J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1015

the powers and duties as provided in this article or elsewhere in the
laws of this State. Said institution shall be established at Jessups
and shall be known as the Patuxent Institution.

(b)   The Board of Patuxent Institution shall possess all of the
powers bestowed by law upon Patuxent Institution and shall con-
sist of the Chairman of the Board and four associate members, who
shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate. Two of the associate members shall be appointed from
the membership of the Advisory Board of Patuxent Institution, and
one of these two associate members shall be a psychiatrist. The
Chairman and associate members of the Board shall serve terms of
four years, except that the initial term of the associate members
first appointed to the Board shall be one, two, three and four years
respectively. Any vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appoint-
ment of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for
the unexpired term. The Governor may remove any member of the
Board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, giv-
ing to such member a copy of the charges preferred and the oppor-
tunity of being first publicly heard in person or by counsel. If such
member shall be removed, the Governor shall file in the office of the
Secretary of State a complete statement of all charges made against
such member, and his finding thereof, together with a complete
record of the proceedings. The Chairman and associate members
shall serve without pay.

(c)  Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office,
each member of said Board shall take an oath that he will well and
faithfully execute and perform all and singular the duties apper-
taining to his office according to the laws of the State and the rules
and regulations adopted in accordance therewith. The certificate of
the appointment by the Governor of any member shall be sent to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county or the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be, where the appointee
resides, and the Clerk of said court shall promptly notify the ap-
pointee of the receipt of such certificate warning him that failure
to take the aforesaid oath within sixty (60) days shall constitute a
refusal of the appointment. The Clerk shall notify the Governor of
any such failure.

(d)  A majority of said Board shall be a quorum for the transac-
tion of all business, and shall have full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts that the said Board is by law author-
ized and empowered to do and perform; and the said Board, or a
majority thereof, may authorize any of its members by and in its
name to execute on its behalf any and all papers that the said Board
has power and authority to execute.

(e)   The Board of Patuxent Institution shall have any and all inci-
dental powers and authority appropriate and convenient to enable
the said Board to fully discharge the powers of management, control
and supervision conferred upon them by this Article. Said Board
shall have power to summon witnesses before it and to administer
oaths or affirmations to such witnesses whenever, in the judgment
of the Board, it may be necessary for the effectual discharge of its
duties under this Article; and any person failing to appear before
the Board at the time and place specified in answer to said summons,
or refusing to testify, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars; false swearing on the part