Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                      13

Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, and one
shall be a resident of one of the nine counties of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.

(c)  The members of the Authority shall be persons of ability, ex-
perience and integrity and shall not be selected as representing or
supporting any special interest or interests.

(d)  Of the members initially appointed to the Authority, one shall
be designated by the Governor for a term expiring on July 1,1957,
one for a term expiring on July 1, 1958, one for a term expiring on
July 1, 1959, one for a term expiring on July 1, 1960, and one for a
term expiring on July 1, 1961, and until their respective successors
shall be duly appointed and qualify. The successor o/ each member
shall be appointed in the manner set forth in Sub-section (b) of this
section, for a term of five years, but any person appointed to fill a
vacancy shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired term, and
a member of the Authority shall be eligible for reappointment. Each
member of the Authority may be removed by the Governor for mis-
feasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty, but only after reason-
able notice and a public hearing, unless the same are in writing ex-
pressly waived.

(e)  Each member of the Authority before entering upon his duties
shall take the constitutional oath of office before the Governor or
some one authorized by law to administer oaths, and a record of each
such oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

(f)  One of the members of the Authority shall be designated by
the Governor from time to time to serve as Chariman of the An-
thority. He shall preside over its meetings and perform such other
duties as may be imposed on him by law or as may be assigned to him
by the Authority. The members of the Authority shall annually elect
one of its members as Vice-Chairman, and they shall also elect a
Secretary-Treasurer, who need not be a member of the Authority.

(g)  The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of the proceed-
ings of the Authority and shall be custodian of all books, documents
and papers filed with the Authority and of the Minute Book or Journal
of the Authority and of its official seal. He shall have authority to
cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and docu-
ments of the Authority, and to give certificates under the official seal
of the Authority to the effect that such copies are true copies; all
persons dealing with the Authority may rely upon such certificates,
and such copies when so certified shall be received as evidence in any
court of law or equity, or before any judge, justice of the peace, or
other tribunal in this State, in the same manner and with the same
effect as if the original books, papers, entries, records or proceedings
were themselves produced.

(h) Three members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least
three members shall be necessary for any action taken by the Au-
thority. No vacancy in the membership of the Authority shall impair
the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the
duties of the Authority.

(i) Before the issuance of any revenue bonds under the provisions
of this Article, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority shall execute