ART. 91] STATE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY. 58S

mission composed of the Governor, the comptroller, l!he presi-
dent of the Johns Hopkins University and the president of
the Maryland Agricultural College, who shall serve without
compensation, but shall be re-imbursed for actual expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties; and the said
commissioners shall have general charge of the survey, and shall
appoint as superintendent of the same a geologist of established
reputation, and upon his nomination such assistants and employee
as they may deem necessary; and they shall also determine the
compensation of all persons employed by the survey, and may.
remove them at pleasure.

1896,; ch. 51.

20. The survey shall have for its objects:

(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 illustrate the resources of the State.

(5. ) The preparation of special reports, with necessary illus-
trations 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.

Ibid.

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