1122

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 565

CHAPTER 565.
AN ACT to add three additional sections to Article 4 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "City
of Baltimore," sub-title "Charter," to follow immediately
after Section 208, and to be known as Sections 208 A,
208 B and 308 C, creating a new Department, to be known
as the Department of Legislative Reference.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That three additional sections be added to Article 4 of

New sections
added.

the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled " City
of Baltimore," sub-title "Charter," to follow immediately
after Section 208, and to be known as Sections 208 A, 208 B
and 208 C, creating a new Department, to be known as the
Department of Legislative Reference, and to read as follows :

Section 208 A. There shall be a Department of Legislative

Department of
legislative
reference.

Reference of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
The head of said department shall consist of a board com-
posed of the Mayor of Baltimore, the City Solicitor, the
president of the Johns Hopkins University, the president of
the Municipal Art Society, and the president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers' Association of Baltimore City; and the
members of the said board shall serve without pay. The
said board shall employ a competent statistician as its execu-
tive officer to organize and conduct the said department; and
the said executive officer shall hold office from the first day
of January, 1907, during good behavior, and shall be subject
to removal by said board, or a majority thereof, for incompe-
tence or neglect of duty.

Section 208 B. It shall be the duty of said executive officer

Duty of
executive
officer.

to investigate and report upon the laws of this and other
States and cities relating to any subject upon which he may
be requested to so report by the Mayor of Baltimore, any
committee of the City Council or the head of any city depart-
ment; to accumulate all data obtainable in relation to the
practical operation and effect of such laws; to investigate
and collect all available information relating to any matter
which is the subject of proposed legislation by the General
Assembly of Maryland or the City Council of Baltimore ;
to examine Acts, .ordinances and records of any State
or city, and report the result thereof to the Mayor of