840 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 283

to such member a copy of the charges preferred, and the oppor-
tunity 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 thereof,
together with a complete record of the proceedings. The salary
of the Director and Chairman shall be $4, 000 per annum, and
the associated members shall serve_without pay.

SEC. 2. On the taking effect of this Act, all the rights, pow-
ers, 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 thereafter
be exercised and performed by the said Board of Welfare, 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 said
State Board of Prison Control shall cease and be at an end, and
the said Board shall be and stand abolished; provided, how-
ever, that the associate members of the Board of Welfare shall
not be required to give bond for the faithful performance of
their duties, but the Director of Welfare shall be required to
give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the pen-
alty of $25, 000, and the treasurer of said Board, if they shall
select a treasurer other than the Director of Welfare, shall give
bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the penalty
of such sum as the Board of Welfare may fix, but not less than
$10, 000; and provided further that the Board of Welfare shall
have power to select a treasurer and such treasurer need not be
a member of the Board of Welfare.

SEC. 4. There shall be a Board of Mental Hygiene, consist-
ing of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, who shall serve
as the Chairman of the Board, and six associate members. Three
at least of said Board shall be appointed from the City of Bal-
timore, four at least of said Board shall be physicians and grad-
uates of some legally authorized medical college, and must al-
so have been in the actual practice of their profession at least
five years consecutively just preceding their appointment; one
of said physicians so chosen shall have had at least five years
experience in the treatment of the insane; and one at least of
said Board shall be a woman. All of the associate members