176                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 127

taxing power of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or of the
State of Maryland, should in no way be pledged or appropriated to
that purpose; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That

(Title.) This Act may be cited as the "Civic Center Authority
Act."

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That

(Civic Center Authority.) There is hereby created a body cor-
porate and politic to be known as the "Civic Center Authority",
which shall be deemed an instrumentality of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore and a public corporation, and by that name,
style and title said body may contract and be contracted with, sue
and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in
all courts of law and equity.

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THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIST OF FIVE
MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF BALTI-
MORE, EACH OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF BALTI-
MORE CITY AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT. THE
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH
MANNER THAT THE TERM OF ONE MEMBER SHALL EX-
PIRE ON JULY 1, 1956, THE TERM OF ANOTHER MEMBER
SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1957, THE TERM OF ANOTHER
SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1958, THE TERM OF ANOTHER
SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1959, AND THE TERM OF THE
REMAINING MEMBER SHALL EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 1960.
THEIR SUCCESSORS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TERMS OF
FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATES OF EXPIRATION OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE TERMS OF OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT ANY PER-
SON APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY SHALL SERVE ONLY
FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM, AND PROVIDED THAT ANY
MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
REAPPO1NTMENT. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY
MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE AFTER NOTICE AND
A HEARING. Immediately after such appointment, the members