1758 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 707

CHAPTER 707
(House Bill 190)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 4
of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administra-
tion—Registration—Titling", relating to the term of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles appointed as of the first
Monday in May, 1949.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 4 of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles'", sub-title
Administration—Registration—Titling", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

4. (Office of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Created. ) The
Department shall be under the control of a civil executive
officer to be known as the "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles".
The Governor shall appoint by and with the consent of the
Senate a competent person, who shall have been a registered
voter in the State of Maryland for three consecutive years
next preceding the date of his appointment and who shall be
known as the "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles", and shall
devote his time to the duties of such office. Said Commis-
sioner shall be subject to removal by the Governor for official
misconduct or incompetency as in the case of other civil
officers. Said Commissioner shall be appointed for four years,
and the term of his office shall commence on the first Monday
of May next ensuing his appointment. Provided, that the
term of the Commissioner appointed as of the first Monday in
May, 1949, shall expire on the first Monday in May, 1951; and
thereafter the terms shall be for four years, as provided here-
inabove in this section. He shall hold office until his successor
is appointed and qualified. Said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall receive such salary as shall be provided for in
the State Budget. He shall be required to give bond in the
sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20, 000) or such addi-
tional sum as the Governor may require, for the faithful per-
formance of his duties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 6, 1949.