8 023'.>2 Governor of Maryland 41" i #• >V'v r .ns'.-.f The Maryland State House, Built 1772 The Annapolis Convention of 1736, forerunner of the Convention oh at framed the American Constitution, met in the old Senate Chamber. Three years earlier, in this same room, Washington resigned his commission as Comoander-in-Chief of the Continental armies. Here also the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain was ratified in 1784. Maryland and Massachusetts are the only two states with Capitol buildings dating from before Revolution. The building pictured above is tine third on this site. The first, built in 1697, was destroyed by fire, and the second, built in 1704, was torn down ;o make room for the present structure. Description of the Qreat Seal of Maryland The Great Seal and Flag of Maryland are so intimately connected the one with the other that their history is inseparable. The flag of the State bears the escutcheon of the Great Seal—the Calvert and Crossland amis quartered. Maryland is unique in her Great Seal, and presents a marked contrast with those of the other States of the American Union, in that it consists of Armorial bearings of a strictly heraldic character, while the others bear “emblems indicative of agriculture and commerce, plenty and prosperity, or kindred sub- jects represented in a more or less pictorial or allegorical manner.” The first Great Seal brought over by Governor Leonard Calvert, in 1643, was “Treacherously and violently taken away by Richard Ingle, or his accomplices, in or about February A. D. 1644, and hath ever since been so disposed of it cannot be recovered.” In 1648, Baltimore sent to the province, through Governor William Stone, a second Great Seal cut in silver. The escutcheon bore the Calvert and Crossland arms quartered. The first and fourth quarters consisted of “six pales” or verticle bars, alternately gold and black with a bend dexter counter charged—that is, a diagonal stripe on which colors are reversed—being the Calvert arms; the second and third quarters consisted of a quartered field of red and silver charged with a Greek, or equal-limbed cross, classified as “Botany”—its arms terminating in trefoils—and also counter-charged, that is, with the colorings re- versed, red being on the silver ground and silver on the red—the latter quartering's being from the Crossland, Baltimore’s maternal arms— Alicia Crossland having been the mother of the first Baron of Balti- more, George Calvert. These quarterings were surmounted by an earl’s coronet and full-faced helmet, which indicated his rank in America as that of a Count Palatine—his rank in England being that of a Baron only—a distinction which no other American Colonial charter conferred. On the helmet rested the Calvert crest, a ducal crown, with two half bannerets, one gold and one black. The escutcheon was supported on one side by the figure of a farmer, and the other by that of a fisherman—symbols of each his two estates, Maryland and Avalon. Below them was a scroll bearing the Calvert motto: “Fatti maschii Parole Femine”—ma^ily deeds, womanly words, or more strictly, deeds are males, words, females. Behind the escutcheons and coronets was engraved an ermined-lined mantle, and surrounding allfc on a border encircling the seal, was the legend: “Scuto Bonae Voluntatis tuae Coronasti Nos”—with favor wilt thou compass Us as with a shield. The heraldic terms used in describing the colors in the Calvert arms are “Or” and “Sable,” meaning gold and black. The Obverse of the Great Seal The obverse of the Great Seal represents Baron Baltimore as a Knight in full armor, with drawn sword and helmet decorated with feathers. He is mounted on a richly caparisoned charger, in full gallop, adorned with his paternal coat of arms, below which are engraved a strip of seashore, grass and flowers; around the whole is an inscription containing his name and titles, “Cecilius Absolutus Dominus Terrae Mariae et Avaloniae Baro de Baltimore.” The Great Seal of the State, or Nation, stands as her symbol of honor, and the signet by which her official acts are authenticated and accredited. In colonial Maryland to every deed granting lands by the Proprietary, who held the fee therein, to the colonist settlers, was suspended by a piece of linen tape, a large wax seal, with the impres- sion of both the obverse and the reverse of the Great Seal thereon. Upon the accession of William and Mary to the throne of England, Maryland became a Royal Province and the Church of England became the established church of the Province. During the sway of the Royal Governors, from 1692 to 1715, other seals came into use, but upon the restoration to Lord Baltimore in 1716 of the Province, “The Greater Seal at Arms” was again used. The convention of 1776 adopted the Great Seal of the Province as the Great Seal of the State, until a new one could he devised. Later, notably in 1794, and in 1817, many changes were made in it, but in 1876 a 'joint resolution of the Mary- land Legislature was passed restoring the seal to the exact descrip- tion given of it in Lord Baltimore’s Commission to Governor Stone on August 12, 1648. [From booklet entitled Annapolis, History of Ye Ancient City and Its Public Buildings, by Oswald Tilghman.] ’ The Qreat Seal of Maryland hall op records ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND MARYLAND MANUAL 1936 A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information Relating to the STATE OF MARYLAND Compiled by E. RAY JONES Secretary of State. | ootT 20TH CENTURY PRINTING CO. BALTIMORE, MD. INTRODUCTION The executive and administrative offices, boards and com- missions or other governmental agencies now existing which do not constitute one of the departments have been placed in the departments created by Chapter 29, Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland 1922, in the order therein set forth. Sincere appreciation is hereby acknowledged and thanks given to all who assisted in the preparation of this Manual. E. RAY JONES, Secretary of State. MARYLAND AT A GLANCE Population—1,742,000—Estimated. Area—12,300.21 square miles; 9,870.32 land; 2,429.89 water. Counties— Allegany Dorchester Prince George’s Anne Arundel Frederick Queen Anne’s Baltimore Garrett St. Mary’s Calvert Harford Somerset Caroline Howard Talbot Carroll Kent Washington Cecil Montgomery Wicomico Charles Worcester STATE OFFICERS Governor—Harry W. Nice Adjutant General—Brig. Gen. Milton A. Attorney General—Herbert R. O’Conor Reckord Comptroller of State—Wm. S. Gordy, Jr. Assistant Adjutant General—Brig. Gen. State Treasurer—Hooper S. Miles John Philip Hill Chairman, State Roads Commission— Secretary of State—E. Ray Jones Homer E. Tabler Chief Judge, Court of Appeals—Carroll Commissioner of Motor Vehicles—Walter T. Bond R. Rudy State Superintendent of Schools—Albert Superintendent of Maryland State Police S. Cook —Major Enoch B. Garey Original charter—1634. Founded by Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore. Named after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. First Settlement—St. Mary’s. One of original Thirteen Colonies. Length—200 miles; width varies from 5 to 120 miles. Chesapeake Bay—width 10 to 40 miles, stretches northward 180 miles. Principal rivers—Susquehanna, Potomac, Patapsco, Patuxent, Severn, Wicomico, Sassafras, Chester, Choptank, Piankatank, Nanticoke, Pocomoke, Tred Avon, Wye, Miles. Maryland has more river frontage than any other State in the Union. Baltimore City’s harbor extends along 127 miles of deep water front- age. The city ranks as America’s fourth foreign trade port and is the second foreign trade port on the Atlantic coast. Principal mountains of Western Maryland—Sideling Mountain, 1599 feet; Town Hill, 1700 feet; Green Ridge, 1302 feet; Polish Moun- tain, 1342 feet; Martin’s Mountain, 1690 feet; Big Savage Mountain, 2850 feet; Meadow Mountain, 2750 feet; Negro Mountain, 2908 feet; Keyser’s Ridge, 2894 feet; Mt. Backbone, 3320 feet. Total value of manufactured products—$755,843,200 (preliminary fig- ure). Total value of farm products—$74,929,000. Total value of oyster, crab and fishing industry—Over $3,500,000. Maryland packs more tomatoes than any other state in the Union, amounting to approximately 22% of all tomatoes put up in the United States. Maryland ranks next to Louisiana in the production of muskrat pelts, and first in the production of the black muskrat pelt, the choicest pelt on the market. Maryland is one of the leading strawberry producing states in the country. Maryland is one of the leading vegetable canning states in the country. Maryland is one of the leading states in supplying sweet potatoes to the big eastern produce markets. The nation depends upon Maryland and California for the bulk of all spinach grown for canning purposes. State Government, 1936 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State House, Annapolis. Baltimore Office, 1003, 1004, 1006, 1007, 1008 Union Trust Building. Governor: Harry W. Nice Annapolis Secretary of State: E. Ray Jones - - Oakland Executive Secretary: Robert Irvin Baltimore Governor’s Personal Secretary: Miss Gladys Tarragano Baltimore Chief Clerk: Murray G. Hooper - Annapolis Clerks: Chas. Burton Woolley Annapolis Chester F. Tucker Annapolis J. E. Bond Baltimore Charles G. Quartley. Baltimore Stenographers: Mrs. Rena E. Preston Baltimore Miss Edith Benseler Baltimore Miss Alice Kline Frederick Miss Jean Cullotta Baltimore Mrs. Betty Marck Baltimore State Budget Director William Hildreth Blakeman 2411 N. Charles St., Balto., Md. The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years from the second Wednesday in January ensuing his election. The Sec- retary of State is appointed by the Governor, 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 his pleasure.