ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 481

be eligible for appointment or shall hold the office of Com-
missioner or be appointed by the Commission, or hold any
office or position under the Commission, who holds any official
relation to any association or corporation engaged in or con-
ducting racing within the State of Maryland, or holds slock
or bonds therein, or who has any pecuniary interest therein.

3. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of
his office, each member of the Commission shall take oath that
he will well and faithfully execute all and singular the duties
appertaining to his office according to the laws of the State
and the rules and regulations adopted in accordance there-
with, and shall give bond to the State of Maryland, with per-
sonal or corporate security or securities approved by the
Governor, in the penalty of One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
with the condition that he will well and faithfully execute
and perform all and singular the duties appertaining to this
office according to the laws of the State and the rules and
regulations adopted in accordance therewith. Every such
bond, when duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, and certified
copies, under seal of said Court, may be used as evidence in
any Court of this State. It shall be the duty of the Governor
at all times, when, in his opinion, the security or securities
of any member of said Commission have become or are likely
to become invalid or insufficient, to demand and require such
member of said Commission forthwith to renew his bond to
the State of Maryland, with security or securities to be ap-
proved by the Governor, in the penalty and according to the
form prescribed in this Section. Any member of said Com-
mission who shall fail to take oath and give bond with security
or securities aforesaid within thirty days of the date of his
appointment, or who shall fail to renew his bond with security
or securities aforesaid within thirty days after the same shall
have been demanded and required by the Governor, shall be
deemed to be guilty of neglect of duty and shall be remov-
able as heretofore provided. The cost of any bond given by
any member of said Commission under this Section shall be
taken to be a part of the necessary expenses of said Commis-
sion and shall be payable as hereinafter provided.

4. Said Commission shall meet at such times and places
within the State of Maryland as the Commission shall deter-