MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           3235

for all necessary and proper expenses.

5.    It shall be the function and duty of the
Board to advise and counsel the Executive Director
and the Board of Trustees of the Fund with respect
to their exercise of the powers and duties conferred
upon them, and to recommend to their consideration
such measures as the Board may deem appropriate in
connection with the Fund's operations, including the
formulation of suggested long—range policies and
programs, the evaluation of existing and day—to—day
policies and programs, and the review of the general
functioning and organization of the Fund.

6.    The Board shall meet at least once each
month for the foregoing purposes. In addition, the
Board shall meet upon the call of its chairman or a
majority its Members and at the request of the
Executive Director or the Board of Trustees of the
Fund.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF FEBRUARY 6, 1974
ENERGY CRISIS - GASOLINE SALES

WHEREAS, I, MARVIN MANDEL, Governor of the State of
Maryland, did on November 14, 1973, proclaim that a
state of emergency existed within the area
constituting the entire State of Maryland by reason
of an acute shortage in usable energy resources; and

WHEREAS, I further proclaimed that, in accordance with
the procedures contained in Article 41, Section 15B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended by
Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1973, Second Special
Session, I would promulgate reasonable Orders, Rules
and Regulations, as I deem necessary, to protect the
public health, safety and welfare and to bring the
emergency situation under control; and

WHEREAS, The acute shortage of gasoline for motor
vehicles has resulted in the panic buying and
hoarding of gasoline, and also, therefore,
considerable inconvenience to motorists who are
forced to wait in line for long periods in order to
purchase gasoline; and

WHEREAS, This situation has further resulted, and will,
if not alleviated, continue to result in many people
being unable to obtain gasoline at all, thereby