ART. 77. ] FORMATION OF BOARDS. 137

Chapter 2. Formation of Boards.

1906, ch. 353.

6. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, if in session, and without said advice and consent when
not in session, shall appoint a board of county school commis-
sioners for each county in this State, to be composed in the
counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester, Wash-
ington and Montgomery of six persons, and in each of the
other counties of three persons; two of whom in the counties
of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Dorchester, Washington and
Montgomery, and one of whom in each of the other counties
shall hold their office for the term of two years; two of whom
in the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick,. Dorchester,
Washington and Montgomery, and one of whom in each of the
other counties shall hold their office for the term of four years;

and two of whom in the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Fred-
erick, Dorchester, Washington and Montgomery, and one of
whom in each of the other counties shall hold their office for the
term of six years from the first Monday of May next succeeding
their appointment and until their successors shall qualify.
The governor shall at the time of making said appointments
designate the term of years of each of the said commissioners
when first appointed under this section; provided, however,
that all county school commissioners heretofore appointed
under this section, as amended by chapter 79 of the acts of
1900, shall serve out the terms for which they were respectively
appointed and designated; and provided further, that at the
time of making the appointment of the three additional school
commissioners for Montgomery county, as herein provided, the
governor shall designate the terms of years of each of the said
-additional commissioners. The term of office of the said com-
missioners, after the expiration of the term for which first
appointed, shall be a term of six years; said persons shall be
men of high character, integrity and capacity. Two of said
appointees for the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick,
Dorchester, Washington and Montgomery and one of said
appointees for each of the other counties shall be selected and
appointed by the governor from the political party which at the
last preceding election for governor cast next to the highest
number of votes in the State, so that said minority party shall
always have a proper representation upon each of said boards.
The governor may remove for incompetency, neglect of duty or