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ART. XLI] ADVISORY PAROLE BOARD. 291
Governor the conditional pardon of any person sentenced under the laws
of Maryland, and whenever said Board shall, upon examination, be of
the opinion that both the interests of the State and the interests of any
prisoner sentenced under the laws of Maryland would be best subserved
by a conditional pardon, it shall be the duty of said Board to lay before
the Governor for his consideration those facts and circumstances which
induced their conclusion in that respect. It shall be the duty of said
Board to investigate and to collect all information that may aid it in
determining the advisability of recommending to the Governor the con-
ditional pardon of all persons sentenced for one year or more to the
Maryland Penitentiary or to the Maryland House of Correction upon
the expiration of one-third of the term for which each of such persons
has been sentenced. And such investigation shall be made by the said
Board of its own initiative without the necessity of any application by
or in behalf of any of such persons. It shall be the duty of the Gov-
ernor to act upon the same within sixty days after the receipt of any
recommendations from the Advisory Board of Parole.
Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation
in the United States.
1904, art. 41, sec. 24. 1896, ch. 264. 1900 ch. 194. 1908, ch. 407. 1912, ch. 593.
1916, ch. 543.
24. The Governor shall appoint a board of three commissioners for
the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, whose
duty it shall be to examine the subjects of marriage and divorce, insolv-
ency, form of notarial certificates and other subjects; to ascertain the
best means to effect an assimilation and uniformity in the laws of the
States and especially to meet with representatives appointed by the other
States of the Union in a convention to draft uniform laws to be sub-
mitted for the approval and adoption of the several States and to advise
and recommend such other course of action as shall best accomplish the
purposes of this section. The Governor shall fill vacancies in said com-
mission and re-appoint from time to time as may, in his judgment, be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Such commissioners
shall hold office for a term not exceeding four years. No member of
said board shall receive any compensation for his services as commis-
sioner, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his actual
disbursements for his expenses in performing the duties of his office.
In case any of the persons appointed as above will not undertake the
office of this commission, or in case of a vacancy on said board, such
vacancy shall be filled by the Governor. Said board may employ such
persons and incur such expenses as may be necssary in the performance
of their duties; but the total annual expense of said board shall not
exceed the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars. Said board may,
out of its annual appropriation, contribute to the expense of the con-
ference of the commissioners from the various states such sum as they
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