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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 724

the advice and consent of the Senate. The remaining
member shall be the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture ex
officio with voting privileges. Two of the members shall
be students at different campuses of the University of
Maryland. Each such member shall be appointed for a term
of one year, commencing on July 1, and may be reappointed
if he remains a student at any campus of the University.
The members of the board shall serve without compensation
but shall be paid their reasonable and necessary expenses
while engaged in the discharge of their official duties
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS. The
members of the board who were appointed to terms prior to
July 1, 1969 shall continue to serve until the expiration
of these terms, and upon such expiration shall each be
eligible for reappointment. The term of office of all
members appointed after July 1, 1969, shall be five years
and shall each date from the first Monday in June of the
year in which appointed. However, the student members of
the board shall be appointed or reappointed as set forth
above. No person other than the Secretary of Agriculture
shall serve for more than two consecutive terms. Members
appointed to fill vacancies occurring during a term shall
serve for the remainder of the term, and they shall be
eligible for reappointment. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, the original term of
office of one of the members of the board of regents
whose office is established on June 1, 1970, shall
commence on the first Monday in June of 1970 and shall
expire on the first Monday in June of 1972, and the
original term of office of the other member of the board
of regents whose office is established on June 1, 1970,
shall commence on the first Monday in June of 1970, and
shall expire on the first Monday in June of 1973.
Thereafter, the terms of office of the members of the
board of regents established on June 1, 1970, shall be
five years.

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(a) There is established the Maryland Council for
Higher Education consisting of thirteen members who shall
be appointed from the citizens of the State by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
members of the Council shall be selected by the Governor
solely by reason of their demonstrated interest in the
broad range of higher education, their knowledge and
understanding of its needs and problems and their
devotion to its cause, but not more than two members
shall have attended the same institution of higher
learning. Each member shall be appointed for a term of
six years from the first Monday in June in the year of
his appointment; provided that of the initial
appointments three shall be for terms ending the first
Monday of June, 1966, three shall be for terms ending the