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Commission," and who shall continue in office until the work of said com-
mission has been completed; in case of death, resignation or removal from
office of any of said commission, the Mayor shall have authority to appoint
another to fill said vacancy. The members of said commission, other than
ex-officio members, shall receive compensation for their services at the
rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, except the chairman thereof,
who shall receive compensation at the rate of two thousand dollars per
annum. A majority of the members of said commission shall be a lawful
quorum for the transaction of business. As soon as the appointed mem-
bers of said commission shall have qualified, they shall organize by the
election of one of its members as chairman of said commission, who shall
be removable at pleasure by said commission and who shall preside over
the meetings of said commission and perform such other duties as are
imposed on him by this sub-division of this article, or may be assigned
to him by said commission; and they shall elect a secretary, not a mem-
ber of said commission, who shall be removable at pleasure of said
commission, and receive compensation not to exceed the sum of twelve
hundred dollars per annum; the said secretary shall keep a record of the
proceedings of said commission and perform such other duties as are im-
posed or assigned to him by said commission. All records of said coin-
mission shall be public, and the commission shall make annual reports
To the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of its official transactions and
all expenditures. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall pro-
vide proper offices for said commission. The said commission shall have
authority and power to employ any help or assistance necessary to pro-
mote the object and purpose of this commission and its work, and to fix
the compensation of such help and to remove of discharge them at their
pleasure; and also purchase necessary office furniture and stationery.

1904, ch. 274, sec. 3.

841C. Said commission shall have the right and power to condemn,
lay out, open, extend, widen, straighten, close, grade and pave any street,
avenue, lane or alley or any part thereof, from curb to curb; and to estab-
lish and fix the building line and the width of the sidewalks on any street,
avenue, lane or alley now existing or to be laid out, opened, extended,
widened, straightened, graded or paved in the Annex portion of the City
of Baltimore. Said commission shall have all powers necessary and proper
in the exercise of said powers; and the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore is hereby authorized and empowered to grant by ordinance any
further powers and duties it shall deem necessary for the proper execu-
tion of the improvements intended to be made by this Act.
Flack v. 51. & C. C. of Baltimore, 104 Md. 107.

1904, ch. 274, sec. 4.

841D. Immediately after the appointment and organization of said
commission it shall cause to be prepared for its guidance and use a map
or maps of the entire Annex portion of the City of Baltimore or any part