20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1

314C. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND SUPERVISORS
TO CARRY OUT ACT OF CONGRESS AND ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS
AND AID. The Secretary of State and the Boards are hereby
severally authorized and empowered to do any and all acts,
the carrying out of which is committed to them by any Act of
Congress providing for voting by persons who are Absentee
Residents, and to accept and expend any funds made avail-
able to him or them or to the State of Maryland by Congress
for the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses incurred
in connection therewith, including their services. The Secre-
tary of State and the several Boards are hereby severally
authorized and empowered to use any and all facilities that
may be furnished by the United States or any department,
commission or agency thereof, pursuant to any Act of Con-
gress or otherwise, for the purpose of transmitting to and
from Absentee Residents applications for absentee ballots,
absentee ballots, envelopes, instructions and all other printed
matter that may be permitted to be transmitted by any Act
of Congress and generally to cooperate in every way with
military and civil officers of the United States and with all
such departments, commissions and agencies thereof in order
to enable such persons to vote.

314D. STATE WAR BALLOT COMMISSION; ITS POWERS AND
AUTHORITY. There is hereby created a State War Ballot
Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"),
which shall be composed of the Governor, the Secretary of
State, the Attorney General, the presiding officers of each
House of the General Assembly, the minority leader of each
House of the General Assembly, all ex officio, and of the Honor-
able D. Lindley Sloan, of Cumberland, Maryland, and the
Honorable W. Frank Roberts, of Baltimore City. Vacancies
in the Commission shall be filled by the Governor, and
every person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be a member of
the same political party as that of the person in whose place
he is appointed. The Commission shall meet on call of the
Governor and, in the case of his absence or disability, on call
of the Secretary of State, or any three members. Five members
of the Commission shall constitute a quorum and the vote of a
majority of those present at any meeting of the Commission
shall be necessary for a decision on any matter before the
Commission. The Commission is authorized to appoint and
remove at pleasure such employees as may be necessary for the
performance of its duties under this sub-title and shall fix their
compensation, any law of the State to the contrary notwith-
standing. Employment by the Commission hereunder shall