PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 583

(9) (8) BOTH THE COMMISSION AND THE COLLEGE ARE COMMITTED
TO PRESERVING THE SITE OF MARYLAND'S FIRST COLONIAL CAPITAL AND ITS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES WHILE CONTINUING TO ASSURE THAT THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND MARYLAND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR HAVE
CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT AND EXPERIENCE THIS IMPORTANT 17TH
CENTURY HISTORICAL SITE.

(B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER STATES ITS LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN
THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBTITLE TO BE AS FOLLOWS:

(1)     TO FACILITATE THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF
HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY AND THE STATE'S HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK AT MARYLAND'S FIRST CAPITAL, AS WELL AS ENHANCE
THE CAPACITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND
APPROPRIATELY USE THE HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSETS OF HISTORIC
ST. MARY'S CITY;

(2)     TO EQUIP THE HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY COMMISSION WITH THE
NECESSARY AND VITAL MANAGERIAL DISCRETION TO PURSUE ITS PURPOSE
EFFECTIVELY, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMISSION WILL
CONTRACT, AS IT CONSIDERS USEFUL AND APPROPRIATE BOTH FISCALLY AND
MANAGERIALLY, WITH ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND, OR OTHER ENTITIES
AS MAY BE PRACTICAL AND APPROPRIATE, FOR SERVICES SUCH AS PROCUREMENT,
PERSONNEL, AND ACCOUNTING, AND OTHERWISE COLLABORATE FORMALLY AND
INFORMALLY WITH ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, ON THE USE AND EXCHANGE OF
EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES, BOTH MANAGERIAL AND EDUCATIONAL, AS BOTH
ENTITIES MAY DETERMINE IS PRUDENT AND EFFECTIVE, IN ADVANCING THE BASIC
MISSION OF EACH INSTITUTION;

(3)     TO GRANT THE COMMISSION CORPORATE AUTHORITY OVER ITS
PLANS, PROJECTS, AND OPERATIONS, SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SUCH OTHER ANY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS AS ARE
NOW IN EXISTENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROTECTION OF HISTORIC AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STATE, INCLUDING ITS STATUS
AS A STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY AND NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK;

(4)     TO ASSURE THAT FACILITATE THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC ST.
MARY'S CITY IS SUPPORTED BY OTHER EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE
MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE MUSEUM SERVICES PROGRAM LOCATED AT
JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK MUSEUM, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AND OFFICE OF TOURISM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND SUCH AGENCIES ARE
HEREBY DIRECTED TO PROVIDE, WITHIN APPROPRIATED RESOURCES, SUCH FUNDS,
ADVICE, AND SERVICES AS WOULD ASSIST IN THE FULL FLOWERING OF HISTORIC
ST. MARY'S CITY;

(5)     TO PROVIDE THE HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY COMMISSION WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND BASIC FUNDING MECHANISMS MECHANISMS
NECESSARY TO MORE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING, AND RECOGNIZE THE OUTDOOR

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