170 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 39

tain offices which may be located in any other offices of
existing departments of the State. Three members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum, and no action shall
be taken or refused unless by the concurring vote of not
less than three members. The Commission shall keep per-
manent and complete records of its proceedings, meetings,
hearings, orders and decisions. The Commission is hereby
authorized and empowered to employ such persons as may
be necessary in the performance of its duties and in the
exercise of its powers, engineering, clerical or otherwise,
and pay the compensation and incur any necessary ex-
penses, within the limits of any funds provided therefor.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the State Planning Commission to prepare or co-
ordinate plans for the physical development of the state in
so far as such development may be appropriately directed
or influenced by state agency. It shall, among other things:

1. Prepare and adopt plans for complete systems of
state or regional highways, expressways, parkways, parks,
water supply and forest reservations and airways and air
terminals.

2. Advise with the various state departments and bur-
eaus and with local authorities and individuals, with a
view to the co-ordination of all physical development plans,
from whatever source originating, that are related to state
activities.

3. Make surveys of rural land utilization with a view
to the determination, among other things, of the areas
suitable for field crops, for reforestation, for watershed
protection, for recreation, for summer residence, and for
urban expansion.

4. Draft for submission to the General Assembly such
regulations affecting the use and development of property
as are deemed reasonable and necessary in the interest of
orderly and co-ordinated development, of preserving the
integrity of officially approved plans, or of conserving the
natural resources of the state.

5. Collect and publish information relating to welfare
problems affecting the people of the State of Maryland, and
make such recommendations thereon to the General As-
sembly as may seem advisable and proper.

All public officials shall upon request furnish to such
commission within a reasonable time such available infor-