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5. That the board shall liold seniiftniuiai meetings, in the months of March 

 and November, prior to and soon after the o])erations in the field, the meetings 

 to be called bj- the governox*, at such time and place as he may think best. 



6. Tliat it is the sense of the connnission tliat the executive officer be era- 

 powered to make draft upon the controller from time to time for sucli money as 

 tlie needs of tlie commission may demand, the amount to be drawn being limited 

 by the apiiropriation for any one year. 



7. That the executive otticer be required to see that a detailed account of all 

 expenses is kept and that the same he presented, with proper vouchers for ap- 

 proval, at each of tlie semiannual meetings of tlie commission, such vouchers 

 being a part of their permanent records. 



8. That the offer of tiie Joluis Hopkins University to furnish, free of all 

 charges whatsoever, suitable rooms for the offices of the survey and the use of 

 Its collections, maps, and apparatus be accepted, and that the headquarters of 

 the survey, until otherv.ise ordered, be established at that place. 



9. That the State geologist shall i)repare and iniblish a series of occasiona! 

 papers for tlie purpose of keeping the people of the State informed respecting 

 the methods of the survey as it is in progress, and tliat the first of these re- 

 ports shall be promptly Issued to set forth the organization of the survey, and 

 to show what has hitherto been done for the study of the geology, natural his- 

 tory, and resources of I^Iarylaud by public or private agencies. 



30. That fuller reports upon S])ecial topics of importance to the State of Mary- 

 iand shall be presented as soon as they can be prepared in a satisfactory man- 

 Her, and that the State geologist be requested, if he finds it possible, to report 

 tn the first place upon building stones. 



11. Thr.t the president of the board be requested to make known to the head 

 «f the United States Geological Survey in Washington and to the heads of the 

 geological surveys in neighboring States the organization of the State Geological 

 and Economic Survey of Maryland, and to ask their official cooperation. 



12. That the State geologist be directed to make known, in the nnme of the 

 board, that the cooperation of the transportation and express companies is par- 

 ticularly desired in furthering the work of the survey. 



13. That this officer be also authorized to say, in the name of the board, that 

 the friendly aid of the teachers in the higher educational institutions of the 

 State and of other enlightened citizens will be appreciated by the board and 

 gratefully acknowledged. 



Administration. — The following permanent officers of the com- 

 mission were nominated and elected — namely, Lloyd Lowndes, gov- 

 ernor of Maryland, president; Daniel C. Oilman, president of the 

 Johns Hopkins Universitj', executive officer; E. W. Silvester, presi- 

 dent of the Maryland Agricultural College, secretary. William 

 Bullock Clark, professor of geology in the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity, was chosen State geologist. 



Subsequent acts extending the scope of the survey were passed in 

 1898. The following is a transcript of these acts: 



An net to providp for vl'.e maklnj; of toiiosr.ipliic maps and for the publication of reports 

 of the State geological and economic survey, and to mal<c an appi-opriatiou therefor. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assemhhi of Maryland, That the 

 commission established by the net of the general assembly of Maryland at the 



