1916]                        OF THE SENATE.                         1155

two of whom shall not reside in Baltimore city, who shall
constitute the Board of State Aid and Charities. The mem-
bers of this Board shall serve from the first Monday in the
month of May next after their appointment and shall con-
tinue in office for two years and until their successors shall
have been appointed and have qualified. Appointments to iill
vacancies caused by death, resignation or removal, shall be
made by the Governor. Not more than four members of any
retiring Board shall be eligible to reappointment to succeed
themselves on the next Board.) There shall be a Board of State
Aid and Charities, consisting of nine persons, eight of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall be
ex-officio a member of said Board, and shall biennially appoint
four members of said Board who shall serve for a period of
four years from the first Monday in May next after their ap-
pointment, and shall continue in office until their successors
shall have been appointed and qualified. In 1916, he shall
appoint eight persons, four of whom shall serve for two years
and four for four years. Of the eight members so appointed,
two may be women and not more than four shall be residents
of any one county or city. A vacancy shall be filled by ap-
pointment for the unexpired term, in accordance with the
terms of this section.

'Sec. 3. The members of this Board shall receive no com-
pensation for their services, but their actual expenses in-
curred in attending meetings of the Board or in attending to
its necessary business shall be paid. (And the Treasurer of
the State is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the
president of the said Board such sums not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars ($500) in the aggregate in any one year as he
may demand for such necessary expenses. And the said
Board shall further be allowed a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred and fifty dollars ($250) to be used for the printing of its
report and for the purchase of such stationery and supplies
as it may need.)

'Sec. 5. The said Board shall appoint a competent person
to act as its secretary, who shall be paid for his services such
compensation not exceeding twenty-two hundred dollars in
any one year as may be agreed upon by the Board.

'The secretary shall also be allowed (the reasonable rental
of an office not to exceed four hundred dollars a year and)
his reasonable traveling expenses in attending to his duties.

'The secretary shall devote his whole time to the duties of
the office; and the said Board, with the approval of the Gov-
ernor, may appoint such stenographers and clerks as a proper