868                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 402

that the operations shall be self-sustaining and that no general funds
of the State shall be applied. The exercise or performance of all
powers, authority, duties, and functions vested in the Board by the
provisions of this subtitle shall be subject to the power and au-
thority of the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation as set forth
in Article 41 of this Code, or elsewhere in the laws of this State.

Sec. 21. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 2 of Article 74 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement Volume, 1969 Supple-
ment), title "Pilots," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

2.

The Board of Examiners of Maryland Pilots is hereby created and
shall be a part of the Department of Licensing and Regulation. It
shall consist of the chairman of the commissioners of the Maryland
Port Authority, or in the event that a State Department of Trans-
portation is established a designee of the Secretary of Transporta-
tion, the president of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, the
president of the Association of Maryland Pilots and four members
appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of
Licensing and Regulation. Two members of the Board appointed by
the Governor shall be actively engaged in the ownership, operation
or management of ocean-going vessels required to employ pilots
licensed under this article and shall not hold or ever have held any
license as a master or pilot issued by any state or federal authority.
Two members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall be
licensed as lawful pilots under this article for at least five years
prior to their appointment.

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all
business if at least two members present are engaged in the owner-
ship, operation or management of ocean-going vessels, and at least
two members present are pilot members of the Board.

Of the first four members appointed to the Board, two members
shall be appointed for two-year terms and two members shall be
appointed to one-year terms. Succeeding members shall be appointed
for two-year terms, and any member shall be eligible to succeed
himself. Any vacancy which may occur in the Board shall be filled
by the Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation, as in the case of an original appointment, for the
remainder of the unexpired term.

The Board of Examiners of Maryland Pilots shall receive thirty-
five hundred dollars ($3,500) a year from pilotage fees collected to
defray the expenses of the said Board.

The exercise or performance of all powers, authority, duties, and
functions vested in the Commissioner by the provisions of this sub-
title 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.

Sec. 22. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 169, 170, 173 (a) of Article 48 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement