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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 401

Duties and
powers of
city
engineer,
etc., to
continue.

relations to the pavements and other street surface improve-
ments of the city of Baltimore shall, subject to the duties and
powers hereby conferred upon said commission, continue as
at present, and said commission shall be authorized, as its
work progresses, to turn over from time to time, in its dis-
cretion, such completed portions of said work as it may see
fit to the charge, superintendence and control of the proper
city officials. When its work under this Act has been com-
pleted the life of said commission, as originally appointed
and as subsequently recruited by appointments to occasional
vacancies, if any, shall come to an end, and the pavements
and other street surface improvements constructed or made
by it, so far as they have not already been surrendered to
the charge, superintendence and control of said officials,
shall be then so surrendered, and at the same time all the
records, writings and papers of said commission shall be
delivered up to the city librarian, to be preserved in his
office, and all property and effects in its possession belonging
to the city to the Comptroller, to be disposed of by him as
may be provided by ordinance.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, entitled "An Act to authorize

Repeal.

the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to issue its certifi-
cates of stock to an amount not exceeding five million dollars
($5,000,000) for the purpose of providing the money to pay
at the time of doing the work the portion of the cost and
expenses of grading, paving and curbing the streets, lanes
and alleys of the city of Baltimore, assessable upon the
property benefited thereby, and for the reimbursement of the
city of Baltimore in respect thereto out of the money derived
from said assessments," and approved April 7, 1900, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of January, 1907.
Approved April 5, 1906.