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686 SURVEYOR AND STATE SURVEY. [ART. XCI
constitute a special commission, to be known as the "State Roads Com-
mission." In making appointments to and selection for members of
the State Roads Commission, the Governor shall always so make his
selection and appointments, that at least one member of the State Roads
Commission shall bona fide belong to or be affiliated with that one of
the two leading political parties in the State opposite to the Governor's
own political party. The Governor shall have the power, in his discre-
tion, to remove any member of said Commission at any time, and to
appoint another person in his stead, and to fill any vacancy in said
Commission occasioned by the resignation, removal, death, incapacity,
permanent absence from this State, of any member of said Commission,
or by reason of any other cause creating a vacancy. One member of
said Commission shall receive a salary of two thousand, five hundred
dollars ($2,500) per annum, and shall be named by the Governor as
Chairman of said Commission; the two associate members of said Com-
mission shall each receive a salary of two thousand dollars ($2,000)
per annum, and the salaries of said commissioners shall be payable in
monthly installments. A majority of the members of said Commission
shall be a lawful quorum for the transaction of business. The Chair-
man of said Commission shall preside over its meetings, and perform
such other duties as are imposed on him by law, or as may be assigned
to him by said Commission. The Commissioners shall take the oath
prescribed by Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State. As
soon as the members of said Commission shall have met and qualified,
rhey shall organize by the election of a secretary, not a member of said
Commission, who shall be removable at the pleasure of said Commis-
sion, and who shall receive such compensation as the Commission may
determine, not exceeding the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800)
per annum. He shall enter in the journal cf said Commission and
shall carefully preserve neat, legible, full and accurate minutes of all
meetings and records of all proceedings of said Commission, and make
true copies of all notices directed by said Commission to be published,
and of the certificates of publication thereof, and shall perform such
other duties as shall appertain to the office of secretary of a private cor-
poration, or as are imposed on him by law, or as may be assigned to
him by said Commission. All records of said Commission shall be
public records, and the Commission shall, annually, make to the Gov-
ernor a detailed report of its official transactions, and of all its expendi-
tures and of all liabilities incurred by. it. The said Commission may
employ such chief engineer, assistant engineer, professional or technical
experts, surveyors, agents, assistants, clerks, employees and laborers,
skilled and unskilled, and also such advisers and consultants as it may
deem requisite for the performance and execution of the powers and
duties imposed and conferred by law, and shall fix their respective com-
pensations, but such employment, except as the secretary of said Com-
mission, shall be subject to all the laws with respect to the Board of
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