60 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 29

The Director first appointed shall hold office until the first
Monday of May, 1924, and until his successor shall have been
appointed and qualify, and thereafter the term of the Director
shall be four years. The associate members first appointed
shall be so classed by the Governor that the terms of office of
two shall expire on the first Monday of May, 1924, the terms
of office of two on the first Monday of May, 1926, and the
terms of office of two on the first Monday of May, 1928, and
thereafter in each case the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint two associate members in the
place of the two whose terms shall so expire, and thereafter
the terms of the associate members shall be six years, respec-
tively. Vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Governor
for the unexpired term, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. The Governor may remove any member of said
Board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office,
giving to such member a copy of the charges preferred, and
the opportunity of being first publicly heard in person or by
counsel. If such member shall be removed, the Governor shall
file in the office of the Secretary of State a complete statement
of all charges made against such member, and his findings
thereon, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
The salary of the Director and Chairman shall be $4, 000 per
annum, and the associate members shall serve without pay.

SECTION 2. On the taking effect of this Act, all the rights,
powers, duties, obligations and functions of the State Board
of Prison Control, as the same are set forth in Article 27 of
the Annotated Code, title "Crimes and Punishment, " or in
any other provisions of law, shall be transferred to and there-
after be exercised and performed by the said Board of Wel-
fare, as the lawful successor to said State Board of Prison
Control, to the same extent and effect as if the said Board of
Welfare had been named in said provisions of law as the body
upon which the said rights, powers, duties, obligations and
functions were conferred. Thereupon the terms of office of
the members of the said State Board of Prison Control shall
cease and be at an end, and the said Board shall be and stand
abolished.

SECTION 3. The Springfield State Hospital, the Spring
Grove State Hospital, the Eastern Shore State Hospital, the
Crownsville State Hospital and the Rosewood State Training
School, are each, on the taking effect of this Act, placed in and