WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1155.

and shall have resided in said State for a period of at least
five years next preceding his appointment and qualification,
and he shall also be a qualified voter therein and not less
than twenty-five years of age.

Upon June 1st, 1949, all of the terms of the Commissioners
in office shall terminate and the Governor shall thereupon
appoint one member for a term of two years, one for a
term of four years, and one for a term of six years, and
thereafter the term of office of each Commissioner shall
be for six years from the time of his appointment and
qualification and until his successor is duly appointed and
shall qualify.

(d) The salary of the chairman of said commission
shall be nine thousand dollars ($9, 000) per annum, and
the salary of each of the other two commissioners shall
be eight thousand dollars ($8, 000) per annum.

(e) The term of the general counsel to the Public Serv-
ice Commission shall expire on June 1, 1949, and on said
date the Governor shall, upon the recommendation of the
commission, appoint an attorney-at-law of the State of
Maryland to be and act as the general counsel to said
Public Service Commission. The term of office of said
general counsel shall be six years. Vacancies shall be filled
for the unexpired term.. The Governor may remove said
general counsel for inefficiency, neglect of duty or miscon-
duct 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 fifty-
five hundred dollars ($5, 500).

(f) The term of the People's Counsel shall expire on
June 1, 1949, and on said date the Governor is authorized
to appoint an experienced and qualified attorney-at-law
of this State, to be known as People's Counsel, who shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Governor and who
shall receive an annual salary of fifty-five hundred dollars
($5, 500).

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.