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WEATHER SEEVICE——STATE.

[ART. 96A

ARTICLE XCVI A.

WEATHER SERVICE—STATE.

1. Establishment of. 2. Central station at Johns Hopkins University.

3. Annual appropriation. 4. Report to the general assembly.

1004, art. 96 A, sec. 1. 1892, ch. 329, sec. 1.

1. There is established a State weather service which shall be under
the control and management of the Johns Hopkins University, the
Maryland Agricultural College and the United States weather bureau;
the officers of said service shall be a director designated by the pres-
ident of the Johns Hopkins University, a secretary and treasurer desig-
nated by the president of the Maryland Agricultural College, and a
meteorologist in charge, designated by the chief of the United States
weather bureau; they shall be commissioned by the governor and be
duly qualified as officers of the State. The said officers shall constitute
a board of government under the direction of the institutions from
which they are appointed and shall receive no compensation for their
services as such officers.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1892, ch. 320, sec. 2.

2. The central station and office of said service shall be at the
Johns Hopkins University. The board of government shall establish,
if practicable, one or more voluntary meteorological stations in each
county in the State and supervise the same, co-operating with the chief
of the United States weather bureau, for the suitable location of such
stations, in order that the greatest usefulness may result to the State
and national service. The said officers are authorized to print weekly
and monthly reports of the results and operations of said service and
to distribute the same in such a manner as they shall deem most serv-
iceable to the people of the State.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1892, ch. 329, sec. 3.

3. The sum of two thousand dollars annually, or so much thereof
as shall be necessary, is appropriated out of any funds of the treasury