MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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All members of the State Board shall held office for
terms of six years, the terms of three members expiring
on June 30 of every second year. The members of the
State Board who are in office on August 31, 1970 shall
continue in office until the expiration of their
respective terms. In case of a vacancy for any reason,
the Secretary of Employment and Social Services, with the
approval of the Governor, shall appoint a member for the
remainder of any unexpired term. The members of the
State Board shall receive no salary for their services,
but their [reasonable] expenses incurred in attending
meetings or performing other official duties shall be
paid IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
3 of Article 96 1/2 — Veterans, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 96 1/2 - Veterans

3.

The Governor shall appoint a Commission to be known
as the "Maryland Veterans Commission," to be composed of
nine Maryland veterans, one of whom shall be designated
by the Secretary of Employment and Social Services as
chairman. Each congressional district shall be
represented, and one member shall be an at—large member.
The Maryland Veterans Commission shall be part of the
State Department of Employment and Social Services.
Members shall be eligible for reappointment to the
Commission. All persons who are members of the
Commission as of August 31, 1970, shall continue to serve
as members until the expiration of the terms to which
they were appointed. All appointments to the Commission
shall be for seven—year terms. The department commander
of the American Legion, the department commander of the
Marine Corps League, the department commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Pars, the department commander of the
Disabled American Veterans, the department commander of
the Spanish—American War Veterans, the department
commander of the World War I Veterans, the department
commander of the Catholic War Veterans and the department
commander of the Jewish War Veterans shall constitute an
advisory committee to the Commission, who shall serve at
the pleasure of the Secretary of Employment and Social
Services, without vote.

The members of the Commission as thus constituted
shall serve without pay; members of the Commission shall
be paid [actual] traveling expenses necessitated by their