854                                 Laws of Maryland                          Ch. 402

The Commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of
Licensing and Regulation. He shall upon entering the duties of his
office be covered by a surety bond in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 46 through 50 of Article 78A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

192A.

(a)   The Commissioner of Small Loans shall administer and super-
vise the provisions of Article 58A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land relating to small loans. The exercise or performance of all
powers, authority, duties and functions vested in the Commissioner
by the provisions of this subtitle, shall be subject to the power and
authority of the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation as set forth
in Article 41 of this Code, or elsewhere in the laws of this State.
In addition to administering and supervising the small loan laws, the
Commissioner shall report to the State's Attorney of the county or
Baltimore City having jurisdiction, any criminal violation of said
laws, and the State's Attorney shall take such action relating to said
alleged violations as he may deem appropriate.

(b)   The Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Secretary
of Licensing and Regulation, is authorized to employ such assistants
and supervisory employees as may be necessary for the efficient
administration of his office; said persons shall be compensated as
may be provided in the State budget. In addition, the Commissioner
may employ investigative, secretarial, and clerical employees as may
be necessary for the efficient administration of his office and said
employees shall be compensated as provided in the State budget.
All persons employed by the Commissioner shall devote their entire
time to the duties of their respective positions.

192B.

(a)   The offices of the Administrator of Loan Laws and Deputy
Administrator of Loan Laws are hereby abolished. Whenever there
are references to the Administrator of Loan Laws or Deputy Ad-
ministrator of Loan Laws in this Code or in any other laws,
ordinances, resolutions, regulations, legal actions or directives, they
shall be deemed to mean the Commissioner of Small Loans unless,
however, such construction would be unreasonable. From and after
July 1, 1970 all rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
heretofore conferred upon the Administrator of Loan Laws or the
Deputy Administrator of Loan Laws shall be transferred to and
exercised and performed by the Commissioner of Small Loans. All
rules, forms, orders, and directives promulgated by or in effect for
the office of the Administrator of Loan Laws shall continue in force
unless said continuance would involve an unreasonable construction
of this statute or unless and until changed by the Commissioner of
Small Loans.

(b)  All employees of the office of the Administrator of Loan Laws,
except those employees whose positions have been abolished as of
June 30, 1970, who are members of the State Merit System on
June 30, 1970 shall be transferred, to the office of the Commissioner
of Small Loans, with no diminution of seniority, retirement rights
or salary, and they shall continue as State Merit System employees
under the provisions of Article 64A of the Code title "Merit Sys-