MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          699

shall serve a six year term of office, one member shall serve a five year
term of office, one member shall serve a four year term of office, one
member shall serve a three year term of office, one member shall
serve a two year term of office and one member shall serve a one
year term of office. Members shall be eligible for re-appointment to
the Commission. All subsequent appointments to the Commission
shall be for seven year terms. The department commander of the
American Legion, the department commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the department commander of the Disabled American
Veterans, the department commander of the Spanish-American War
Veterans, the department commander of the World War I Veterans,
the department commander of the Catholic War Veterans and the
department commander of the Jewish War Veterans shall constitute
an advisory committee to the Commission, who shall serve at the
pleasure of the Governor, without vote.

The members of the Commission as thus constituted shall serve
without pay: members of the Commission shall be paid actual travel-
ing expenses necessitated by their duties, when authorized and ap-
proved by the Commission.

The Maryland Veterans Commission shall make such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary for administration and dis-
bursement of such veterans' relief funds as are provided for in the
budget, and the State Service Officer, hereinafter provided for, shall
approve all bills and vouchers before payment by the Comptroller.

There shall be a committee of seven persons, to be known as the
advisory Maryland veterans committee, composed of the current de-
partment commanders, respectively, of the American Legion, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, the
Spanish-American War Veterans, the World War I Veterans, the
Catholic War Veterans and the Jewish War Veterans. The members
of such committee shall serve without pay and the committee shall
advise and work with the Maryland Veterans Commission in the
duties imposed upon them by this subtitle, but shall not be members
of the Commission.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 242
(Senate Bill 661)

AN ACT to add new Section 6B to Article 33A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supple-
ment), title "Eminent Domain," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 6A thereof, authorizing the State Roads Commission to make
certain additional payments to persons whose residences are being
acquired and to the owner of a business, farm or non-profit organ-
ization whose business or farm or non-profit organization is being
acquired for highway purposes and financed by State highway
funds.