STATE DOCUMENTS 8023,25 MARYLAND MANUAL 1939 A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information Relating to the STATE OF MARYLAND Compiled by FRANCIS PETROTT Secretary of State The Maurice Leeser Company Baltimore, Maryland ■BwiZSi Government House Residence of the Governor of Maryland The Maryland State House, Built 1772 The Annaporis Convention cf 1786 forerunner of the Convention thet fr&med the American Ccnstitution, met in the old Senate Chamber. Three years earlier, in this same room. tVashington resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Con- tinental 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 the third on this she. The first, built In 1697, was destroyed by fire, and the second, built in 1704, was torn down to make room, for the present structure. INTRODUCTION In compiling information for the publication of this issue of the Maryland Manual, it has been my intention to provide a brief, but accurate, reference book of important items and information con- cerning our State departments. We have endeavored in the limited space allotted, to give you, at a glance, valuable data concerning the State of Maryland, including its Charter and Constitution, the names of all State and County officials, and members and functions of the various commissions, boards, committees and other governmental agencies created by the last Legislature, and those existing prior thereto. We have also endeavored to furnish financial, educational, political and historical data of general interest, not only to the citizenry, but to State officials. In order that this handbook may be of the utmost value, reference has been made to newly elected, as well as hold-over officials of the State. I desire to express my sincere appreciation to all who have assisted in compiling the necessary material and information and publishing this Manual. Francis Petrott, Secretary of State. Maryland At A Glance Population—1930 Census, 1,631,526; 1939 estimate, 1,796,000. Area—12,300.21 square miles; 9,870.32 land, 2,429.89 water. Counties—- Allegany Cecil Howard Somerset Anne Arundel Charles Kent Talbot Baltimore Dorchester Montgomery Washington Calvert Frederick Prince George’s Wicomico Caroline Garrett Queen Anne’s Worcester Carroll Harford St. Mary’s Baltimore City has the status of both a city and county. Original charter—1634. Founded by Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore. Named after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. First Settlement—St. Mary’s. One of original Thirteen Colonies. Dimensions of State—Extends 200 miles along Pennsylvania boundary and varies from 2 to 130 miles in length. Chesapeake Bay—180 miles in length and from 3 to 30 miles in width. Principal^ rivers—Susquehanna, Potomac, Patapsco, Patuxent, Severn. Wicomico, Sassafras, Chester, Choptank, Nanticoke, Pocomoke, Tred Avon, Wye, Miles, Elk, North East and Bohemia. Maryland has more river frontage than any other State in the Union. Baltimore’s harbor has approximately 40 miles of deep water frontage. The City is the country’s second port in import tonnage and total foreign trade; in west-bound intercoastal tonnage it ranks first, and in total intercoastal tonnage it ranks second among the Atlantic ports. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Elk River furnish a short in- land water route from the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River. The canal was first constructed in 1829 by the States of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania and the Federal Government. This 15-mile sea-level waterway was purchased by the Federal Government in 1919 at a cost of $2,500,000. The canal was recently improved to accommodate deep- draft vessels in the coastwise, intercoastal and overseas trades. It now has a navigable depth of 27 feet and a bottom project width of 250 feet. Approximately 12,000 ships, carrying over 2,500,000 cargo tons, moved through the canal in 1939. Typical elevations in Western Maryland counties—Garrett County: Great Backbone Mountain, 3,340 feet; Eagle Rock, 3,162 feet; Meadow Moun- tain, 3,031 feet; Sampson Rock, 2,942 feet. Allegany County: Dan’s Rock, 2,898 feet; Wolf Rock, 2,796 feet; Warrier Mountain, 2,135 feet; Town Hill, 2,000 feet. Washington County: Quirauk, 2,145 feet; Fairview Mountain, 1,700 feet; Sideling Hill, 14,60 feet; Maryland Heights, 1,468 feet. Frederick County: Bob’s Hill, 1,710 feet; South Mountain 1,700 Eagle Mountain 1,660 feet; Round Top, 1,640 feet. Total value of manufacturing products, 1937—$1,095,862,972. Gross income from farm marketings, 1938—$75,160,000. Total value of fishery production (estimated)—$3,500,000 annually. Volume of wholesale trade, 1935—$496,017,000. Retail distribution, 1935—$462,874,000. Maryland packs more tomatoes than any other State in the Union, ranks first in the production of black muskrat pelts, the choicest in the market, and next to Louisiana in the production of all muskrat pelts and is one of the leading strawberry, spinach and sweet potato producing and vege- table canning states. State Government, 1939 o Executive Department State House, Annapolis Baltimore Office 1003, 1004, 1006, 1007, 1008 Union Trust Building Governor: Herbert R. O’Conor Annapolis Secretary of State: Francis Petrott Frederick Acting Executive Secretary: A. J. Bourbon Baltimore Governor’s Personal Secretary: Mrs. Isabel Nix Annapolis Chief Clerk: Murray G. Hooper Annapolis Clerks: Chester F. Tucker Annapolis Mrs. Louise Harison Baltimore Stenographers: Miss Alice Kline Annapolis Miss Margaret Wiglesworth Baltimore Miss Geraldine Spampinato Baltimore Miss E. Luise Shawn Annapolis Miss Berta Marie Kuchar Annapolis The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years from the second Wednesday in January ensuing his election. The Secretary 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. Under the State Reorganization Law, which became operative Jan- uary 1, 1923, the Executive Department was organized and enlarged to include, besides the Secretary of State, the following: Parole Commisioner, The Commissioner of the Land Office, The Superinten- dent of Public Buildings, The Department of Legislative Reference, The Commisioner for Uniform 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 Sec- retary 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 filed 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 5 6 MARYLAND MANUAL 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 general supervision over the detail work of the entire Executive Department which consists of the office of the Governor and Secretary of State. o GOVERNOR’S ADVISORY COUNCIL For the purpose of promoting co-ordination and effective super- vision over the conduct of the State Government, the following shall constitute an Advisory Council for the Governor. (Ch. 29, 1922.) The State Comptroller: Hon. J. Millard Tawes Annapolis, Md. The State Treasurer: Hooper S. Miles Salisbury, Md. The Attorney General: William C. Walsh Baltimore, Md. The Chairman of the State Board of Education: Tasker G. Lowndes Cumberland The President of the State Board of Agriculture and of the University of Maryland: Harry Clifton Byrd College Park, Md. The Department of Correction: Willis R. Jones, State Office Bldg Annapolis, Md. The Director of Charities: Samuel E. Shannahan, Union Trust Bldg Baltimore, Md. The Director of Health: Dr. Robert H. Riley, 2411 N. Charles Street. .. .Baltimore, Md. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles: W. Lee Elgin, Guilford Ave. and 21st St Baltimore, Md. The Police Commissioner of Baltimore City: Robert F. Stanton, Police Bldg Baltimore, Md. The Chairman of the Conservation Commission: Edwin Warfield, Jr., State Office Bldg Annapolis, Md. The Commissioner of State Employment and Registration: Col. Harry C. Jones, 22 Light Street Baltimore, Md. o GOVERNOR’S MILITARY STAFF Chapter 583—Acts of 1935 The Governor may choose a Staff consisting of the Adjutant Gen- eral and not more than twelve aides selected from among the com- missioned officers of the National Guard (active or inactive). MARYLAND MANUAL 7 Chief of Staff Major General Milton A. Reckord, The Adjutant General, Annapolis, Maryland Aides Colonel Harry C. Ruhl, Infantry, 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland Lieutenant Colonel Herbert L. Grymes, S. C. 1601 Court Square Building, Baltimore, Maryland Lieutenant Colonel Carey Jarman, C. W. S., 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Md. Lieutenant Colonel Dwight H. Mohr, M. C., 104th Medical Regiment Armory, W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. Major Rastus R. Norris, M. C., Crisfield, Maryland Major Charles A. Masson, Air Corps, Logan Field, Baltimore, Md. Major Philip K. Moisan, A. G. D., 1205 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Major Harry Flook, Infantry, Cumberland, Maryland Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Bryant, Naval Militia, Howard Street Armory, Baltimore, Maryland Captain Louis J.