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The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History by Alan M. Wilner
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The New Board: 1864-1920 77

ments arose. The board rose to the occasion, and on 9 August 1916 effected a complete
settlement of $257,985 in judgments for the $75,000 appropriated to it.83

The entry of the United States into World War I apparently had little significant
effect upon the board—possibly because the country's participation was of such short
duration. The only direct war-related duties in evidence were imposed by a 1917 act
authorizing the board to acquire and clear any land needed by the United States
government for a military camp in the state and a joint resolution in 1918 directing
the board to seek compensation from the government for damage done to state roads
by the shipment of supplies on heavy government trucks.84 The board minutes, how-
ever, do not mention this resolution or indicate that it was ever carried out.

83. Acts of 1916, ch. 582; BPW Minutes, 9 August 1916, vol. 1A (1912-22), pp. 184-85.

84. Acts of 1917 (Spec. Sess.), ch. 1; 1918, joint res. 11.

 

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