78                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 40

CHAPTER 40
(Senate Bill 197)

AN ACT to repeal Section 325 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1963 Supplement), title "Public Education", sub-title
"Chapter 35. Advisory Council for Higher Education", and to
enact a new Section 325 to stand in the place of the section so
repealed, in order to abolish the present Advisory Council for
Higher Education, and providing for the members of the new
Advisory Council, and their terms of office, compensation and
duties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 325 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1963 Supplement), title "Public Education", sub-title "Chapter 35.
Advisory Council for Higher Education", be and it is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of office and the
memberships of the Advisory Council for Higher Education, and
those persons appointed thereto under the provisions of said Section
325 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as enacted by
Chapter 41 of the Acts of 1963, are abolished and terminated as of
June 1, 1964.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a new Section 325 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1963 Supplement),
title "Public Education", sub-title "Chapter 35. Advisory Council for
Higher Education", be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof to
stand in the place of Section 325 so repealed, to read as follows:

325.

(a)   There is established the Advisory Council for Higher Edu-
cation consisting of nine members who shall be appointed from the
citizens of the State by the Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate. The members of the Council shall be selected by the
Governor solely by reason of their demonstrated interest in the broad
range of higher education, their knowledge and understanding of its
needs and problems and their devotion to its cause, but no two
members shall have attended the same institution of higher learning.
Each member shall be appointed for a term of six years from the
first Monday in June in the year of his appointment; provided that
of the initial appointments three shall be for terms ending the first
Monday of June, 1966, three shall be for terms ending the first
Monday of June, 1968, and three shall be for terms ending the first
Monday of June, 1970, respectively. Each member shall serve until
his successor qualifies and shall be eligible for reappointment. In the
case of any vacancies the Governor shall appoint a successor to the
unexpired term.

(b)   The members of the Council shall serve without compensation
but shall be paid their reasonable and necessary expenses when
engaged in the discharge of their official duties.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.