934 ARTICLE 4.
All of the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions conferred
by law upon the Inspector of Weights and Measures, and particularly
by the provisions of Section 34 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, and by the same section of the Charter of Baltimore
City, and by any other Act of the General Assembly or section of the
Charter of Baltimore City or ordinance of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore; and all of the rights, powers, duties, obligations and func-
tions conferred by law upon the City Comptroller with respect to the
inspection of weights and measures, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 34 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws and with the
provisions of Chapter 802 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1914,
or any other Act of the General Assembly or section of the Charter of
Baltimore City or ordinance of the Mayor and City Council, shall be and
are hereby transferred to and hereafter shall be exercised and performed
by the Bureau of Standards as the lawful successor to the said Inspector
of Weights and Measures to the same extent as if the Bureau of Standards
had been named in the provisions of law as the body upon which the said
rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions were conferred. There-
upon the office of Inspector of Weights and Measures as heretofore con-
stituted shall be and remain abolished.
The Chief Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to
the Bureau of Standards such testing and inspection work hitherto per-
formed by the Paving Commission as may be deemed expedient.
The Bureau of Standards shall perform such other duties and exercise
such other powers as may be required from time to time by ordinance
of the Mayor and City Council, subject, however, to the power and
authority conferred upon the Chief Engineer by the provisions of this
Charter.
(10)
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION.
There shall be in the Department of Public Works a Bureau of Trans-
portation. The head of this Bureau shall be the Superintendent of
Transportation, who shall direct its operation, and who shall perform,
subject to the authority of the Chief Engineer, the duties and exercise
the powers which are herein imposed or conferred upon the Bureau of
Transportation.
The Superintendent of Transportation shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the consent of the City Council, as provided in Section 25 of the
Charter of Baltimore City, and hold his office as therein provided.
The Superintendent of Transportation shall have general educational
equipment at least equal to that of graduates of high schools. He shall
have had at least two years' experience in handling transportation prob-
lems.
The Superintendent of Transportation shall be paid such salary as may
be provided in the Ordinance of Estimates. He shall appoint such assist-
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