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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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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

 

 

said Board of Public Works
a schedule of such modified
rates of toll, and so adjust
them as to promote the agri-
cultural interests of the
State; they shall report to
the General Assembly at
each regular session, and
recommend such legislation
as they may deem necessary
and requisite to promote or
protect the interests of the
State in the said Public
Works; they shall perform
such other duties as may be
hereafter prescribed by Law,
and a majority of them shall
be competent to act. The
Governor, Comptroller and
Treasurer shall receive no
additional salary for services
rendered by them as mem-
bers of the Board of Public
Works.

injurious effects to said
Company of rival competi-
tion by other Internal Im-
provement Companies. They
shall require the Directors
of all said Public Works to
guard the public interest,
and prevent the establish-
ment of tolls which shall
discriminate against the in-
terest of the citizens or
products of this State, and
from time to time, and as
often as there shall be any
change in the rates of toll
on any of the said Works,
to furnish the said Board of
Public Works a schedule of
such modified rates of toll,
and so adjust them as to
promote the agricultural in-
terests of the State; they
shall report to the General
Assembly at each regular
session, and recommend such
legislation as they may
deem necessary and requi-
site to promote or protect
the interests of the State in
the said Public Works; they
shall perform such other
duties as may be hereafter
prescribed by Law; and a
majority of them shall be
competent to act. The Gov-
ernor, Comptroller and
Treasurer shall receive no
additional salary for services
rendered by them as mem-
bers of the Board of Public
Works. The provisions of
the Act of the General As-
sembly of Maryland of the
year 1867, chapter 359, are
hereby declared null and
void.

may prevent an injurious
competition with each other
to the detriment of the in-
terests of the State, and so
to adjust them as to pro-
mote the agricultural inter-
ests of the State; they shall
report to the General As-
sembly at each regular ses-
sion, and recommend such
legislation as they shall
deem necessary and requi-
site to promote or protect
the interests of the State in
the said Public Works; they
shall perform such other
duties as may be hereafter
prescribed by law; and a
majority of them shall be
competent to act.

The Governor, Comptrol-
ler and Treasurer, shall re-
ceive no additional salary
for services rendered by
them as members of the
Board of Public Works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board of
Public Works:
Authorization
to sell State's
interest.

Sec. 3. The Board of
Public Works is hereby au-
thorized, subject to such
regulations and conditions
as the General Assembly
may from time to time pre-
scribe, to sell the State's
interest in all works of In-

Sec. 3. The Board of
Public Works is hereby au-
thorized to exchange the
State's interest as Stock-
holder and Creditor in the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company for an equal
amount of the bonds or reg-

Section 1. The Governor,
Comptroller of the Treasury
and the Treasurer shall con-
stitute the Board of Public
Works in this State; they i
shall keep a journal of their
proceedings, and shall hold
regular sessions in the city

Section 1. At the first gen-
eral election of Delegates to
the General Assembly, after
the adoption of this Consti-
tution, four Commissioners
shafll be elected as herein-
after provided, who shall be
styled "Commissioners of

 

 

 

 

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