812 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 406

ties; " this Act also providing for the appointment of
deputies, inspectors, assistants and employees to the said
State Board of Labor and Statistics, and making appropria-
tions thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections 1 and 2 of Article 89 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, Volume II, title "Statistics and Informa-
tion as to Branches of Industry, " be and the same hereby arc
respectively repealed, and respectively re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

1. A commission is hereby created which shall be known
as the State Board of Labor and Statistics, to be composed
of three Commissioners. Immediately upon the taking effect
of this Act, the Governor shall appoint such Commissioners.
The term of office of each of said Commissioners shall be two
years, and until his successor shall be appointed and shall have
qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the
unexpired term. The Governor may at any time remove any
Commissioner from office for inefficiency, neglect of duty or
malfeasance in office. The Governor shall designate one of said
Commissioners to be the Chairman of the Board. The other
two Commissioners shall be known as advisory members of
the Board. A majority of the members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum, for the transaction of all business. The
salary of the Chairman shall be two thousand five hundred dol-
lars ($2, 500) per annum, and the salary of each of the Ad-
visory members of the Board shall be five hundred dollars
($500) per annum. The said Board shall be allowed for
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of its
duties.

Upon the appointment and qualification of the said State
Board of Labor and Statistics, the Bureau of Statistics and
Information, and the Chief of the Industrial Bureau, shall be
abolished, and all of the powers and duties conferred by this
Article, or by any other law or laws of this State, upon the
said Bureau, or its Chief, shall thereupon be transferred to and
imposed and devolved upon the State Board of Labor and
Statistics hereby created, together with all records, documents,
papers, monies and all property and things of or appertaining
to said Bureau of Statistics and Information, and its Chief,
all in like manner and with the same effect and to the same
extent as if the said State Board of Labor and Statistics had