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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
keep the accounts thereof distinct from the other funds of the
state. |
Inventory to
stock of state. |
7. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the president
and directors aforesaid, as soon as may be after the passing
of this act, and before each meeting of the general assembly, to
cause an inventory or schedule to be made of the property belonging
to this state in the respective road and canal stocks on
companies, and a copy thereof to submit during the first week
of each session for the information of the legislature. |
Represent
the state interest
annually—
report. |
8. And be it enacted, That the president
and directors
aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby authorized and directed
on all occasions to represent the interest or shares belonging to
the state of Maryland, in all joint stock companies, which may be
or have been incorporated to make roads or canals, and to report
annually, and whenever thereunto required, the prospect, progress
and condition of all works and stocks of this kind in which
the state may be or shall propose to become a proprietor, and
in like manner to communicate their views as to any practicable
and expedient extension of internal improvements by such
means, and further it shall be their duty to ascertain whether to
any, and to what amount, and upon what terms, loans of money
may or can be procured at home and abroad, on the credit
of this state, for the purposes aforesaid. |
| Money appropriated. |
9. And be it enacted, That the treasurer
of Western
Shore shall on the warrant of the president and directors of the
board of public works, pay out of any monies in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, any sum or sums not exceeding six
thousand dollars in all, and for which the said president and directors
shall account to said treasurer, and to the legislature
of this state, at its next session, and for the performance of any
of the duties prescribed by this act, the president and four directors,
or in his absence, any five directors shall form a quorum,
with power to transact the business of the board of public
works. |
President
pro tem. |
10. And be it enacted, That in the
absence of the governor,
the directors present shall have power to appoint a president
pro tempore. |
| Correspond. |
11. And be it enacted, That the said
president and directors,
be, and they are hereby authorized on such occasions as to
them may seem proper to correspond with the general government,
and the state governments, for the purpose of promoting
the objects of this act, and to request the aid or co-operation of
these governments in making surveys, or performing any other
acts connected with duties and objects of the establishment of
the board of public works. |
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