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ART. LXXXI] STATE AUDITOR. 655
1916, ch. 587, sec. 233A.
233A. Any Clerk of Court, Register of Wills, Sheriff, State's Attor-
ney or Collector, and any officer of the State Tobacco Warehouse, or of
any department, board, commission or institution embraced within the
provisions of Section 230 of this Article, who shall knowingly fail and
refuse to comply with any order or orders which the Board of Public
Works may make and prescribe under the authority of said section,
with respect to his office or institution, or who shall knowingly fail and
refuse to comply with any other provision of this law, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty
dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for not
less than thirty days, nor more than six months, or both, in the discre-
tion of the Court, for each and every such offense.
State Tax Commission.
1914, ch. 841, sec. 233. 1916, ch. 713.
234, There is hereby created a Commission to be designated as
State Tax Commission of Maryland composed of three persons who
shall be resident taxpayers of the State and qualified voters thereof, and
not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. One
of said Commissioners shall be a resident of the City of Baltimore, one
a resident of the Counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the
other a resident of the Counties of the Western Shore of Maryland.
The term of each of the three members shall be six years and until his
successor qualifies and shall commence on the first Monday of June
next ensuing his appointment; except that one of the Commissioners
named in this sub-title shall serve for two years, one for four years, and
one for six years, and if for any reason the term of six years shall be
held unconstitutional then the term of each shall be two years. The
present Commission created by this sub-title shall be Oscar Leser, who
shall serve for two years, Lewin W. Wickes, who shall serve for four
years, and Arthur P. Gorman, Jr., who shall serve for six years and
who shall be Chairman of said Commission during his term, after which
time the chairman of said Commission shall be designated by the Gov-
ernor of the State, and all subsequent appointments shall be so made
that not more than two Commissioners shall at any time be of the same
political party.
The Chairman of the State Tax Commission shall receive a salary of
Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) per annum and each of the two other
members of said Commission shall receive a salary of Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) per annum; and before entering upon office he shall
take the oath prescribed by the Constitution. In case of any vacancy
the Governor shall appoint a competent person to fill the same, subject
to the limitations of appointment contained in this sub-title, and the
Governor shall appoint one Commissioner every two years as the term
of the Commission named in this sub-title may expire, subject to the
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