828                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

party and one shall always be selected from and represent the prin-
cipal minority party.

(b)    The Governor at the same time and in like manner shall
appoint to each board two substitute members one of whom shall
be selected from and represent the majority party and the other
of whom shall be selected from and represent the principal minority
party. In the event of the temporary or permanent incapacity, from
any cause, of a regular member of said board, or in the event of
a vacancy from any cause on the regularly constituted board, the
substitute member of the same political party as the regular mem-
ber so incapacitated or causing the vacancy shall serve in his place
until such incapacity shall have terminated or said vacancy shall
have been filled as hereinafter provided; and while so serving, the
said substitute member shall have all the powers and authority, and
be subject to all the duties, imposed by law upon a regularly ap-
pointed member of the board.

(c)    In case of a vacancy on any board, whether as to a regular
or a substitute member thereof, by reason of death, resignation or
otherwise, occurring when the Senate or the House of Delegates, as
the case may be, is not in session, the Governor shall appoint some
eligible person to fill such vacancy until the end of the next session
of the General Assembly or until some other person is appointed to
the same office, whichever shall first occur; provided, however, that
if the latter was appointed as the representative of a political party,
then only a person belonging to the same political party shall be
eligible to be his successor.

(d)    Before appointing any regular or substitute member of a
board, and before filling any vacancy as hereinbefore provided, the
Governor shall request the State central committees representing
the majority party or the principal minority party in each county
and in the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, to designate at
least four eligible persons affiliated with the political party of such
State central committee for each position. The Governor shall ap-
point one of the persons so designated to fill such vacancy, unless
in his judgment all of the persons shall be unfit or incompetent.
In such latter event he shall file a written statement with the
Secretary of State, setting forth the facts and the grounds therefor,
and shall call upon the committee for the county or city, as the case
may be, for an additional list of at least four names of persons
affiliated with the political party of such State central committee
and from such supplementary list he shall make the particular
appointment. If a list or additional lists are not submitted by the
State central committee in accordance herewith within twenty days
after a request, then the Governor may make such appointment from
persons of his own selection affiliated with the political party of the
State central committee. In no event shall more than a total of
three lists of any kind be submitted by any one State central com-
mittee for any one position as a regular or substitute member of
a board.

(e)    In the event that the person appointed by the Governor is
rejected by the Senate or the House of Delegates, as the case may be,
the Governor shall appoint another person from the list of names
originally submitted by the State central committee. If said original
list is exhausted by subsequent appointments of the Governor and
Senate or House rejection of all such appointees, the Governor shall