586 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 310

the minimum set by the rules of the Commissioner and
shall publicly post such list in his office. Eligible lists shall
continue in force for one year from the date of posting
and may be extended by the Commissioner by action taken
before the expiration of such year, and entered in the
minutes, provided, however, that the Commissioner, shall
have power at any time, after a public hearing and notice
as prescribed by Section 19 of this Article, to cancel the
whole or any part of any eligible list by reason of illegality
or fraud in connection therewith. The Commissioner shall
also have the power, in his discretion, to remove the name
of any person from an eligible list for any wilful misrepre-
sentation of a material matter made in an application for
examination to establish an eligible list. A new eligible
list for any class shall be combined with an existing list as
the Commissioner may by rules provide but in such case
any portion of such combined list shall be automatically
cancelled one year after being first posted unless held in
force as above provided. The markings and examination
papers of each candidate shall be open to his inspection
upon application at the office of the Commissioner. When-
ever the name of any person shall have been certified to
five (5) different vacancies (excluding any certification in
which the name of a veteran having preference to appoint-
ment, as provided in Section 16 of this Article, shall stand
higher than the name of such person), and such person
shall not have been selected by an appointing authority to
fill any of the vacancies to which he was certified for ap-
pointment, the Commissioner may, if he deems such person
to be unsuitable for employment, cause the name of such
person to be dropped from the list of eligibles. Such person
shall be notified in writing of such action. A candidate who
protests removal of his name from the list shall be entitled
to a review of such action by a board established under
the rules of the Commissioner to review such actions and
to advise the Commissioner with respect to such review of
such action.

24. There is hereby created a Board to be known as the
State Employees Standard Salary Board to consist of
[seven (7)] five (5) members. [One member of said Board
shall be the Director of the Budget, one member shall be
the Commissioner of State Employment and Registration;
one member shall be the Chief Deputy Comptroller; and
four] Such members shall be persons who are not officers
or employees of the State, or of any sub-division thereof
who are familiar with industrial and commercial employ-
ment and pay policies of the State, and who shall be ap-