848 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

General Laws of Maryland be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read respectively as
follows:

SEC. 6. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint an Advisory Board to be known. as
the Advisory Board of Parole, to consist of three members, who
shall each be not less than thirty years of age, and who
Shall each have been, for the four years next preceding his ap-
pointment, a resident and qualified voter of the State of Mary-
land. And be it enacted, That the members of the Advisory
Board of Parole hereunder shall be Charles D. Reid, Samuel J.
Twilley and Dr. J. Hubert Wade, and they are hereby appointed
and constituted as members of said Board, to serve respectively
for the terms of six, four and two years, from the date of the
passage of this Act and until their respective successors shall
qualify, and the said Charles D. Reid shall be President or
Chairman thereof. One of said Board shall hold office for six
years from the beginning of the term of his office and until his
successor shall qualify; and one of said Board shall hold office
for four years from the beginning of his term of office and until
his successor shall qualify; and one of said Board shall hold
office for two years from the beginning of his term of office and
until his successor shall qualify. On the expiration of each of
said terms, the term of office of each member of said Advisory
Board shall be six years from the time of his appointment and
qualification and until his successor shall qualify. On the ex-
piration of each of said terms, the term of office of each member
of said Advisory Board shall be six years from the time of his
appointment and qualification and until his successor shall
qualify.

Vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Governor for
the unexpired term, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.

In the event that the term of office above described and pre-
scribed for each of said members of said Advisory Board shall,
in respect to any of said members, be held and decided by the
Court of Appeals of Maryland to be in excess of the period
or term of office allowed or permitted by the Constitution of
Maryland, then, and in such event, the term of office of each of
said members shall be, and this Act hereby declares and deter-
mines that the term of office of each of them shall be for the
period of two years from and after the first Monday of May,