to permit an unfit applicant to operate a car in the State, but in addi-
tion he holds the power of suspension for a stated period or the abso-
lute revocation of a driver's permit. This without regard to the action
of the Courts in cases tried before them.

Appeal to the Courts from the action of the Commissioner, in sus-
pending, refusing or revoking licenses, is provided in the law, however

THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT

Office, 516 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md.

Commissioner (Term Expires 1931) :

Swepson Earle Baltimore
Chief Clerk:

H. H. Johnson Baltimore
Assistant Chief Clerk:

C. E. Ebberts Arbutus
Engineer:

H. E. Collins Crisfield
Stenographer:

Georgia A. Poehlman Baltimore
Stenographer:

Agnes M. Lochte . Baltimore
Deputy State Auditor for Oyster Packing Houses
Milton C. Greer, Jr Baltimore

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
District No. I:

Robert S. Harrison Sherwood, Talbot County
District No. 2;

John T. Handy - Crisfield, Somerset County
District No. 3:

Herman A. Woodfield Galesville, Anne Arundel County
The Governor appoints the Conservation Commissioner for a term of
four years from the first Monday in May ( Ch. 29, 1922), and the mem
bers of the Advisory Committee for a term of four years from June I
(Ch. 369), 1927).

CONSERVATION

The Conservation Department succeeded the Conservation Commis-
sion of Maryland, which was organized in 1916, when the Legislature
consolidated all the various commissions and boards which had anything
to do with the conservation of the natural resources of the State waters
and wild fowl and upland game. At that time there were in existence
the Maryland Shellfish Commission, the State Game Warden, the State-
Fishery Force, the Board of Fish Commissioners, each of which had
some integral part of the above resources under supervision. The Con
servation Commission when first organized was composed of three com-
missioners, but in 1922 it was reduced to a one-man commission.

Conservation is no longer an experiment, for it ha« been demon-
strated within the past three years how crabs and fish are ruassuming
their rightful places in the State's seafood interests.

Reports from all sections of the State indicate that crabs have not
been as plentiful for a number of years as they are at present. In fact.
the catching of crabs is curtailed commercially because of the lack of
market. Whether there is actually a lack of market is a question of
fact, since a great many complaints are heard in the city to the effect