1560 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

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 notwithstanding. Employment by the Com-
mission hereunder shall not entitle the person so employed to
the benefits of any pension laws of this State.

(b) Members of the Commission shall be paid their neces-
sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
hereunder. The expenses of the Commission, including the
salaries of any employees, may be defrayed from any funds
under the control of the Board of Public Works. The Com-
mission may receive assistance, financial or otherwise, from
the United States or any departments, commissions or agencies
thereof in carrying out the purposes of this sub-title.

(c) The Commission is authorized and empowered to make
any and all rules and regulations deemed necessary or use-
ful to effectuate the carrying out of the provisions of this
sub-title, including particularly, but, without limitation, rules
and regulations governing the form, type, sizes of type, color
of absentee ballots, the arrangement of names of candidates
on said ballots, the location of Constitutional amendments,
referenda or other questions, if any, and all other necessary
matters concerning Absentee Ballots, ballot envelopes, return
envelopes, instructions and any other necessary forms. Di-
mensions of the Absentee Ballot Envelopes and any other
materials shall be such that all balloting material can be con-
veniently folded in a covering envelope not larger than 4 1/2
inches by 9 1/2 inches; and the weight of all balloting material,
including the ballot, instructions and envelopes, shall not ex-
ceed eight tenths of an ounce. If, however, it is impracticable
to secure paper, envelopes and other ballot material which
will conform to the foregoing dimensions and weight, or if
any Act of Congress changes the aforesaid dimensions or
weight, the Commission is authorized to vary the same.

(d) The Commission is hereby granted the power, in its
discretion to authorize the use by the several Boards of post-
age, including air mail postage, for the transmittal of all
ballot material to Absentee Residents and the return of the
return envelope, the ballot envelope and ballot by Absentee
Residents, including the power to use different kinds of post-
age depending on the location of the Absentee Resident and
the time or times at which the ballot material is mailed. The
cost of any and all postage, so authorized, and used by the
several Boards, shall be paid by the State from any funds