1544 LAWN OF MARYLAND. [CH. 613

The Commission shall hold stated meetings at least once
a week during the year at its office. The Commission shall
have an official seal, which shall be prepared and furnished
by the Secretary of State. The officers of the Commission
shall be supplied with all necessary books, maps, charts,
stationery, office furniture, telephone and telegraph con-
nections, and all other necessary appliances and inci-
dentals, to be paid for in the same manner as other
expenses authorized by this sub-title.

The offices of said Commission shall be open for busi-
ness during such hours as the Governor shall order and
designate and at such other times as the Commission shall
deem necessary.

A majority of the Commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any business, for the performance
of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the Com-
mission, and may hold meetings of the Commission at any
time and place within the State. Any investigation, in-
quiry or hearing which the Commission has power to
undertake or hold, may be undertaken or held by or before
any one of said Commissioners, upon condition, however,
that such Commissioner shall have first been authorized
by the Commission to undertake to hold such investiga-
tion, inquiry or hearing; and all investigations, inquiries
or hearings of or by a Commissioner shall be and be
deemed to be the investigations, inquiries and hearings of
the Commission; provided, however, that each and all deci-
sions of a Commissioner upon any such investigation,
inquiry or hearing undertaken and held by him shall not
become and be effective until approved and confirmed by
the Commission itself, and ordered by the Commission
to be filed in its office; and upon such confirmation and
order by the Commission, such decision shall be and be
deemed to be the decision and order of the Commission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 613.
(Senate Bill 147)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
181 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-title