1746 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 758

Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments'', sub-title "Department of
Correction", to repeal Sections 762 and 766 of said
Article and sub-title, to add a new section to be known
as Section 756A and to follow immediately after Section
756 thereof, relating generally to the correctional admin-
istration and procedure of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 754, 755, 763, 794, 795 and 797 of Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Department of
Correction", be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and that a new Section 756A
be and it is hereby added to said Article and sub-title, to
follow immediately after Section 756 thereof, and all to
read as follows:

754. The Department of Correction is hereby estab-
lished. The head of this Department shall be the Board
of Correction, consisting of the [Director of the Depart-
ment, who shall serve as the] Chairman of the Board, the
Director of Parole and Probation, ex officio, and six asso-
ciate members, who shall be appointed without regard to
political affiliation, who shall each be not less than thirty
years of age, interested and preferably experienced in
social welfare, and at least one of whom shall be a woman.
The [Director and] Chairman of the Board, and the asso-
ciate members thereof, shall all be appointed by the Gover-
nor with the advice and consent of the Senate. [, except
that the appointments first made hereunder shall be made
by the Governor alone on April 9, 1924, and these terms
of office shall begin then. The Director first appointed
shall hold office until the first Monday of May, 1924, and
until his successor shall have been appointed and qualify,
and thereafter the term of the Director shall be four
years. The associate members first appointed shall be so
classed by the Governor that the terms of office of two
shall expire on the first Monday of May, 1924, the terms
of office of two on the first Monday of May, 1926, and
the terms of office of two on the first Monday of May, 1928,
and thereafter in each case the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two associate
members in the place of the two whose terms shall so
expire, and thereafter the terms of the associate members
shall be six years, respectively. ] The Chairman and Asso-
ciate members of the Board shall serve for staggered terms
of four years; provided, however, the Chairman and mem-
bers of the Board holding office at the time of the passage