582 SURVEYOR. [ART. 91

4th. To collect information in regard to railroads and other
transportation companies, shipping and commerce.

5th. To keep a bureau of general information, and to this end
all officers and institutions of this State, including officers of the
General Assembly, are hereby directed to transmit to the chief
of the industrial bureau all reports, as soon as published.

6th. To classify and arrange the information and data so
obtained, and as soon as practicable after entering upon the duties
of his office publish the same in substantial book form and annu-
ally thereafter revise and republish the same.

7th. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby annually appropriated to pay the
salary of the chief of the industrial bureau, and the expenses inci-
dent to the execution of the duties of his office; but no part of
said expenses shall be paid until the same shall have been
approved by the Governor, and the said officer shall annually
return to the comptroller of the treasury a detailed statement of
said expenses, and shall also print the same in the book of statis-
tics.

ARTICLE XCI.

SURVEYOR.

State Geological and Economic Survey. 19. State geological and economic surrey established; of whom composed. 20. Objects of such survey. 21. Reports to be made to legislature. 22. Regular and special reports to be printed.

23. Disposal of materlal^collected. 24. Commission authorized to make provision for completion of the topographic survey of Maryland, and for the publi- cation of special reports. 25. Appreciation for carrying out the purposes of this sub-title.

State Geological and Economic Survey.

1896, ch. 51.

19. There is hereby established a State geological and
economic survey, which shall be under the direction of a>com.