ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 839

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of the Board of Welfare of the obligation to give bond for the
faithful performance of their duties; requiring the Director
of Welfare and the treasurer of said Board to give bond for
the faithful performance of their duties; authorizing the
Board of Welfare to select a treasurer; requiring the Com-
missioner of Mental Hygeine to report annually to the Di-
rector of Welfare, and authorizing the Director of Welfare
to call joint meetings of the Board of Welfare and the
Board of Mental Hygiene.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 of Article 7 of Chapter 29 of
of the Acts of 1922, title "The Department of Welfare", be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The Department of Welfare is hereby established.
The head of this Department shall be the Board of Welfare,
consisting of the Director of the Department, who shall serve
as the Chairman of the Board and six associate mem-
bers, who shall be appointed without regard to political affilia-
tion, who shall each be not less than thirty years of age, inter-
ested and preferably, experienced in social welfare, and at least
one of whom shall be a woman. The Director and Chair-
man of the Board, and the associate members thereof, shall
all be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, except that the appointments first
made hereunder shall be made by the Governor alone on
the taking effect of this Act, and these terms of office shall be-
gin then. 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
consent 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