660                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 248

Governor of Maryland is authorized to appoint a commission to
be known as the Water Resources Commission of Maryland, to
consist of seven members. The commission shall elect its own
chairman and other necessary officers and staff. The members
of the commission shall serve without pay, but may designate
such members of its staff for compensation within its budget
appropriation as it may consider wise.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said commission is
hereby authorized and directed to make such study of the under-
ground and surface water resources in the State of Maryland,
as may enable it to make recommendations as to the advisability
of establishing a policy for the State of Maryland for the preser-
vation and allocation of water supply resources for all purposes
and for the maximum benefit and use of the citizens of Mary-
land; to recommend a plan and submit an estimate of cost for
the development of a program for stream flow measurement^
recording and publication; to recommend a policy, if necessary,
for the establishment of State supervision of the location, design
and construction of water supply dams and reservoirs in the
State of Maryland; to recommend a plan, if necessary for de-
veloping river improvements so as to prevent damaging floods;
to recommend a policy for the future control of actual and po-
tential public water supply resources; to recommend a plan for
the regulation of stream flows by storage reservoirs or other
means; to survey the necessity for creating water service dis-
tricts.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Water Resources
Commission is hereby authorized and directed to present in
writing to the General Assembly of Maryland of 1933 a report
setting forth its recommendations' as to policy, legislation and
methods of financing for the full preservation of the water sup-
ply resources of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 248.

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggre-
gate amount of two million dollars ($2, 000, 000), the pro-
ceeds thereof to be used for the construction and reconstruc-