1148 ARTICLE 88C.

fare; to facilitate the movement of through traffic; to provide for the
accommodation of local traffic, cross traffic and traffic to and from the
abutting frontages; to establish front yard or setback lines along abutting
frontages; to regulate the location of filling stations, garages, lunch
stands, outdoor advertising signs and other uses of property along the ad-
jacent frontages; to regulate the sub-division of land along or adjacent to
such highways and parkways; and to conserve scenic and historic places
and the natural beauty of the countryside. Such plans and regulations
may be adjusted to the varying conditions throughout the state and to the
character of existing official plans' and regulations in force in any county
or municipality. Before approving of such plans and regulations for
submission to the General Assembly the Planning Commission shall hold
public hearings thereon. Such plans and regulations when approved by
the General Assembly shall be known as the official state highway plan.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 39, sec. 4.

4. It shall be the duty of such Planning Commission to prepare and
keep up to date a long-term development program of major state improve-
ment projects. The various state departments and officials shall prepare
and submit to such Planning Commission their proposals for major pro-
jects. It shall be the duty of such Planning Commission to co-ordinate
such plans and proposals with each other and with the general plans of
such commission, and as a result to submit to the Governor and the General
Assembly a report at least once every two years, showing such commission's
recommendations and program for improvement projects.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 39, sec. 5.

5. The State Planning Commission is hereby authorized, for the in-
formation of the State, to prepare and make maps, planning studies and
surveys for the collection of data for zoning, soil conditions, land use and
classification, population distribution, schools, park and playground de-
velopment, port, harbor and waterway work, parkways, highways, traffic,
transit, water supply, drainage and sewerage, long-range financial programs,
real property inventories, tax maps, building and housing conditions, sub-
division control and other subjects affecting the health and welfare of the
people of Maryland.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 39, sec. 6.

6. The State Planning Commission is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to use and expend any funds coming into its hands for the purposes
of this Article, and is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use
any funds provided by the United States Government, or any agency
thereof, for such purposes.