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Ch. 728
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments
Article 78B — Racing Commission
Section 2 and 17(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Article 78B - Racing Commission, Sections
2 and 17(b), of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 78B - Racing Commission
2.
[Said Maryland Racing Commission shall consist of
five members, all of whom shall be appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
act more than four of whom shall be of the same political
party, and one of whom shall be designated by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to
be the chairman of the said Commission. Each
commissioner at the time of his appointment and
qualification shall be a resident of the State of
Maryland and shall have resided in said State for a
period of at least five years next preceding his
appointment and qualification and he shall also be a
qualified voter therein and not less than twenty—five
years of age. One of said commissioners shall hold
office for one year from the beginning of his term of
office, and until his successor shall qualify. One of
said commissioners shall hold office for two years from
the beginning of his term of office and until his
successor shall qualify. One of said commissioners shall
hold office for three years from the beginning of his
term of office and until his successor shall qualify.
One of said commissioners shall hold office for four
years from the beginning of his term of office and until
his successor shall qualify; and one of said
commissioners shall hold office for five years from the
beginning of his term of office and until his successor
shall qualify. The term of office of each commissioner
shall begin within thirty days from June 1, 1959. The
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, at
the time of making and announcing the appointment of said
five commissioners, as well as in the commission issued
by him to each of them, shall designate which of said
commissioners shall serve for the terms as hereinbefore
provided, and also which shall be the chairman of said
Commission.
Upon the expiration of each of said terms, the term
of office of each commissioner thereafter appointed shall
be five years from the time of his appointment and
qualification and until his successor shall qualify. A
commissioner shall be appointed each and every year to
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