ARTS. 96 & 96 A] UNITED STATES WEATHER SERVICE. 2089

Antietam Battlefield Commission.

1900, ch. 200, sec. 1. 1900, ch. 644.

30. The "Antietam Battlefield Commission of Maryland"
is authorized to transfer to the perpetual care of the govern-
ment of the United States the lot of ground, with improvements
thereon, situated at the intersection of the Hagerstown turn-
pike and the Smoketown road, on the battlefield of Antietam,
Washington county, Maryland, acquired by the said commis-
sion under chapter 294 of the acts of 1898.

ARTICLE XCVI A.

WEATHER SERVICE—STATE.

1 Establishment of. 2. Central station at Johns Hopkins University.

3. Annual appropriation 4. Report to the general assembly.

1892, ch. 329, sec. 1.

1. There is established a State weather service which shall
be under the control and management of the Johns Hopkins
University, the Maryland Agricultural College and the United
States weather bureau; the officers of said service shall be a
director designated by the president of the Johns Hopkins
University, a secretary and treasurer designated by the presi-
dent of the Maryland Agricultural College, and a meteorologist
in charge, designated by the chief of the United States weather
bureau; they shall be commissioned by the governor and be
duly qualified as officers of the State. The said officers shall
constitute a board of government under the direction of the
institutions from which they are appointed and shall receive
no compensation for their services as such officers.

Ibid. sec. 2.

2. The central station and office of said service shall be at
the Johns Hopkins University. The board of government
shall establish, if practicable, one or more voluntary meteoro-
logical stations in each county in the State and supervise the
same, co-operating with the chief of the United States weather
bureau, for the suitable location of such stations, in order that

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