ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 361

against such commissioner, and his findings thereon, together
with a complete record of the proceedings.
The salary of the chairman of said commission shall be six
thousand dollars ($6, 000) per annum, and the salary of each
of the other two commissioners shall be five thousand dollars
($5, 000) per annum.

The Governor shall, upon the recommendation of the com-
mission, appoint an attorney-at-law of the State of Maryland
to be and act as the general counsel to said public service com-
mission. The term of office of said general counsel shall be
six years from the beginning of his term of office. The Gov-
ernor may remove said general counsel for inefficiency, neg-
lect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the
charges against him and an opportunity of being publicly heard
in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. He
shall be eligible for re-appointment by the Governor.

The annual salary of such general counsel shall be forty-
eight hundred dollars ($4, 800).

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 People's Counsel, who shall receive an annual
salary of forty-five hundred dollars ($4, 500).

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
papers ordered filed by the commission, and of all orders made
by each of the commissioners, and of all orders made by the
commission or approved and confirmed by it and ordered filed,
and he shall be responsible to it for the safe custody and pres-
ervation of all such documents at its office. Under the direc-
tion of the commission, the secretary shall have general charge
of its office, superintend the clerical business and perform such
other duties as the commission may prescribe. He shall have
power and authority to administer oaths in all parts whatso-
ever of the State, so far as the exercise of such power is prop-
erly incidental to the performance of his duties or that of the
commission. The secretary shall designate from time to time
one of the clerks appointed by the commission to perform the
duties of secretary during his absence, and during such time
the clerk so designated shall, at the office, possess the powers
of the secretary of the commission. The annual salary of the
secretary shall be three thousand dollars ($3, 000).