172 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 39

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of such Planning Commission to prepare and keep up to
date a long-term development program of major state im-
provement projects. The various state departments and
officials shall prepare and submit to such Planning Com-
mission their proposals for major projects. It shall be the
duty of such Planning Commission to co-ordinate such
plans and proposals with each other and with the general
plans of such commission, and as a result to submit to the
Governor and the General Assembly a report at least once
every two years, showing such commission's recommenda-
tions and program for improvement projects.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the State Plan-
ning commission is hereby authorized, for the information
of the State, to prepare and make maps, planning studies
and surveys for the collection of data for zoning, soil con-
ditions, land use and classification, population distribution,
schools, park and playground development, port, harbor
and waterway work, parkways, highways, traffic, transit,
water supply, drainage and sewerage, long-range financial
programs, real property inventories, tax maps, building
and housing conditions, subdivision control and other sub-
jects affecting the health and welfare of the people of
Maryland.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the State Plan-
ning Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to
use and expend any funds coming into its hands for the
purposes of this Act, and is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to accept and use any funds provided by the United
States Government, or any agency thereof, for such pur-
poses.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety, and being passed upon a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved December 15, 1933.