MOTOR VEHICLE UNIFORM LAWS COMMISSION

The Legislature of 1929, by Joint Resolution No. 7, provided that
the Governor should appoint a commission to confer with commissions
already appointed in the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia
for the purpose of recommending to the General Assembly of 1931 uni-
form laws relating to motor vehicle and traffic regulations in Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The Legislature of 1931, by Joint Resolution No. 17, continued this
commission in existence for the purpose of making its recommendations
to the Governor and the General Assembly of 1933, and by Joint Resolu-
tion No. 14 of 1931, there was conferred upon the commission the addi
tional duty of studying the tax situation as between motor vehicles used
in public transportation and corporations and individuals carrying
passengers and freight by other means. The members are

H. M. Lucius, Secretary, Automobile Club of Maryland Baltimore
Colonel A. B. Barber, Transportation Expert, United States
Chamber of Commerce, and President, Montgomery
County Civic Federation.... ................... Bethesda
State Senator L. G. Sasscer ....................... Upper Marlboro

LAND LAWS COMMISSION

The Legislature of 1929, by Chapter 527, authorized the Governor
to appoint a commission of five members, of whom not more than three
should be of the same political party, to investigate the land and inheri-
tance laws of the State, and to recommend to the Governor and the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1931 revisions thereof as they deem advisable. The
Legislature of 1931, by Joint Resolution No. 16, enlarged this commis-
sion by the addition of two members, and directed it to continue its
work and submit its report to the Governor and the General Assembly
of 1933, and by Joint Resolution No. 6 of 1933, the Commission was
directed to continue its work and report to the Legislature of 1935.
The members of the Commission are

B. H. Hartogensis . . ... -.- ...- Baltimore City
Vernon Cook . ... . . ... -. Baltimore City
Walter C. Capper ... . ... ...- Cumberland
C. Alexander Fairbank, Jr. ... Baltimore City

MARYLAND WATER FRONT COMMISSION
Acts 1929, Chapter 522.

To investigate and recommend to the Legislature plans and policies
for the protection of the waterfront and waterways of the State against
erosion, for the improvement of said waterfront and waterways and to
cooperate in carrying into effect such plans for the development of the
waterfront property within the State as may be adopted by the Legis-
lature :

Eastern Shore
Mayor William W. McCabe, Ocean City .... . (Democrat)

Southern Maryland:
John B. Gray, Jr., Prince Frederick . . (Democrat)