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as the ''State Roads Commission. " In making appointments
to and selection for members of the State Roads Commission,
the Governor shall always so make his selection and appoint-
ments, that at least one member of the State Roads Commis-
sion shall bona fide belong to or be affiliated with that one of
the two leading political parties in the State opposite to the
Governor's own political party. The Governor shall have the
power, in his discretion, to remove any member of said Com-
mission at any time, and to appoint another person in his
stead, and to fill any vacancy in said Commission occasioned
by the resignation, removal, death, incapacity, permanent ab-
sence from this State, of any member of said Commission, or
by reason of any other cause creating a vacancy. One mem-
ber of said Commission shall receive a salary of two thousand,
five hundred dollars ($2, 500) per annum, and shall be named
by the Governor as Chairman of said Commission and be
known as the Director of the Department; the two associate
members of said Commission shall each serve without pay. A
majority of the members of said Commission shall be a lawful
quorum for the transaction of business. The Chairman of said
Commission shall preside over its meetings, and perform such
other duties as are imposed on him by law, or as may be as-
signed to him by said Commission. The Commissioners shall
take the oath prescribed by Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitu-
tion of the State. As soon as the members of said Commission
shall have met and qualified, they shall organize by the election
of a secretary, not a member of said Commission, who shall be
removable at the pleasure of said Commission, and who shall
receive such compensation as the Commission may determine,
and as may be provided in the Budget. He shall enter in the
journal of said Commission and shall carefully preserve neat,
legible, full and accurate minutes of all meetings and records of
all proceedings of said Commission, and make true copies of all
notices directed by said Commission to be published, and of the
certificates of publication thereof, and shall perform such other
duties as shall appertain to the office of secretary of a private
corporation, or as are imposed on him by law, or as may be
assigned to him by said Commission. All records of said Com-
mission shall be public records, and the Commission shall, an-
nually, make to the Governor a detailed report of its official
transactions, and of all its expenditures and of all liabilities
incurred by it. The said Commission may employ such chief

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