700                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 544

The rate of compensation for any person who has held his position
for a period of six (6) months or longer as of July 1, 1949, shall not
be decreased as a result of being included in the classified service.

SEC. 2A. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT ALL EM-
PLOYEES OF THE STATE PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUD-
ING THE PRESENT DIRECTOR, WHO AS OF JULY 1, 1959,
HAVE HELD SUCH EMPLOYMENT UNDER ARTICLE 64A OF
THE CODE, TITLE "MERIT SYSTEM", FOR A PERIOD OF NOT
LESS THAN SIX MONTHS SHALL BE CONTINUED AS EM-
PLOYEES OF THE STATE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE-
IN CREATED OR IN OTHER REASONABLY SIMILAR POSI-
TIONS IN THE STATE CLASSIFIED SERVICE, WITH NO
DIMINUTION IN SALARY, SENIORITY OR RETIREMENT
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the memberships of the
members of the State Planning Commission who are in office imme-
diately prior to June 1, 1959 shall terminate as of that day and the
State Planning Commission as created and constituted prior to June
1, 1959 shall terminate and be abolished as of that date. As promptly
as possible following June 1, 1959, the Governor and all other ap-
propriate departments of the state government shall proceed to
constitute and create the State Planning Department and the State
Planning Commission herein provided for.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State Planning De-
partment and the State Planning Commission herein created are the
legal and actual successors to the State Planning Commission as the
latter existed prior to June 1, 1959. All real and personal property
in every form and all other assets and liabilities of every kind and
all credits or appropriations on the books and accounts of this State,
owned by, in the custody of, or credited to the State Planning Com-
mission herein abolished are transferred in all respects to the State
Planning Department and the State Planning Commission herein
created. Whenever in the laws, regulations, ordinances or resolutions
of this State or of any political subdivision thereof there appears a
reference to the State Planning Commission as the same was con-
stituted immediately prior to June 1, 1959, the same shall henceforth
be taken and construed to be a reference to the State Planning De-
partment or to the State Planning Commission, as the sense of the
reference may require, herein created.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 544
(Senate Bill 424)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 136 (a)
of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930

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