SURVEYOR AND STATE SURVEY 3359

1939, ch. 628, sec. 39.

39. In carrying out the functions of the present Maryland Mapping
Agency the Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps shall endeavor to develop
the work of that agency in accordance with the following objectives:

(1) To coordinate the efforts of the many agencies, federal, state, city,
county, and private, making surveys and maps in Maryland, in order to
avoid duplication and overlapping.

(2) To develop permanent records of surveys and maps in the State.

(3) To develop uniform specifications for surveying and mapping.

(4) To collect and preserve all worth-while survey data, thereby salvag-
ing for future use much valuable information now being lost; and to
transcribe information to a master map.

(5) To encourage engineers and surveyors to tie their surveys into the
horizontal and vertical control network of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, thereby making their lines practically indestructible.

(6) To encourage engineers and surveyors to adopt the use of the single
plane coordinate system now being developed in Maryland, for engineering
projects, for municipal and county boundaries and for private property
surveys.

(7) To become a depository for file copies of Maryland maps by all
agencies and to establish a Library of Maps and Charts of the State.

(8) To serve as an information bureau concerning maps of the State
or any portion thereof; to retail standard maps such as are in general de-
mand; and, to a limited extent, reproduce maps for a reasonable charge.

(9) To serve annually as a central meeting point for representatives
of Maryland map making organizations to discuss, coordinate and plan
for mapping of the State; to direct the trend of surveys and maps of the
State; and to advocate consolidation of State mapping bureaus to promote
efficiency.

(10) To promote the continuation and completion of the local control
surveys begun in Maryland under the C. W. A.; to serve as the coordinat-
ing agency for any program of mapping launched by the Federal govern-
ment: and to determine priorities.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 40.

40. The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend
annually from its budget such funds as may be necessary to conduct the
work herein authorized as determined by the Advisory Board of the Bureau
of Control Surveys and Maps.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 41.

41. The Bureau of Control Surveys and Maps with the Advisory Board
is authorized to employ such engineers, surveyors, clerical and other as-
sistants and make such other expenditures as may be necessary to satis-
factorily carry out the purposes of this sub-title.

1939, ch. 628, sec. 2.

42. If any provisions of this sub-title should be declared unconstitu-
tional or invalid, such declaration shall not invalidate any other provisions
thereof.¹

¹ Sec. 3, ch. 628, 1939, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of such
inconsistency.