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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 284

Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 31B - Defective Delinquents

1.

[(a)] There [shall be] IS an institution for
defective delinquents, with the powers and duties as
provided in this article or elsewhere in the laws of this
State, [Said] THE institution shall be established at
Jessup, shall be known as the Patuxent Institution and
shall be part of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services.

(b) Subject to the authority of the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services as provided for
in Article 41 of this Code or elsewhere in the laws of
Maryland, the board of Patuxent Institution shall possess
all of the powers bestowed by law upon Patuxent
Institution. The board shall consist of the chairman of
the board and four associate members, who shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, with the approval of the Governor
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of
the associate members shall be appointed from the
membership of the advisory board of Patuxent Institution,
and one of these two associate members shall be a
psychiatrist. The chairman and associate members of the
board shall serve terms of four years, except that the
initial ten of the associate members first appointed to
the board shall be one, two, three and four years
respectively. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled
by appointment of the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, with the approval of the Governor,
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the
unexpired ten. The Secretary, with the approval of the
Governor, may remove any member of the board for
inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office,
giving to such member a copy of the charges preferred and
the opportunity of being first publicly heard in person
or by counsel. If such member shall be removed, the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a
complete statement of all charges made against such
member, and his findings thereof, together with a
complete record of the proceedings. The chairman and
associate members shall serve without pay.

(c) Before entering upon the discharge of the
duties of his office, each member of said board shall
take an oath that he will well and faithfully execute and
perform all and singular the duties appertaining to his
office according to the laws of the State and the rules