MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        293

(1964 Replacement Volume), title "State Roads," subtitle "In Gen-
eral," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

1.

The State Roads Commission of Maryland shall consist of
[seven] eight members to be appointed by the Governor. One of
said members shall be a resident of the Eastern Shore of Maryland;
one a resident of Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert or St. Mary's
county; one a resident of Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Allegany
or Garrett County; one a resident of Prince George's [or] County;
one a resident of Montgomery County; one a resident of Baltimore,
Howard, or [Hartford] Harford county; one a resident of Balti-
more City; and one of said members shall be appointed from the
State at large. The member appointed from the State at large shall
be the chairman of the Commission and shall preside at the meetings
of the Commission. The chairman of the Commission shall also be
known as the Director of Highways for the State of Maryland, and
shall devote full time to the duties of his office, and shall perform
such duties as are hereinafter in this article prescribed. At least two
of the members of the Commission shall bona fide belong to and be
affiliated with one of the two leading political parties in the
State opposite to the party to which the Governor belongs. The chair-
man (also known as the Director of Highways) shall hold office
during the pleasure of the Governor. Three of the six [seven] other
members shall be appointed for a term of one year beginning June 1,
1959 [,] and the three other members shall be appointed for a term
of two years beginning June 1, 1959 [, and one shall be appointed
for a term of four years beginning July 1, 1969] and, at the end of
their respective terms, they or their successors, shall be appointed
for a term of four years and thereafter their terms shall be four
years. The Governor shall have the authority to fill any vacancy
caused by death, resignation, incapacity, removal or other cause, and
the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the un-
expired term. The members of said Commission shall take the oath
prescribed by Article 1, Section 6 of the State Constitution and shall
receive such compensation as may be provided for in the budget.
A majority of the members of said Commission shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. The full membership of the
Commission shall meet at least twice each month and at such other
times as deemed desirable by the Director or the Governor. The part-
time members of the Commission should conduct a continuing survey
of the secondary highways, as said highways are hereinafter de-
fined, of their area, and report such highway needs and problems,
from time to time, to the full Commission.

The members of said Commission shall elect a secretary, not a
member of the Commission, who shall receive such compensation
as the Commission may determine and as may be provided in the
budget. He s