692 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

political party, and each of them shall be a taxpayer and
qualified voter of this State. Each of said Commissioners,
before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution, to be administered by
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County or the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, according to the residence of each
Commissioner, and to the Clerk of which Court, the Governor
shall forward a commission to such Commissioner. The term
of office of the members of said Commission shall be six
years, commencing on the first Monday in June next ensuing
their respective appointments, and said Commissioners shall
hold office until their respective successors are appointed and
qualified. The term of office of each of the Commissioners
now serving and the member of said Commission now holding
the designation of Chairman, shall not be extended or dimin-
ished by the passage of this statute, but each member and
the Chairman shall continue as such for the balance of the
term for which said Commissioners and Chairman were ap-
pointed. In case of any vacancy, the Governor shall appoint
a successor for the unexpired term, subject to the limitations
and qualifications contained herein. The Chairman of said
Commission shall receive a salary of $6, 000 per annum and
each of the two other members shall receive a salary of $5, 000,
said salaries to be payable out of the Treasury of the State
and be subject to Article 3, Section 35 of the Constitution.

159. The said Commission shall have a Secretary to be
appointed by it, who shall keep a full and true record of
all proceedings of the Commission, of all books, maps, docu-
ments and papers filed with said Commission, and of all
orders made by said Commission, and he shall be responsible
to said Commission for the suitable preservation and custody
of all such documents. Under the direction of the Com-
mission, 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 whatsoever of the
State, so far as the exercise of such power is properly inci-
dental to the performance of his duties or those of the Com-
mission, and said Commission may from time to time, in a
recorded minute of its proceedings, designate one or more of
its clerks to administer oaths pursuant to the performance
of duties assigned to such clerk by the Commission. The
Commission shall designate from time to time one of its clerks