upon the recommendation of the commission,
appoint an attorney-at-law of the State of Maryland to be and act as
the general counsel to said public service commission. The term of