WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 311

with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and
defend in all courts of law and equity.

(b) The Authority consists of 12 members, all of whom shall
be citizens of the State, one of whom shall be a resident of
Howard County[, and three of whom shall be members of the New
Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, as the same was created
by Chapter 662 of the Laws of Maryland of 1955, as amended by
Chapter 845 of the Laws of Maryland of 1957]. The Director of
Agricultural Extension, State of Maryland, the Comptroller of the
State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of General
Services shall be ex officio members, and the tenure of their
office shall coincide with the terms for which they hold the
designated offices. In the event of a vacancy in any of the ex
officio officers, the seat on the Authority is to be taken by the
interim or permanent successor.

The Governor of the State of Maryland, with the advice and
consent of the Senate[, within 30 days after June 1, 1967], shall
appoint 5 members who shall be outstanding citizens of the State.
[The original appointments of those five members, excluding the
ex officio members, shall be made in such manner that the term of
one member shall expire on July 1, 1968, the term of another
member shall expire on July 1, 1969, the term of another member
shall expire on July 1, 1970, the term of another member shall
expire on July 1, 1971, and the term of the remaining member
shall expire on July 1, 1972. In addition, the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, within ten days, after July 1,
1972, shall appoint three members who shall be, as of July 1,
1972, members of the New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market
Authority. The original appointments of these three members,
excluding the ex officio members, shall be made in such manner
that the term of one such member shall expire on July 1, 1974,
the term of another such member on July 1, 1975, and the term of
the remaining such member on July 1, 1976. The successors of
those eight members] EACH MEMBER, excluding the ex officio
members, shall be appointed for [terms] A TERM of five years from
the dates of expiration of [their] THE MEMBER'S respective
[terms] TERM of office, except that any person appointed to fill
a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. Any member of
the Authority is eligible for reappointment. The Governor, after
notice in writing to a member 30 days in advance of the action,
may remove any member other than the ex officio members for
inefficiency, neglect, or misconduct. Any member so notified
shall be entitled to a hearing before the Governor, provided that
request for a hearing be made in writing to the Governor not
later than ten days after receipt of the notice. In the event of
removal the Governor shall promptly appoint a successor.

(c) Immediately after appointment, the members of the
Authority shall enter upon their duties. The Authority shall
elect one of its members as chairman and another as
vice-chairman, and it shall also elect a secretary-treasurer, who

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