CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS] COMPARISON

Headnotes	Present Constitution	Constitution of 1867	Constitution of 1864	Constitution of 1851	Constitution of 1776	Amendments to 1776 Constitution
	1954. For text see pp. 385- 387 of the report of the constitutional conven- tion commission (1967).] ARTICLE XI-E. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. [Added by Chapter 53, Acts of 1954; ratified No- vember 2, 1954. For text see pp. 387-389 of the report of the constitu- tional convention com- mission (1967).] ARTICLE XI-F. HOME RULE FOR CODE COUNTIES. [Added by Chapter 493, Acts of 1965; ratified No- vember 8, 1966. For text see pp. 389-392 of the report of the constitutional convention commission (1967).]
Board of Public Works: Member ship; sessions; duties; journal of proceedings. Commissioners of Public Works: Election; duties; compensation.	ARTICLE XII. PUBLIC WORKS. Section 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the Treas- urer, shall constitute the Board of Public Works in this State. They shall keep a journal of their proceed- ings, and shall hold regular sessions in the City of An- napolis, on the first Wednes- day in January, April, July and 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 as the General Assembly may confer upon them the power to decide.	ARTICLE XII. PUBLIC WORKS. Section 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the Treas- urer, shall constitute the Board of Public Works in this State. They shall keep a journal of their proceed- ings, and shall hold regular sessions in the City of An- napolis, on the first Wednes- day in January, April, July and 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 as the General Assembly may confer upon them the power to decide.	ARTICLE VII. SUNDRY OFFICERS. Section 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the Treas- urer, shall constitute the Board of Public Works in this State; they shall keep a journal of their proceed- ings, and shall hold regular sessions in the city of An- napolis on the first Wednes- day in January, April, July and 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 as the General Assembly may confer upon them the power to decide.	ARTICLE VII. SUNDRY OFFICERS. Section 1. At the first gen- eral election of Delegates to the General Assembly, after the adoption of this Consti- tution, four Commissioners shall be elected as herein- after provided, who shall be styled "Commissioners of Public Works," and who shall exercise a diligent and faithful supervision of all Public Works, in which the State may be interested as stockholder or creditor, and shall represent the State in all meetings of the Stock- holders, and shall appoint the Directors in every Rail Road or Canal Company, in which the State has the con- stitutional power to appoint Directors. It shall also be
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