ART. 91] GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY. 1981

expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties; and the
said commissioners shall have general charge of the survey and shall
appoint as superintendent of the same a geologist of established reputa-
tion and upon his nomination such assistants and employes as they may
deem necessary; and they shall also determine the compensation of all
persons employed by the survey and may remove them at pleasure.

Cited but not construed in Symons v. Road Directors, 105 Md. 257; Font
v. Frederick County, 105 Md. 564; Bonsai v. Tellott, 100 Md. 497.

1904, art. 91. sec. 20. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 2.
20. The survey shall have for its objects:

(1) An examination of the geological formations of the State, with
especial reference to their economic products, viz: building stones,
clays, ores and other mineral substances.

(2) An examination and classification of the soils and a study of
their adaptability to particular crops.

(3) An examination of the physical features of the State, with
reference to their practical bearing upon the occupations of the people.

(4) The preparation of special geological and economic maps to
illustrate the resources of the State.

(5) The preparation of special reports, with necessary illustrations
and maps, which shall embrace both a general and detailed description
of the geology and natural resources of the State.

(6) The consideration of such other scientific and economic ques-
tions as in the judgment of the commissioners shall be deemed of
value to the people of the State.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1896. ch. 51, sec. 3.

21. The commissioners shall cause to be prepared a report to the
legislature before each meeting of the same, showing the progress and
condition of the survey, together with such other information as they
may deem necessary and useful or as the legislature may require.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 4.

22. The regular and special reports of the survey with proper illus-
trations and maps shall be printed as the commissioners may direct,
and the reports shall be distributed or sold by the said commissioners
as the interest of the State and of science demands, and all moneys
obtained by the sale of the reports shall be paid into the state treasury.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 5.

23. All material collected, after having served the purposes of the
survey shall be distributed by the commissioners to the educational
institutions in such manner as to be of the greatest advantage to the
educational interest of the State; or, if deemed advisable, the whole or
a part of such material shall be put on permanent exhibition.