2690                                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 797

stated in this section; but at least two such inspections
shall be made in each year.

(b)   Members of the Commission shall be appointed by
the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County on
the basis of their interest in or familiarity with one or
more aspects of the work and purposes of the Commission
and without regard to political affiliation.

The Commission shall at all times be composed of the
following persons, a majority of whom shall be residents
of Washington County: the owner of an orchard, the owner
of a farm, and a person owning a business, or a majority
interest in a business, in said county; a person who has
in at least two deer hunting seasons prior to his
appointment hunted deer in said county; and a person
trained or educated in the practices and policies of
wildlife conservation, employed by an agency
administering conservation laws, or active in a
non-profit organization whose primary purpose is the
conservation of wild game. Members of the Commission
shall serve for a term of one year from July 1 of each
year and may be reappointed. Vacancies on the Commission
shall be filled by the County Commissioners for the
unexpired term.

(c)    The Commission shall elect a president and
secretary from among its members and make such rules and
regulations concerning its operation and procedure as may
be necessary from time to time. Three members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum thereof. At least
once each year, the Commission shall file a concise
report of its findings and recommendations with regard to
its purposes as herein stated. Copies of such report
shall be forwarded to the Governor, the County
Commissioners of Washington County, the State Senator and
Delegates from Washington County, and the Game and Inland
Fish Commission.

(d)   Members of the Commission shall receive no
salary but shall be reimbursed by the County for such
actual expenses as the County Commissioners shall find
are reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of
this section.

(e)    The Commission is hereby authorized and
empowered to request any departments or agencies of the
State to make available to the Commission such reports,
studies, statistics and other records as may be required
by it in the performance of the duties prescribed in this
section.

(f)   Whenever the Game and Inland Fish Commission
issues in excess of one permit for each deer killed