secure economy and efficiency in the business of their
offices. He shall have the supervision of the Tobacco
Warehouses, and all other buildings used for inspection and
storage purposes by the State: and may, at the discretion
of the Legislature, have the supervision of all public build-
ings now belonging to, or which may hereafter be erected by
the State. He shall frequently inspect such buildings as are
committed to his charge, and examine all accounts for labor
and materials required for their construction or repairs.

SEC. 5. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources
of wealth of the State of Maryland, more especially con-
cerning those within the limits of the Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries which belong to the State, and suggest such plans
as may be calculated to render them available as sources of
revenue.

SEC. 6. He shall make detailed reports to every General
Assembly within the first week of its session, in reference
to each of the subjects committed to his charge, and he
shall also report to the Governor, in the recess of the Legis-
lature, all abuses or irregularities which he may find to exist
in any department of public affairs with which his office is
connected.

SEC. 7. The office hereby established shall continue for
four years from the date of the qualification of the first incum-
bent thereof, and shall then expire, unless continued by the
General Assembly.

ARTICLE XI.
CITY OF BALTIMORE.

SECTION I. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore,
qualified by Law to vote in said city for members of the
House of Delegates, shall on the Tuesday after the first Mon-
day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and
on the same day in every second year thereafter, elect
a person to be Mayor of the City of Baltimore, who shall
have such qualifications, receive such compensation, dis-
charge such duties, and have such powers as are now, or
may hereafter be prescribed by law; and the term of
whose office shall commence on the first Monday of November
succeeding his election, and shall continue for two years, and
until his successor shall have qualified.*

*Amended successively by the Act of 1870, ch. 116, and 1888, ch. 397.
•See chapter 123, Acts of 1898, Baltimore City Charter.