SURVEYOR AND STATE SURVEY 3355

State Geological and Economic Survey.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 19. 1912, sec. 19. 1904, sec. 19. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 1.
1922, ch. 29, sec. 19 (p. 58).

19. There is established a state geological and economic survey, which
shall be under the direction of the Regents of the University of Maryland,
who shall have general charge of the survey and shall appoint as superin-
tendent of the same a geologist of established reputation, and, upon his
his nomination, such assistants and employees as they may deem necessary;
and they shall also determine the compensation of all persons employed
by the survey, subject to the provisions of the Budget, and may remove
them at pleasure. There is also established a State Geological and Eco-
nomic Survey Advisory Commission, composed of the President of the
Johns Hopkins University and two other members, appointed by the
Governor biennially, except that the two members first appointed under
this Act shall be appointed on January 1, 1923, and hold office until the
first Monday of May, 1924, and until their successors shall qualify. It
shall be the duty of said Commission from time to time, to advise and
counsel and to aid in connection with the said survey.

Cited but not construed in Symons v. Road Directors, 105 Md. 257; Fout v. Frederick
County, 105 Md. 564; Bonsai v. Yellott, 100 Md. 497.

See notes to art. 16, sec. 1, of Constitution.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 20. 1912, sec. 20. 1904, sec. 20. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 2.

20. The survey shall have for its object:

(1) An examination of the geological formations of the State, with
especial reference to their economic products, viz.: building stones, clays,
ores and other mineral substances.

(2) An examination and classification of the soils and a study of their
adaptability to particular crops.

(3) An examination of the physical features of the State, with reference
to their practical bearing upon the occupations of the people.

(4) The preparation of special geological and economic maps to illus-
trate the resources of the State.

(5) The preparation of special reports, with necessary illustrations
and maps, which shall embrace both a general and detailed description
of the geology and natural resources of the State.

(6) The consideration of such other scientific and economic questions
as in the judgment of the commissioners shall be deemed of value to the
people of the State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 21. 1912, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 21. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 3.

21. The commissioners shall cause to be prepared a report to the legis-
lature before each meeting of the same, showing the progress and condi-
tion of the survey, together with such other information as they may
deem necessary and useful or as the legislature may require.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 22. 1896, ch. 51, sec. 4.

22. The regular and special reports of the survey with proper illustra-
tions and maps shall be printed as the commissioners may direct, and the
reports shall be distributed or sold by the said commissioners as the interest
of the State and of science demands, and all moneys obtained by the sale
of the reports shall be paid into the state treasury.

¹ Under art. 41, sec. 146, all the powers, duties, etc., of the Geological and Economic
Survey vest in the Regents of the University of Md.