3280 ARTICLE 89B

vided, however, that on and after May 1, 1939, the State Roads Commis-
sion shall, in addition to the requirements prescribed in Section 1A of this
Article, be so constituted that at all times one, member shall be a resident
of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, one a resident of the counties of the
Western Shore of Maryland and one a resident of Baltimore City.

An. Code, 1924, art. 91, sec. 27. 1912, art. 91, sec. 33. 1908, ch. 141, sec. 32A. 1918,
ch. 224, sec. 33. 1922, ch. 29, sec. 33 (p. 64). 1931, ch. 539, sec. 1A.

2. The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint three
competent persons, citizens and residents of this State, who shall constitute
a special commission, to be known as the "State Roads Commission." In
making appointments to and selection for members of the State Roads
Commission, the Governor shall always so make his selection and appoint-
ments, 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 discretion, 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 be designated by the Gov-
ernor as Chairman of said Commission and be known as the Director of
the Department, he shall receive such salary as may be prescribed by the
Governor; the two associate members of said Commission shall each serve
without pay. A majority of the members of said Commission shall be a
lawful quorum for the transaction of business. The Chairman 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 Com-
mission. The Commissioners shall take the oath prescribed by Article 1,
Section 6 of the Constitution of the State. As soon as the members of said
Commission shall have met and qualified, they shall organize by the elec-
tion of a secretary, not a member of said Commission, who shall be remov-
able at the pleasure of said Commission, and who shall receive such com-
pensation as the Commission may determine, and as may be provided in
the Budget. He shall enter in the journal of 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 corporation, 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 Commis-
sion shall, annually, make to the Governor a detailed report of its official
transactions, and of all its expenditures 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, em-
ployees and laborers, skilled and unskilled, and also such advisers and con-
sultants/as it may deem requisite for the performance and execution of the
powers and duties imposed and conferred by law, and shall fix their re-
spective compensations. Said Commissioners shall have power to exact
from any person employed by it such indemnity bond for the faithful per-