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ments, grants, licenses, made or entered into by the Commission shall be
recorded in books kept for that purpose, which shall always be open to
the inspection of the public. It shall be the duty of the members of the
Commission to travel over and personally inspect the public highways in
the several parts of the State and the work being done on the same, in
order that they may have, as far as possible, personal knowledge of the re-
quirements of the several sections of the State in reference to the matter
of roads as well as of the progress from time to time of the work of said
Commission.

Cited but not construed in Sieling v. State Roads Commn., 160 Md. 409.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 2.

2. Whenever the State Roads Commission shall determine that any
land or bridge, acquired by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in con-
nection with the State's system of roads and highways, is not necessary
or desirable in the maintenance of said system of roads and highways, or
whenever, by reason or¹ the relocation of any road or bridge by the State
Roads Commission, any land or bridge ceases to be used in the State's
system of roads and highways, the State Roads Commission, with the
consent and approval of the Board of Public Works, shall be vested with
full power and authority to dispose of such land or bridge. Deeds for the
transfer of any property disposed of under this section shall be executed
by the Chairman of the State Roads Commission and the Board of Public
Works. In the event of a sale of such property, the proceeds shall be
accounted for and remitted by the State Roads Commission to the State
Treasurer, to be used for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance
and repair of the State's system of roads and highways, in accordance with
appropriations thereof made by the General Assembly.

An. Code, 1924, art. 91, sec. 28. 1912, art. 91, sec. 34. 1908, ch. 141, sec. 32B.
1931, ch. 539. sec. 3. 1933. ch. 341. sec. 3.

3. The Commission created under this Article is hereby authorized
and directed to include in its work of improving the system of main roads
of the State, the improvement of such portions of the main roads selected
by said Commission as a part of such system as lie inside the limits of
the City of Baltimore, provided that on completion of such improvements,
the portions of the roads so improved within the city limits shall be city
streets under the provisions of the city charter. The said Commission,
in addition to the powers hereinbefore mentioned, shall have full powers
and be charged with the full duties to select, construct, improve and
maintain such a general system of improved State roads and highways,
as can reasonably be expected to be completed with the funds herein pro-
vided in and through all the counties of this State. The said Commission
shall reach its conclusions as to the selection of the roads to be improved
on or before May 1, 1909, and shall on or before that date file with
County Commissioners of each county for public inspection a certified

¹ Word "of" apparently intended.
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