MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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advisor to the Commission and shall represent the
Commission at all hearings and judicial proceedings in
which the Commission is a party.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
109 and 110 of Article 56 - Licenses, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1974
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

109.

The State Athletic Commission shall be a part of the
Department of Licensing and Regulation. The members of
the State Athletic Commission as at present constituted
shall hold office for the period of their appointment.
thereafter their successors shall be appointed by the
Governor with the advice of the Secretary of Licensing
and Regulation for a term of six years. The Commission
shall maintain general offices for the transaction of its
business in the City of Baltimore. The members of the
Commission shall, at their first meeting after their
appointment, elect one of their number chairman of the
Commission and shall adopt a seal for the commission, and
make such rules for the administration of their office,
not inconsistent herewith, as they may deem expedient;
and they may hereafter amend or abrogate such rules. Two
members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum to do
business; and the concurrence of at least two
commissioners shall be necessary to render a choice or
decision by the Commission, and each member of the
Commission shall be entitled to receive his [actual and
necessary] traveling expenses and other expenses incurred
[by him] in the performance of his official duties IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS, and in
addition thereto, the Chairman of the Commission shall
receive an annual salary of $3,500, and each of the other
commissioners shall receive a salary of $2,500, the
expenses and salaries shall be payable out of the license
fees hereinafter provided. Each of the commissioners
shall, upon entering the performance of his duties, be
covered by surety bonds in accordance with the provisions
of §§ 46 through 50 of Article 78A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland.

110.

The secretary to the Commission shall be entitled to
all the rights and privileges under Article 64A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Merit System," and the
present secretary shall be included and continue to serve