342 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

COMMISSION ESTABLISHED, APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF OFFICE,
SALARIES, REMOVALS, ETC.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That there shall be a Public Service Commission,
and the same is hereby created and established, which said
Public Service Commission shall be vested with and possessed
of the powers and duties in this Act specified, and also all
powers necessary or proper to enable it to carry out fully and
effectually all the purposes of this Act.

The said Public Service Commission shall consist of three
members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, and
one of whom shall be designated by the Governor to be and,
upon being so designated, shall be the Chairman of said Com-
mission.

Each Commissioner, at the time of his appointment and
qualification, shall be a resident of the State of Maryland, and
shall have resided in said State for a period of at least five
years next preceding his appointment and qualification, and
he shall also be a qualified voter therein and not less than
twenty-five years of age.

One of said Commissioners shall hold office for two years
from the beginning of his term of office and until his successor
shall qualify; one of said Commissioners shall hold office for
four years from the beginning of his term of office and until
his successor shall qualify; and one of said Commissioners
shall hold office for six years from the beginning of his term
of office and until his successor shall qualify. The term of
office of each Commissioner shall begin on the first Monday of
May, in the year nineteen hundred and ten (1910), and the
appointment of each of said Commissioners shall be made and
announced by the Governor not less than ten days before said
first Monday of May, nineteen hundred and ten. The Governor,
at the time of making and announcing the appointment of said
three Commissioners, as well as in the commission issued by
him to each of them, shall designate which of said Commis-
sioners shall serve for the term of two years, and which shall
serve for the term of four years, and which shall serve for the
term of six years, as aforesaid, and also which shall be the
Chairman of said Commission.

Upon the expiration of each of said terms, the term of office
of each Commissioner thereafter appointed shall be six years
from the time of his appointment and qualification and until
his successor shall qualify. Vacancies in said Commission
shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each