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ARTICLE 9 6A.

ARTICLE 96A.1

WEATHER SERVICE—STATE.

1. Establishment of. 2. Central station at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity.

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

An Code, sec. 1. 1904, 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 Mary-
land Agricultural College and the United States weather bureau; the
officers of said service shall be a director designated by the president of
the Johns Hopkins University, a secretary and treasurer designated 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.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1892, ch. 329, 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 prac-
ticable, 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 serviceable to the people of the State.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1904, 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 not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this article, to be paid to said officers, or to their order, by the treasurer

1 By ch. 29 (p. 59) of acts of 1922, board of government of the weather service was
abolished and all rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions of said board were
transferred to regents of University of Maryland.

See art. 41, sec. 104.