1732 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 992

eral counsel shall be six years from the beginning of his
term of office. The Governor may remove said general
counsel for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in
office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and
an opportunity of being publicly heard in his own defense,
upon not less than ten days' notice. He shall be eligible for
reappointment by the Governor.

The annual salary of such general counsel shall be forty-
eight hundred dollars ($4, 800).

(f) The Governor is authorized to appoint, for a term of
four years, an experienced and qualified attorney-at-law
of this State, to be known as People's Counsel, who shall
receive an annual salary of forty-five hundred dollars
($4, 500).

(g) The said commission shall have a secretary, to be
appointed by it and to hold office at its pleasure. It shall be
the duty of the secretary to keep a full and true record of
all the proceedings of the commission, of all books, maps,
documents and papers ordered filed by the commission,
and of all orders made by each of the commissioners, and
of all orders made by the commission or approved and
confirmed by it and ordered filed, and he shall be responsi-
ble to it for the safe custody and preservation of all such
documents at its office. Under the direction of the com-
mission the secretary shall have general charge of its
office, superintend the clerical business and perform such
other duties as the commission may prescribe. He shall
have power and authority to administer oaths in all parts
whatsoever of the State, so far as the exercise of such
power is properly incidental to the performance of his
duties or that of the commission. The secretary shall desig-
nate from time to time one of the clerks appointed by the
commission to perform the duties of secretary during his
absence, and during such time the clerk so designated shall,
at the office, possess the powers of the secretary of the
commission. The compensation of the Secretary shall be
such as shall be provided in the State Budget.

(h) The commission shall have the power, subject to
the approval in writing, by the Governor, in each and every
instance, to employ such officers, clerks, stenographers,
typewriters, inspectors, experts and employees as it may
deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this sub-title
or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred
by law upon the commission; no person, however, shall be
appointed or employed by the commission in any position
whatsoever, unless the commission shall certify to the
Governor that it deems such appointment or employment,
and the compensation or annual salary which it proposed