502

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 22

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
41, §187.

The only changes ace in style.

25-202. TEXT OF COMPACT.

(A)   AREA FOR REGIONAL EDUCATION ESTABLISHED.

IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL AGREEMENTS, COVENANTS
AND OBLIGATIONS ASSUMED BY THE RESPECTIVE STATES WHO ARE
PARTIES HERETO (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "STATES"), THE
SAID SEVERAL STATES DO HEREBY FORM A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRICT
OR REGION CONSISTING OF THE AREAS LYING WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE CONTRACTING STATES WHICH, FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THIS COMPACT, SHALL CONSTITUTE AN AREA FOR REGIONAL
EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS DERIVED FROM TAXATION BY
THE CONSTITUENT STATES AND DERIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT, ACQUISITION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE
BENEFIT OF CITIZENS OF THE RESPECTIVE STATES RESIDING WITHIN
THE REGION SO ESTABLISHED AS MAY BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO
TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS
COMPACT.

(B)   BOARD OF CONTROL FOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION
CREATED; MEMBERS, ORGANIZATION, ETC.

THE STATES DO FURTHER HEREBY ESTABLISH AND CREATE A
JOINT AGENCY WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BOARD OF CONTROL
FOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS
THE "BOARD"), THE MEMBERS OF WHICH BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF
THE GOVERNOR OF EACH STATE, EX OFFICIO, AND FOUR ADDITIONAL
CITIZENS OF EACH STATE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
THEREOF, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE SELECTED FROM THE
FIELD OF EDUCATION AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THAT STATE. THE GOVERNOR
SHALL CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD DURING HIS TENURE OF
OFFICE AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, BUT THE MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A
PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS EXCEPT THAT IN THE ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENTS ONE BOARD MEMBER SO APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
SHALL BE DESIGNATED AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO SERVE
AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS, ONE BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE AN
INITIAL TERM OF THREE YEARS, AND THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBER
TO SERVE THE FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS, BUT THEREAFTER THE
SUCCESSOR OF EACH APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER SHALL SERVE THE
FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS. VACANCIES ON THE BOARD CAUSED BY
DEATH, RESIGNATION, REFUSAL OR INABILITY TO SERVE, SHALL BE
FILLED BY APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THE UNEXPIRED
PORTION OF THE TERM. THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE A
CHAIRMAN, A VICE-CHAIRMAN, A SECRETARY, A TREASURER, AND
SUCH ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AS MAY BE CREATED BY THE BOARD FROM
TIME TO TIME. THE BOARD SHALL MEET ANNUALLY AND OFFICERS
SHALL BE ELECTED TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL
MEETING. THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FORMULATE AND
ESTABLISH BYLAWS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF