1698 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 981

Towns of the State, and to encourage and aid such planning
and design;

(d) To maintain liaison with Federal officials and agencies
concerned with post-war planning, so that State and Federal
Governments may avoid duplication of effort and efficiently
coordinate their work;

(e) To compile information and to formulate details as to
the methods by which men and women released from the
armed forces can be best placed in the business and industrial
life of the State in the readjustment period following the cessa-
tion of the present war;

(f) To make semi-annual reports of the work done by it
and the plans formulated by it to the Governor and to the
Legislative Council.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
may request from any Department, Board, Bureau, Com-
mission or Agency of the State, or of any political sub-
division thereof, such professional and expert advice, assist-
ance and data as will enable it to properly carry out its activi-
ties and effectuate its purposes hereunder; and such State
Department, Board, Bureau, Commission or agency is author-
ized and directed to cooperate as far as may be practicable
with the Commission in furtherance of its purposes and aim.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That plans and specifica-
tions requested by the Commission may be prepared by any
State agency or department, or by private architectural or
engineering firms selected by the Commission with the ap-
proval of the Board of Public Works.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That money appropriated
for the use of the Commission shall be payable by warrant of
the Comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the Chair-
man of the Commission, pursuant to resolution authorizing
such payment, adopted by a majority of the members of the
Commission, and approved by the Board of Public Works.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, subject to the ap-
proval of the Board of Public Works, the Commission is
hereby authorized and empowered to receive from the United
States Government, or any agency thereof, any funds allocated
to it for the purposes of post-war planning and to use the same
under conditions applying to the use of other funds by the said
Commission.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commission is
hereby authorized and empowered to make definite recom-