1332 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 649

Capital Stock, " to follow immediately after Section 106, to be
known as Section 106A, and to read as follows:

SEC. 106A. Payment by any corporation of the bonus tax
to the Secretary of State, heretofore or hereafter made while
the Act of 1914, Chapter 789, was, or shall continue to be in
force, and the payment by any corporation of the bonus tax
heretofore made to the State Tax Commissioner of Maryland,
or heretofore or hereafter made to the State Tax Commission
of Maryland, shall, as far as the exercise of its corporate
powers by any corporation, is concerned, be deemed and taken
as payment of said bonus tax to the State Treasurer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on the first day of June, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 649.

AN ACT to empower civil engineers and surveyors to enter
and work upon private lands for the purpose of making sur-
veys and examinations for the purpose of gathering data
for proposed public or municipal works or improvements
thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That civil engineers and surveyors, when they are in the
employ of the State, or any County, or any city, town or village
of the State, shall have the right to enter upon any private
lands, or property for the purpose of making surveys, running
lines of levels, or obtaining any needful information or data
for the preparation of plans, reports or new legislation nec-
essary for any proposed public sewerage system, water works,
establishment of corporate boundaries or any extension of the
same, highways or improvements thereto, or any public under-
taking of like nature.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That civil engineers and
surveyors, when acting under the authority of this Act, shall
not damage or destroy any property or lands entered by them
in the performance of their work, but they shall have the right
to set stakes, markers or monuments or other suitable landmarks
or reference points where necessary.