HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 647

17. There is hereby established the Maryland Commission
on Intergovernmental Cooperation. This Commission shall be
composed of fifteen regular members, namely:

The five members of the Senate Committee on Intergovern-
mental Cooperation.

The five members of the House Committee on Intergovern-
mental cooperation, and

The five members of the Governor's Committee on Inter-
governmental Cooperation.

The Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Delegates shall be ex-officio honorary non-
voting members of this Commission. The Chairman of the
Governor's Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation
shall be ex-officio Chairman of this Commission.

18. The said standing committee of the Senate and the
said standing committee of the House of Delegates shall func-
tion during the regular sessions of the legislature and also
during the interim periods between such sessions; their mem-
bers shall serve until their successors are designated; and they
shall respectively constitute for this State the Senate Council
and House Council of the American Legislators' Association.
The incumbency of each administrative member of this Com-
mission shall extend until the first day of February next fol-
lowing his appointment, and thereafter until his successor is
appointed.

19. It shall be the function of this Commission:

(1) To carry forward the participation of this State as a
member of the Council of State Governments.

(2) To encourage and assist the legislative, executive, ad-
ministrative and judicial officials and employees of this State
to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence,
by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of
the other States, of the Federal Government, and of local
units of government.

(3) To endeavor to advance cooperation between this State
and other units of government whenever it seems advisable to
do so by formulating proposals for, and by facilitating:

(a) The adoption of compacts,

(b) The enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes,
(c) The adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative
rules or regulations,

(d) The informal cooperation of governmental offices with
one another,

(c) The personal cooperation of governmental officials and
employees with one another, individually,

(f) The interchange and clearance of research and informa-
mation, and