HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1439
CHAPTER 689.

(House Bill 835)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
14, 15A, 15B, 15E, 16, 19 and 20 of Article 1A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Aero-
nautics", sub-title "Uniform Air Licensing Act", and to add
one new section to said Article and sub-title, said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 15AA and to follow immedi-
ately after Section 15A of said Article, relating to the quali-
fications of members of the State Aviation Commission and
to the qualifications and compensation of its Secretary-
Treasurer; providing for the regulation and licensing of
the use and operation of certain airports, landing fields, air
schools, flying clubs, air beacons, and other air navigation
facilities and prescribing license fees; providing for enforce-
ment of said Article by the State Police; and substituting
for certain references to the Air Commerce Act of 1926, the
United States Civil Aeronautics Authority.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 14, 15A, 15B, 15E, 16, 19 and 20 of Article
1A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement),
title "Aeronautics", sub-title "Uniform Air Licensing Act",
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments; and that one new section be and it is hereby
added to said Article and sub-title, said new section to be
known as Section 15AA, to follow immediately after Section
15A of said Article, all to read as follows:

14. It is hereby declared that the policy, principles and
practices established by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and
all amendments thereto, are hereby adopted and extended and
made applicable, mutatis mutandis, to cover all air traffic in
this State, so far as not covered by Federal law at any time.

15A. For the purpose of staggering the terms of office of
the members of the State Aviation Commission, the terms of
office of the present members of the Commission are hereby
extended as follows: The term of one member, to be desig-
nated by the Governor, to April 1, 1937; the term of a second
member, to be designated by the Governor, to April 1, 1938;
the term of a third member, to be designated by the Governor
to April 1, 1939; the term of a fourth member, to be desig-
nated by the Governor, to April 1, 1940, and the term of the
Chairman, to April 1, 1941. All new appointments shall be
subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate. After
April 1, 1941, one of said members shall be designated by the