ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1219

land Tercentenary Commission, under the provisions of this
section, shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Public

Works.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if said Board of
Public Works cannot from any cause agree with the owner
or owners of land they may deem necessary and proper for
the site upon which to erect said Memorial Hall of Records,
as to the price to be paid for the same, when and if an
appropriation is hereafter made therefor, then the said
Board of Public Works is hereby authorized to proceed" to
condemn in the name of the State the said land in manner
as provided by the Code of Public General Laws of the State
of Maryland, Article 23, title "Corporations, " and all rights,
powers and privileges conferred by said Article upon the cor-
porations therein mentioned relating to the condemnation of
land are hereby expressly conferred upon and vested in said
Board of Public Works.                                                      ^^

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That on the completion
of said memorials at Saint Clement's Island and Saint Mary's
City, the Governor shall appoint to serve until the expiration
of his term of office (and thereafter his successors shall appoint
every four years), a Commission to be known as "Maryland
Tercentenary Memorial Commission77 to serve without pay and
to be composed of not more than five citizens of the State of
Maryland, in the discretion of the Governor, at least one of
whom shall be a resident, of Saint Mary's County, whose duty
it shall be to see that said memorial and site on St. Clement's
Island, and the memorial proposed to be erected at Saint
Mary's City, and the said area of ground or park in which the
same is to be erected and also the Leonard Calvert monument
heretofore erected there, and the site of the old Capitol and its
markers, shall be kept in good order, and appearance, the
reasonable cost thereof to be approved by the Governor not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars ($1, 200. 00) per annum, to
be borne by the State of Maryland, and to be provided for in
the annual budget, and shall be drawn on the requisition of the
Treasurer of that Commission, countersigned by the Chairman
thereof, and said Commission shall make a detailed report at
least annually to the Governor of their expenses supported by
vouchers, and of the condition and appearance of said memo-