1414                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 680

41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement), title
"Governor-Executive and Administrative Departments," to follow
immediately after Section 318 thereof and to be under the new sub-
title "28-Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact," and to read as
follows:

319.

The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a
compact on behalf of the State of Maryland with such other states
who may by their legislative bodies so authorize a compact in form
substantially as follows:

Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact
320.

Article I. Policy and Purpose

The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear
energy, facilities, materials, and products can assist substantially in
the industrialization of the South and the development of a balanced
economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit
from and acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires sys-
tematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party
states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to
undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose
of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such
a cooperative effort to improve the economy of the South and con-
tribute to the individual and community well being of the region's
people.

Article II. The Board

(a)  There is hereby created an agency of the party states to be
known as the "Southern Interstate Nuclear Board" (hereinafter
called the Board). The Board shall be composed of one member
from each party state designated or appointed in accordance with
the law of the state which he represents and serving and subject to
removal in accordance with such law. Any member of the Board
may provide for the discharge of his duties and the performance of
his functions thereon (either for the duration of his membership or
for any lesser period of time) by a deputy or assistant, if the laws of
his state makes specific provision therefor. The federal government
may be represented without vote if provision is made by federal law
for such representation.

(b)  The Board members of the party states shall each be entitled
to one vote on the Board. No action of the Board shall be binding
unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of all members repre-
senting the party states are present and unless a majority of the total
number of votes on the Board are cast in favor thereof.

(c)  The Board shall have a seal.

(d)  The Board shall elect annually, from among its members, a
chairman, vice chairman, and a treasurer. The Board shall appoint
an Executive Director who shall serve at its pleasure and who shall