MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3485

ment, may be necessary to the administration of this Act, and may require
any employee to give bond with surety approved by and in a sum to be
fixed by the Commission.

1927, oh. 448, sec. 3.

587. The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to maintain
an office in Montgomery County, and an office in Prince George's County,
both such offices to be within the District, and an office in the District of
Columbia. The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to hold
meetings, conduct hearings, and perform any or all of the duties vested in
it by this Act at whichever of its three said offices shall in the judgment
of the Commission best suit the convenience of the public in each case.
All Acts, orders, or regulations agreed upon or passed in the said office
located within the District of Columbia, shall have the same force and
effect as though agreed upon or passed within the District. The Com-
mission shall annually publish in at least one newspaper published in
Montgomery County, and one in Prince George's County a full and true
account of its receipts and disbursements. Prior to such publication such
account shall be audited by the State Auditor of the State of Maryland,
who shall be paid such compensation by the Commission as is paid the
Auditor for auditing other State accounts; provided, however, that said
Commission may in addition to said State audit, employ a certified public
accountant to audit its books and accounts.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 4.

588. The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make,
adopt, amend, extend and add to a plan for the physical development of
the District. Such plan, including maps, plats, charts and descriptive
matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for the develop-
ment of the said territory, including among other things, such matters as
the location, arrangement, character and extent of streets, roads, park-
ways, highways, boulevards, viaducts, bridges, water ways, water fronts,
parks, forests, playgrounds, squares, aviation fields and other public ways,
grounds and open spaces, the general location of public buildings and other
public properties, and the general location and extent of public utilities
and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated for light,
transportation, communication, power, and other purposes, the preserva-
tion of forests and natural scenery, water conservation works, a zoning
plan for the control of the height, area, bulk, location and use of buildings
and premises, and other factors of city and regional planning. The plan
shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a
co-ordinated, comprehensive, adjusted, systematic and harmonious devel-
opment of the District, and of the co-ordination and adjustment of said
development with and to the public and private development of other
parts of the State of Maryland, of the City of Washington and of the
District of Columbia. Before adopting the plan or any substantial part
thereof or any substantial amendment thereto, the Commission shall hold
at least one public hearing thereon. The adoption of the plan or any part