Agency history record, 1634-.
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Maryland(Colony). Governor.
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Leonard Calvert was commissioned by Lord Baltimore in 1634 to be Maryland's first governor. The office was the center of all local administration, provincial chief executive, as well as agent of Lord Baltimore. The governor served at the pleasure of the proprietor. Colonial governors exercised executive as well as legislative and judicial powers. As chief executive they granted land and issued patents, chartered corporations, appointed civil and military officers, and pl...
Maryland. Board of Public Works
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The Board of Public Works is an agency unique to Maryland. Its duties have changed dramtically since its first incarnation in 1825; the original nature of the board bears no resemblance to its current one. The board created by the General Assembly in 1825 grew out of the desire for "internal improvements" to the state, such as making the major rivers and streams navigable and connecting them by canals. This board, which lasted only three years, was designed to look for potential pro...
