|
|
|
99
Civil Offices not embraced in the duties of other Standing
Committees, respectfully submit the following Article and
sections to be embodied in the Constitution:
Section 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury
and the Treasurer, shall constitute the Board of Public Works,
who shall exercise a diligent and faithful supervision of all
public works in which the State may be interested as stock-
holder or creditor, and shall appoint the Directors, in every
Railroad or Canal Company in which the State has the legal
power to appoint Directors, which said Directors shall repre-
sent the State in all meetings of the Stockholders of every
Railroad or Canal Company in which the State is a Stock-
holder; it shall be the duty of the said Board of Public Works
to receive from time to time, the rale of tolls adopted by any
company, use all legal powers which they may possess to ob-
tain the establishment of rates of tolls, which may prevent
an injurious competition with each other, to the detriment of
the interests of the State, and so to adjust them as to promote
the agriculture of the State; the said Board of Public Works
shall keep a journal of their proceedings, they shall hold regu-
lar sessions in the city of Annapolis, on the first Monday in
January, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in July
and the first Monday in October, in each year, and oftener if
necessary, at which sessions they shall hear and determine
such matters as affect the public works of the State, and the
Legislature may confer upon, them the power to decide; they
shall at each regular session of the Legislature, make a report
to the General Assembly and recommend such legislation as
they shall deem necessary and requisite to promote or protect
the interests of the State in the Public Works, and perform
such other duties as may be hereafter prescribed by law; the
Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and Treasurer shall
receive no additional salary for the services rendered as mem-
bers of the Board of Public Works.
Sec. 2. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land Office,
elected by the qualified voters of the State, on the
day of in the year
who shall hold his office for the term of six
years from the first day of January next after his election.
The returns of said election shall be made to the Governor,
and in the event of a tie between any two or more candidates
the Governor shall direct a new election to be held by writs
to the Sheriffs of the several counties, who shall hold said
election after at least twenty days notice, exclusive of the day
of election. He shall perform. such duties as are now required
of the Commissioner of the Land Office, and shall be keeper
of the Chancery Records. He shall receive a salary of
|
|
|
|
 |
