HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 777

fowl, birds, game, inland fish and fur-bearing animals and
for the enforcement of laws relating thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 3, 4, 5, 13 and 17 of Article 99 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Water
Fowl, Birds and Game", be and they are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That seven new sections be
added to Article 99 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Water Fowl, Birds and Game", to be
known as Sections 3, 3A, 4, 5, 13_? 17 and 81 of said Article.

3. A Commission to be known as the Maryland State Game
and Inland Fish Commission is hereby created. The Commis-
sion shall consist of five citizens of this State, who shall be
appointed by the Governor and who shall fairly represent
the several geographical sections of the State, and no person
shall be appointed to said Commission unless said person
has held or has been the owner of a hunter's license or an
angler's license prior to said appointment; and said person
shall be well informed on the subject of wild life conservation
and restoration, especially wild water-fowl, birds, game, fur-
bearing animals and inland fishes.

The members of the Commission shall hold office for terms
of five (5) years and shall receive no compensation for their
services as members thereof, except that each Commissioner
shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling ex-
penses incurred or made by him in the discharge of his official
duties to be paid from the State Game Protection Fund at the
rate of five cents (5c) per mile for traveling expenses and not
more than five dollars ($5. 00) per day for subsistence.

The Governor of Maryland shall designate one Commis-
sioner to serve for one year, one Commissioner to serve for
two years; one Commissioner to serve for three years; one
Commissioner to serve for four years; and one Commissioner
to serve for five years; all of said terms shall begin on the
first Monday in June, 1939. Thereafter such appointments of
Commissioners shall be for terms of five (5) years.

Upon the death, resignation or removal from office of any
person so appointed as aforesaid, the Governor shall fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term. The Governor may remove
a Commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or miscon-
duct in office.

The Commission shall hold meetings at the office of the
Commission in July and January and at such other times
and places within the State as the Game Warden may appoint.
At the meeting held in July, the Commission shall elect one of