MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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a salary of twenty—seven thousand dollars ($27,000) per
annum.

(b) In addition to the salary provided in this
section each commissioner shall be allowed his [actual]
necessary traveling and incidental expenses IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS, as provided in the
annual State budget.

71.

(a) There is hereby created as part of the
Department of Personnel an agency of the State to be
known as the "commissioners of the State Accident Fund,"
to be composed of five commissioners appointed by the
Secretary of Personnel, subject to the approval of the
Governor, with the powers and duties hereinafter
prescribed. The commissioners shall be selected from
among the employers, employees or other citizens of the
State, as the Secretary of Personnel and the Governor may
determine. Appointments shall be for terms of five
years each. Each commissioner shall hold office until
his successor shall be appointed and shall have
qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the Secretary
of Personnel, with the approval of the Governor, for the
unexpired term. Said commissioners shall elect annually
a chairman, vice—chairman and secretary. The
concurrence of at least three commissioners shall be
necessary in all matters. Said commissioners shall
operate and administer the State Accident Fund and shall
devote as much of their time thereto as may be necessary
to perform the duties incumbent upon them and carry out
the functions of the State Accident Fund. The
commissioners shall be paid semimonthly such salaries as
are provided in the budget. In addition thereto they
stall be entitled to their [actual and] necessary
traveling expenses, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD
TRAVEL REGULATIONS, while engaged in transacting the
business of the State Accident Fund, including those
incurred in attending meetings of the commissioners.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
6 of Chapter 448 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1892, be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Chapter 448 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1892

6.

The said board of examining engineers shall receive
an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars each, and