2826 ARTICLE 91.

said Commission. The Commission shall at the time of its organization,
as aforesaid, and thereafter from time to time, adopt such by-laws and
rules of procedure for the conduct of its business as it may deem neces-
sary. It shall annually compile and publish maps and statistics relating to
the public roads of the State and showing the progress and status of the
work done or entered upon by it and separately for the several counties.
All maps, plans and statistics made, collected and compiled under its
direction shall be preserved in its office and shall be open to the inspection
of any taxpayer of the State. All bills or claims on account of any of the
work of the said Commission or in any way relating to its duties or trans-
actions shall be passed upon by the Commission at a meeting of its mem-
bers, and no claim involving the expenditure of more than fifty dollars,
and no contract involving a larger expenditure than fifty dollars, shall be
allowed or made except by a majority vote of all members of the Commis-
sion at a meeting thereof; all contracts, agreements, grants, licenses, made
or entered into by the Commission shall be recorded in books kept for that
purpose, which shall always be open to the inspection of the public. It
shall be the duty of the members of the Commission to travel over and per-
sonally inspect the public highways in the several parts of the State and
the work being done on the same, in order that they may have, as far as
possible, personal knowledge of the requirements of the several sections
of the State in reference to the matter of roads as well as of the progress
from time to time of the work of said Commission.

If state can recover charges from a telegraph and telephone company for use
and occupation of Conowingo bridge, state roads commission, as an agency of state,
may maintain suit on behalf of state. 132 Md. 194, distinguished. Demurrer.
Prayers. American Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. State Rds. Comn., 134 Md. 16.
The state roads commission is not liable to be sued for negligently allowing a road
in course of construction or repair to be without a warning light at night, etc.; state
roads commission is entitled to benefit of state's immunity from suit unless a statute
provides to contrary. State v. Rich, 126 Md. 644. And see Fisher Co. v. Mackall,
138 Md. 593.

See notes to art. 14 of Declaration of Rights, and to secs. 28, 30 and 43 of art. 91
of the Code.

As to public roads, see also art. 25, sec. 142, et seq.
See notes to sec. 56, and see art. 27, sec. 712, et seq.
See art. 41, sec. 110.

An. Code, sec. 34. 1908, ch. 141, sec. 32B.

28. The commission created under this act is hereby authorized and
directed to include in its work of improving the system of main roads of
the State, the improvement of such portions of the main roads selected
by said commission as a part of such system as lie inside the limits of the
city of Baltimore, up to the old city limits, provided that on completion
of such improvements, the portions of the roads so improved within the
city limits shall be city streets under the provisions of the city charter.
The said commission, in addition to the powers hereinbefore mentioned,
shall have full powers and be charged with the full duties to select, con-
struct, improve and maintain such a general system of improved State
roads and highways, as can reasonably be expected to be completed with
the funds herein provided in and through all the counties of this State.
The said commission shall reach its conclusions as to the selection of the