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public business when an emergency arises and time will not
permit of the securing of the consent of the Commissioner and
the appointment by him of a person, appoint any qualified
person during the emergency for a period not exceeding sixty
days. Persons thus appointed shall be known as emergency
employees. Prompt report shall be made to the Commissioner
of emergency appointments and such appointments shall not
be renewed. Provided, however, that for the duration of any
war in which the United States may be engaged or of any
nationally declared emergency and for such period thereafter
as in the discretion of the Commissioner, with the approval
of the Governor, an emergency exists, the Commissioner may
extend the period of emergency employment when the posi-
tions cannot otherwise be filled; no person so employed shall
be eligible for membership in the State Employees' Retire-
ment System but shall be entitled to the benefits of the
Workmen's Compensation Laws.

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

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 493.
(Senate Bill 46)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
16, 17 and 18 of Article 2A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement), title "Agricul-
ture", sub-title "Agricultural Fair Associations", relating to
the Maryland State Pair Board.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 16, 17 and 18 of Article 2A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement),
title "Agriculture", sub-title "Agricultural Fair Associations",
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

16. The Maryland State Fair Board, to be composed of
nine members, is hereby created. Said members shall be
representative of all phases of the agricultural interest of this
State, shall serve without compensation and shall be appointed
by the Governor. Upon the appointment of the original
members to said Board, the Governor shall designate three
of such members to serve for one year, three to serve for two