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166 CORPORATIONS. [ART. XXIII
time to time one of the clerks appointed by the commission to perform
the duties of secretary during his absence, and during such time the
clerk so designated shall, at the office, possess the powers of the secretary
of the commission. The annual salary of the secretary shall be three
thousand dollars ($3,000).
The commission shall have the power, subject to the approval, in
writing, by the governor, in each and every instance, to employ such
officers, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, inspectors, experts and em-
ployees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this sub-
title or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law
upon the commission; no person, however, shall be appointed or em-
ployed by the commission in any position whatsoever, unless the com-
mission shall certify to the governor that it deems such appointment
or employment, and the compensation or annual salary which it pro-
posed shall be paid in each instance, actually necessary for carrying
out the purposes and requirements of this sub-title, and unless the gov-
ernor shall thereupon approve in writing such appointment or employ-
ment, and such compensation or annual salary or salaries. If in any
case the commission cannot ascertain in advance the value of any service
to be rendered to it or the proper compensation to be paid therefor,
it shall certify such fact to the governor, who may authorize the employ-
ment or acquisition of the service in question, leaving the value or
compensation thereof to be ascertained by subsequent agreement or
adjustment.
Each commissioner and each person appointed to office or employ-
ment by the governor or by the commission, with the approval of the
governor, or by the general counsel to the commission, shall before enter-
ing upon the duties of his office or employment, take and subscribe to
the constitutional oath of office. No person shall be eligible for appoint-
ment or shall hold the office of commissioner, or be appointed by the
commission, or by the general counsel to the commission to or hold any
office or position under the commission, who holds any official relation
to any common carrier, railroad corporation, street railroad corpora-
tion, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, tele-
gaph corporation, water company, heat and refrigerating company,
transportation of property or freight company, or other public service
corporation subject to any of the provisions of this sub-title, or who
own stocks or bonds therein, or who has any pecuniary interest therein.*
The act of 1914, chapter 750. held to have been validly passed. The
amendment of a bill by striking out all after "A Bill," upheld. When a
bill is properly authenticated it cannot be impeached by the Journals
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*The act of 1916, chapter 713, provides that the increase in salary now received
by either of the public service commissioners by virtue of the act of 1914, chap-
ter 750, shall not be reduced by virtue of the act of 1916, chapter 713, "during
bis present term of office or until the expiration of his term."
The act of 1916, chapter 713, provides that the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall not pay after October 1st, 1916, any portion of the salary of the
members of the public service commission, or 6f the general counsel thereto.
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