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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 commis-
sioner shall be removed, the Governor shall file in the office of the Secre-
tary of State a complete statement of all charges made against such com-
missioner, and his findings thereon, together with a complete record of the
proceedings.

The salary of the chairman of said commission shall be six thousand
dollars ($6, 000) per annum, and the salary of each of the other two com-
missioners shall be five thousand dollars ($5, 000) per annum.

The Governor shall, upon the recommendation of the commission, ap-
point 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 office of
said general counsel shall be six years from the beginning of his term of
office. The Governor may remove said general counsel for inefficiency, neg-
lect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against
him and an opportunity of being publicly heard in his own defense, upon
not less than ten days' notice. He shall be eligible for reappointment by
the Governor.

The annual salary of such general counsel shall be forty-eight hundred
dollars ($4, 800).

The Governor is authorized to appoint, and remove at pleasure, an expe-
rienced and qualified attorney-at-law of this State, to be known as People's
Counsel, who shall receive an annual salary of forty-five hundred dollars
($4, 500).

The said commission shall have a secretary, to be appointed by it and to
hold office at its pleasure. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a
full and true record of all the proceedings of the commission, of all books,
maps, documents and papers ordered filed by the commission, and of all
orders made by each of the commissioners, and of all orders made by the
commission or approved and confirmed by it and ordered filed, and he shall
be responsible to it for the safe custody and preservation of all such docu-
ments at its office. Under the direction of the commission the secretary
shall have general charge of its office, superintend the clerical business and
perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. He shall have
power and authority to administer oaths in all parts whatsoever of the
State, so far as the exercise of such power is properly incidental to the per-
formance of his duties or that of the commission. The secretary shall des-
ignate from time to time one of the clerks appointed by the commission to
perform the duties of secretary during his absence, and during such time
the clerk so designated shall, at the office, possess the powers of the secre-
tary of the commission. The annual salary of the secretary shall be three
thousand dollars ($3, 000).