504 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 201

transact any business. All sessions or meetings of the Com-
mission, except executive sessions, shall be open to the public.
The Commission shall keep records of its proceedings, showing
the vote of each member on each question, or if absent or fail-
ing to vote, indicate such fact. The Commission shall keep a
record of all resolutions, transactions, findings, determinations
and decisions, and all the records of the Commission shall be
kept in the office of the Commission and shall be public records.

The Commission shall be fully authorized and empowered
to administer and supervise the proceeds derived from the sale
of the certificates of indebtedness, including, but not limited
to, the expenditure and disposition thereof, and shall have such
other powers and perform such other duties and shall be sub-
ject to such other conditions as may be conferred or imposed
upon it, from time to time, by ordinance of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore.

The Commission may be authorized to appoint a Secretary
or a Director who shall perform such duties as may be imposed
upon him by ordinance or as may be assigned to Mm by the
Commission, and appoint, employ, hire or engage such other
assistants, aides and employees as may be deemed necessary for
the proper performance of the duties and functions of the Com-
mission. The compensation of said Secretary or Director and
other assistants, aides and employees shall be subject to the
approval of the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore and shall be paid as provided in the
annual Ordinance of Estimates.

The Commission may also be authorized, with the prior ap-
proval of the Board of Estimates, to employ or hire, from time
to time, by contract, consulting, planning or designing engi-
neers or architects or other persons possessing technical or
specialized skills in connection with the duties, powers and
functions of the Commission.

The Commission shall exercise all powers and authority con-
ferred upon it in accordance with the provisions of the Charter
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as it is now con-
stituted or as it hereafter may be amended.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no part of the pro-
ceeds of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby au-
thorized to be issued shall be expended until after the Port
of Baltimore Commission has submitted its written recom-
mendation, which shall set forth the purposes for, and the terms
and conditions upon, which each particular sum of money is to
be expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore and such recommendation has been ap-
proved by said Board of Estimates.