Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1705

alternate for a director appointed by the District of Columbia to
act in the absence of either of the Directors representing the
District of Columbia; to establish labor standards governing public
operation of transit facilities by the Authority; to authorize the
District of Columbia, the Northern Virginia Transportation Dis-
trict and the Washington Suburban Transit District and com-
ponent governments to contract with the Authority to provide
subsidized transportation at reduced rates; to state the intention
of the General Assembly with respect to operation of integrated
bus and subways systems by the Authority; and dealing generally
with the definition of powers granted the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority under the Compact.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 317-1(g), 317-5(a), 317-21, 317-35, 317-39, 317-51,
317 56(o), 317-66, 317-79 and 317 28(a) 317-82(A) of Article 41 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1970
Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments," subtitle "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority Compact," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, AND THAT A NEW SECTION 317-56(E) BE
AND THE SAME IS HEREBY ADDED TO SAID ARTICLE AND
SUBTITLE, TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER SECTION
317-56(D) THEREOF, AND to read as follows:

317-1.

(g) "Transit services" means the transportation of persons and
their packages and baggage by means of transit facilities between
points within the zone [and includes] including the transportation
of newspapers, express and mail between such points and charter
service which originates within the zone but does not include taxicab
[sightseeing or charter] service or individual-ticket-sale sightseeing
operations; and

317-5.

(a) The Authority shall be governed by a Board of six Directors
consisting of two Directors for each signatory. For Virginia, the
Directors shall be appointed by the Northern Virginia Transporta-
tion Commission; for the District of Columbia, by the [Com-
missioners] City Council of the District of Columbia[;], from
among its members, the Commissioner and the Assistant to the
Commissioner of the District of Columbia; and for Maryland, by
the Washington Suburban Transit Commission. In each instance the
Director shall be appointed from among the members of the appoint-
ing body, except as otherwise provided herein, and shall serve for a
term coincident with his term on the body by which he was appointed.
A Director may be removed or suspended from office only as provided
by the law of the signatory from which he was appointed. The
appointing authorities shall also appoint an alternate for each Direc-
tor, who may act only in the absence of the Director for whom he
has been appointed an alternate, except that, in the case of the
District of Columbia where only one Director and his alternate are
present, such alternate may act on behalf of the absent Director.
[and e] Each alternate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
authority. In the event of a vacancy in the Office of Director or