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mentioned, be, and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 4. That the principal office of the Commission shall
be in the City of Baltimore, at such place therein as said Com-
mission shall select and determine from time to time. The Com-
mission 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 connections, and all other necessary
appliances and incidentals, to be paid for in the same manner as
other expenses authorized by this Act.

The offices of said Commission shall be open for business be-
tween the hours of half-past eight o'clock A. M. and half-past;
five o'clock P. M. on every secular day of the week except
Saturday, when they shall be open between the hours of half-
past eight o'clock A. M. and twelve o'clock noon, and one or
more responsible persons, to be designated by the Commission
or by the Secretary, under the direction of the Commission,
shall be on duty at all times, in immediate charge thereof.

The Commission shall promptly and duly organize. A ma-
jority 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 Commission, and may
hold meetings of the Commission at any time and place within
the State. Any investigation, inquiry 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 con-
dition, however, that such Commissioner shall have first been au-
thorized by the Commission to undertake to hold such investi-
gation, 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 decisions 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. 3. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Section 31 3/4 of Chapter 180 of the Acts of