HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 965

COMMISSION

3. A Commission to be known as the Game and Inland Fish
Commission is hereby created. The Commission shall consist
of five citizens of this State, who shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor 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 appoint-
ment; 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 expenses
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 f Or traveling expenses and not more
than five dollars (f 5. 00) per day f or subsistence.

The Governor of Maryland shall designate one Commissioner
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 misconduct in
office.

The Commission shall hold meetings at the office in Baltimore
in July and January and at such other times and places within
the State as th^ Chairman and Game Warden may appoint. At
the meeting held in July, the Commission shall elect one of its
members as chairman, and one of its members as vice-chairman.
Such officers shall hold office for a period of one year. Three
members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Provided, however, this Act shall not
change the status in any manner of the present members of said
Commission.

GAME WARDEN

4. The Game and Inland Fish Commission of Maryland
shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of Article
64A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, a Game Warden for