HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1213
CHAPTER 610.
(House Bill 486)

AN ACT to create a Commission to conduct a survey of the
public elementary and high schools and the State Teachers'
Colleges of the State of Maryland; to endow said Commis-
sion with all necessary powers to carry out the purposes of
this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Governor of the State of Maryland be and he
is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to appoint a
Commission of Five members to make a survey of the public
elementary and high schools and State Teachers' Colleges of
the State of Maryland, to study the obligations of the public
school system of Maryland with a view to defining these and
to adjusting the school program to present conditions; and
to study such problems as the length and scope of the school
program (including curriculum offerings; vocational prepara-
tion and guidance; adult education; recreational, aesthetic
and cultural opportunities; health and social services; and
adjustment to higher education); the adequacy of the physical
plant for the services to be performed, and the financial im-
plications of any proposed revision of the program; and said
Commission is hereby directed to report its findings, with
recommendations, to the Governor; which report shall be
transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly at its
session in 1941.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no member of such
Commission shall be compensated for his services, but each
member shall be paid his necessary traveling expenses incurred
in attending meetings or in performing other duties inci-
dental to the work of the Commission.

SEC, 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
shall have the power to arrange for conducting the survey in
such manner as may seem best, employ and fix the compen-
sation of competent educational authorities and other em-
ployes required for the efficient conduct of the work, and call
to its assistance any expert help that may be available from
either public or private foundations. It shall have the power
to purchase books, materials, and other helps required, to
prepare and print blanks for information or guidance of its
work, and in general to make any provisions for the work
that may be necessary.