J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1329

SECTION, SHALL BE FOR TWO YEARS. THEREAFTER THE
TERM OF OFFICE OF EACH OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE
FOR FOUR YEARS. ANY VACANCY OCCURRING AT ANY
TIME IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION FROM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHALL BE FILLED AS PROVEDED
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND IN THE CASE OF A VA-
CANCY FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SHALL BE FILLED
BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF
THE SENATE OF MARYLAND FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM,
AND THE APPOINTEE NAMED TO FILL SUCH VACANCY
SHALL BE FROM THE COUNTY FOR WHICH SUCH VACANCY
EXISTS; AND IF SUCH VACANCY EXISTS FOR ONE OF THE
APPOINTMENTS MADE FROM NOMINATIONS OF EITHER
SAID PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Oft
COUNTY COUNCIL THEN THE APPOINTMENT TO FILL SUCH
VACANCY SHALL BE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR FROM NOMI-
NATIONS OF SUCH COMMISSIONERS Oft COUNCIL MADE IN
THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN FOR APPOINTMENTS TO
THE COMMISSION. THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY MAY REMOVE FOR CAUSE ANY RESPECTIVE
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY SAID
COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM FOR
WHICH HE OR SHE WAS APPOINTED. IN SUCH A CASE, THE
CAUSE FOR REMOVAL SHALL BE STATED IN WRITING AND
A PUBLIC HEARING HELD THEREON. AT SUCH A HEARING
AN OPPORTUNITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE COMMISSION
MEMBER IN QUESTION TO PRESENT A DEFENSE IN HIS
OR HER OWN BEHALF. ANY VACANCIES OCCURRING IN
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION BY REASON OF
REMOVAL OR RESIGNATION SHALL BE FILLED AS PRO-
VIDED IN THIS SECTION.

The annual salary of the chairman of said commission shall be
forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00); of the vice-chairman, forty-
five hundred dollars ($4,500.00); and of the other members of said
commission forty-two hundred dollars ($4,200.00), all payable bi-
weekly. The chairman and vice-chairman shall perform such duties
as the commission shall from time to time designate. The commission
shall, in June, 1959, after the six members have been appointed as
herein provided, and in June every two years thereafter at its first
meeting or as soon thereafter as possible elect from among its mem-
bers a chairman and a vice-chairman, one to be from Prince George's
County and one to be from Montgomery County, who shall serve
for two years or until their successors are elected and qualified.
If a vacancy exists in the position of chairman or vice-chairman,
the commission shall elect a new chairman or vice-chairman, as the
occasion requires after the commission vacancy has been filled. The
commission shall appoint, discharge and fix the compensation of a
secretary and a treasurer, who shall not be the same person, a chief
engineer, deputy engineer, assistant chief engineers, and division
engineers, and such engineering, legal, clerical and other force and
help as, from time to time, in its judgment may be deemed necessary
to carry out the provisions of this article SUBTITLE. The duties of
the secretary shall be prescribed by the commission and shall include
the supervision of all the administrative activities of the commission
except those relating to engineering and financial matters, acting as
liaison between the commission and the public, and in general to pro-