ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1303

by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each commissioner
shall be eligible for reappointment, in the discretion of the
Governor.

In the event that the term of office above ascertained and pre-
scribed for each of said commissioners, shall in respect to any
of said commissioners be held and decided by the courts, and
particularly 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, in such event, the term
of office of each of said commissioners, shall, and this sub-
title hereby declares and determines 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, in the year nineteen hun-
dred and ten (unless removed from office) and until their
successors, respectively, qualify according to law.

The Governor may remove any commissioner for inefficiency,
neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, giving to him a copy
of the charges against him and an opportunity of being publicly
heard in person or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less
than ten days' notice. If such commissioner shall be removed,
the Governor shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a
complete statement of all charges made against such commis-
sioner, and his findings thereon, together with a complete record
of the proceedings.

The salary of the chairman of the said Public Service Commis-
sion of Maryland shall be six thousand dollars ($6, 000) per an-
num and the salary of each of the other two commissioners shall
be five thousand dollars ($5, 000) per annum.

The Governor is authorized to appoint, and remove at pleas-
ure, an experienced and qualified attorney-at-law of this State,
to be known as Peoples Counsel, who shall receive an annual
salary of forty-five hundred ($4, 500) dollars.

The said commission shall have a secretary, to be appointed
by it and to hold office at its pleasure. It shall be the duty of
the secretary to keep a full and true record of all the proceed-
ings of the commission, of all books, maps, documents and pa-
pers ordered filed by the commission, and of all orders made by
each of the commissioners, and of all orders made by the com-
mission or approved and confirmed by it and ordered filed, and
he shall be responsible to it for the safe custody and preserva-
tion of all such documents at its office. Under the direction of
the commission, the secretary shall have general charge of its
office, superintend the clerical business and perform such other