802310 HON. ALBERT C. RITCHIE Governor MARYLAND MANUAL 1924 A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information Relating to the STATE OF MARYLAND m Compiled by E. BROOKE LEE, Secretary of State. jOO'T /‘fz-'f C, 20TH CENTURY PRINTING CO. BALTIMORE, MD. State Government, 1924 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State House, Annapolis. Baltimore Office 603 Union Trust Building. Governor: Albert C. Ritchie Baltimore City Secretary of State: . E. Brooke Lee Silver Spring Executive Secretary': Kenneth M. Burns Baltimore Stenographers: Miss Virginia Ellinger Baltimore Mrs. Bettie Smith Baltimore Clerks: Murray G. Hooper Annapolis Raymond M. Lauer Annapolis Charles B. Woolley I Annapolis The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years from the second Wednesday in January ensuing his election (Constitu- tion Art 2, Sec. 2) ;* The Secretary of State is appointed by the Gov- ernor, with the consent of the Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor; all other officers are appointed by the Governor to hold office during liis pleasure Under the State Reorganization Law, which became operative Janu- ary 1 1923, the Executive Department was reorganized and enlarged to include, besides the Secretary of State, the following: Parole Commis- sioner, The Commissioner of the Land Office, The Superintendent of Pub- lic Buildings, The Department of Legislative Reference, The Commis- sioners for Uniform State Laws, The State Librarian. The Secretary of State, in addition to his statutory duties, is the General Secretary to the Governor. The statutory duties of the Secre- tary are briefly as follows. His attestation of the Governor’s signa- ture to all public documents, commissions, pardons, warrants, procla- mations and the many other papers and certificates is required; he is the custodian of the records of the Executive Department; Certificates of Nomination of certain political candidates are required to be hied in his office and their names certified by him to the Election Super- visors for placement upon the ballot; he is a member of the Board of State Canvassers and prepares that Board’s minutes and certifications in addition to keeping the records of their meetings and of the election returns; employees of legislative counsels and agents are required to certify to him, under oath, whatever expenses have been incurred by them "in connection with their activities for or against legislation be- fore the General Assembly; he is the custodian of the Great Seal of the State; railroad leases are filed in his office and he exercises gen- eral supervision over the detail work of the entire Executive Depart- ment which consists of the office of the Governor and Secretary of State. *Under the Constitutional Amendment iof 1922 providing for quadrennial elections the Governor elected in 1923 will only serve for three years. 4 MARYLAND MANUAL. GOVERNOR’S MILITARY STAFF. Governor Ritchie has determined not to appoint a military staff as provided for in Article 65 of the Annotated Code. He gave out the following explanation of his decision on the subject: “On the few occasions upon which, as Governor of the State, I may need military aides, I have, after much consideration, decided to have them assigned to me from those members of the National Guard who participated in the war, rather than appoint the customary honor- ary staff'. “The staff, as it has been constituted in former years, would now receive, under the national defense act, no recognition at all from the Federal Government or the General Staff, and the desire of the War Department and the modern tendency in other States are both in favor of assigning to the Governor as his personal aides, officers of appro- priate rank from the National Guard or from a veteran organization of the war, as is done in the case of the President. For instance, this is now required by law in New York, Florida, Montana, Utah, Ver- mont, Washington and other States. “Not only is this the logical and clearly proper thing to do from a military point of view, but it seems to me particularly appropriate at this time that military honors should go to those who won military fame in the war and who are now. serving their State as members of the National Chard.” PAROLE COMMISSIONER. Morris Building, Baltimore, Charles and Saratoga Streets. Edward M. Parrish 1927 Pikesville Secretary: Harry S. Hartman, Morris Building - Baltimore Chief Parole Officer: Roy E. Smith Baltimore Parole Officer: F. Hunt Mayfield Ellieott City Stenographer: Cyrilla Fladung Baltimore The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints one who shall not be less than 30 years of age and a resident and registered voter of the State for at least four years prior to his appointment. Term of first appointment until first Monday in May, 1924 and there- after for two years from the first Monday in May. Ch. 29, 1922.* The duties of this Commissioner are to investigate all applications for pardon and parole and report the result to the Governor. The Commissioner must take under his supervision for such time as the Governor may direct the inmates of any penal institute of the State who may be paroled by the Governor, and keep records showing the actions, earnings, etc., of the said paroled prisoners during their time, reporting at once to the Governor rhe violation of any of the terms of their oarole. * Due to Constitutional Amendment of 1922, appointments made in 1924 are for a term of three years. MARYLAND MANUAL. 5 In pursuing his investigations, the Commissioner has power to sum- mons witnesses and to examine them on their oath when necessary. The Commissioner has visitorial powers over every institution to which prisoners, whether adult or minors, are committed that receive aid from the State, city or private sources. COMMISSIONER OF THE LAND OFFICE—Annapolis. (All Terms Expire 1027.) Name. Postoflice. Commissioner: D. Russell Talbott Dunkirk Chief Clerk: Arthur Trader .' ...Annapolis Assistant Clerk: Edward Phelps Annapolis Index Clerks: John P. Stafford Easton Frank S. Revell Glenburnie Stenographer: Malcom W. Warring Annapolis The Commissioner of the Land Office is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor. The Commissioner appoints all officers in his office. (Con- stitution, Art. 7, Sec. 4.) The Land Office is the State Record Office, pertaining to boundaries of land, and is the means by which discovered vacant land is passed by the State to the individual, and covers the period from the earliest to the present date. The Commissioner sits as a judge in contested disputes over vacant land, and there is a right of appeal direct to the Court of Appeals over his decision. The duties of the Land Office, in regard to its clerical force, is to keep the indexing, answer the various questions that are daily brought to it by the mail, wait on the visiting public, and record the patents and certificates that are returned on the different kinds of warrants executed by the county surveyors throughout the State. Questions relating to military service during the War of the Amer- ican Revolution. Questions relating to wills, administration proceedings, inventories, accounts and balances from the earliest to 1777. Questions relating to confiscated British property. Questions relating to Provincial Court, General Court, Court of Chancery, debt books, rent rolls, insolvent proceedings, and extract of deeds from the whole State. 6 MARYLAND MANUAL. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS— Annapolis. (All Terms Expire 1927.) Name. Postoffiee. Superintendent: John A. Phipps Annapolis Assistant at Governor’s Mansion: Ernest Duvall Annapolis Chief Engineer and Electrician: Robert F. Ellers....... .Eastport Carpenter: John N. Winslow. .Annapolis Day Watchmen: Leonard Poppin Annapolis George W. Clark Annapolis George A. Griner Annapolis Julian Spencer Annapolis Night Watchmen: John W. Smith Annapolis Frank Green Annapolis John R. Lee Annapolis Firemen: Thomas Kiler .Annapolis James Johns .Annapolis Coal Passers: Samuel Cornish Annapolis John Sari Annapolis Janitors: John Cornish Annapolis John Brown Annapolis Robert Ware Annapolis Dorsey Garver Annapolis Charwomen: Eliza Cannon Annapolis Maude Beall Annapolis Alice Crutchley. Annapolis Rose White Annapolis Rebecca Freeman ;.. Annapolis Margaret Carr Annapolis Henrietta Thomas Annapolis Ellen Barrett Annapolis Brunetta Ambers Annapolis Emma Dickerson Annapolis The Superintendent and all officers in his department are appointed by the Governor. (Ch. 551, 1906.) The Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds is the custo- dian of all public buildings and grounds located in the City of An- napolis. It is his duty to superintend the protection of buildings and their contents, to purchase supplies therefor and to keep in repair the State’s property. MARYLAND MANUAL. 7 DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE. City Hall, Baltimore. Executive Officer, Horace E. Flack, Baltimore. The function of the Department of Legislative Reference is to col- lect, compile and index information on all questions of proposed legis- lation, to investigate and report upon the laws of Maryland and other States at the request of the Governor, any committee or member of the General Assembly, or the head of any State Department. It is also made the duty of the Department to prepare or aid in the preparation of any bill or resolution on the request of any member of the Legis- lature, and to maintain an office at Annapolis during the sessions of the Legislature. There is on file in the Department a complete set of all bills which have been introduced in the Legislature of Maryland from 1908 to 1924, inclusive, with a full index of same, and the Codes and Laws of the other States. (Chapter 474 of the Acts of 1916.) UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION COMMISSION. (Terms Expire 1927.) Name. Postoffiee. Judge Henry Stockbridge Baltimore John Hinkley Baltimore George Weems Williams Baltimore Governor appoints three for a term not to exceed three years.