3972 ARTICLE 17.

man of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission shall be ex officio
a member of the Commission hereby created, and be charged to the num-
ber allotted to the County of which he shall be a resident, and the remain-
ing five members shall be appointed by the Governor of Maryland sub-
ject to confirmation by the Board of County Commissioners of the County

of which the appointee shall be a resident. The first appointments here-
under shall be made on or before May 1, 1927, upon which date the terms

of office shall begin. The term of office of each of said five appointive
members shall be four years; except that the terms of two of the members
first appointed from Montgomery County and of two of the members first
appointed from Prince George's County shall be respectively six years

each. Any vacancy occurring at any time in the personnel of the Com-
mission shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term, and be
subject to confirmation by the Board of Commissioners of the County
in which the vacancy occurs. The Governor shall designate as Chairman

of the Commission one of the appointive Commissioners. The annual
salary of the Chairman shall be three thousand dollars, and of the other
five Commissioners shall be five hundred dollars per annum, payable
monthly, provided however that such salary in the case of the Commis-

sioner who is Chairman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
gion shall be in addition to the salary received by him in the latter ca-
pacity. The Governor shall likewise appoint a General Counsel to the
Commission at an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars, payable

monthly, and a Secretary-Treasurer who shall be a bonded official at an
annual salary of two thousand dollars payable monthly. The Commis-

sion may appoint, discharge at pleasure and fix the compensation of or
may contract for the services of such engineering, planning, administra-
tive, auditing, clerical or other force as, from time to time, in its judg-
ment, may be necessary to the administration of this Act, and may require

any employee to give bond with surety approved by and in a sum to be
fixed by the Commission.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 3.

722. The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to maintain
an office in Montgomery County, and an office in Prince George's County,
both such offices to be within the District, and an office in the District of
Columbia. The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to hold
meetings, conduct hearings, and perform any or all of the duties vested in
it by this Act at whichever of its three said offices shall in the judgment
of the Commission best suit the convenience of the public in each case.
All Acts, orders, or regulations agreed upon or passed in the said office
located within the District of Columbia, shall have the same force and
effect as though agreed upon or passed within the District. The Com-
mission shall annually publish in at least one newspaper published in
Montgomery County, and one in Prince George's County a full and true
account of its receipts and disbursements. Prior to such publication such
account shall be audited by the State Auditor of the State of Maryland,