ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 157

tion 2 of Chapter 448 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1927, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 586 THAT for the
purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act said
District shall be under the jurisdiction of a Commission of
six members, of whom two shall be residents and taxpayers
of that portion of the District within Montgomery County
and the other shall be a resident of any part of Montgom-
ery County, and two shall be residents and taxpayers of
that portion of the District within Prince George's County,
and the other shall be a resident of any part of Prince
George's County. The members of said Commission shall
be a body corporate, by the name of "The Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission, " (here-
inafter for abbreviation referred to in this Act as the Com-
mission or Commissioner), with the right to use a common
seal, to sue and be sued, to exercise all power granted to it
in this Act and to do any and all other corporate acts for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. The
Chairman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion shall be ex officio a member of the Commission hereby
created, and be charged to the number allotted to the
County of which he shall be a resident, and the remaining
five members shall be appointed by the Governor of Mary-
land subject to confirmation by the Board of County Com-
missioners of the County of which the appointee shall be
a. resident. The first appointments hereunder shall be
made on or before May 1, 1927, upon which date the terms
of office shall begin. The term of office of each of said five
appointive members shall be four years; except that the
terms of two of the members first appointed from Mont-
gomery County and of two of the members first appointed
from Prince George's County shall be respectively six
years each. Any vacancy occurring at any time in the per-
sonnel of the Commission shall be filled by the Governor
for the unexpired term, and be subject to confirmation by
the Board of Commissioners of the County in which the
vacancy occurs. The Governor shall designate as Chair-
man of the Commission one of the appointive Commission-
ers. The annual salary of the Chairman shall be Three
Thousand Dollars, and of the other five Commissioners
shall be Five Hundred Dollars per annum, payable monthly,
provided however that such salary in the case of the Com-
missioner who is Chairman of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission shall be in addition to the salary re-
ceived by him in the latter capacity. The Governor shall
likewise appoint a General Counsel to the Commission at