Stenographer and Clerk:
Miss Julia E. Jefferson........................22 Light Street, Baltimore

Junior Clerk:
Sarah Borinsky..............................................22 Light Street, Baltimore

The Bureau of Mines was created in the State Board of Labor and
Statistics by the General Assembly of 1922. The Chief Mine Engineer
was appointed by the Governor from a list of eligibles prepared by
the State Employment Commissioner. The Act became effective Octo-
ber 1,1922.

The Act was prepared by a special commission appointed by the
Governor and supersedes the several local laws which governed min-
ing- operations in this State prior to the enactment of this law.

The Act makes provision for the inspection, sanitation, ventilation
and safeguarding of all the operations connected with mining. Pro-
vision is also made for the weighing of all coal mined in the State.

It is the duty of the Chief Mine Engineer to enforce all provisions
of the Act. He is given the authority to make and enforce necessary
rules and regulations in connection with the enforcement of the Act
and the operation of the mines. After hearings had been held in Frost-
burg and Westernport between the Chief Mine Engineer and opera-
tors and miners, such regulations were issued and became effective
March 13, 1929, and have been in force since that date. (Ch. 307, 1922.)

.. There was created by this Act in the Bureau of Mines a State
Mine Examining Board with powers to examine and pass upon the
qualifications of applicants for certificates of competency as mine
foremen, assistant mine foremen, and fire bosses. Fifteen examinations
have been held at Frostburg, Maryland. The personnel of the Mine
Examining Board is as follows:

B. H. McCrackin, Frostburg, Md.; representing Maryland Coal
Operators.

Lawrence Dunn, Midland, Md.; representing Maryland Coal
Miners.

John J. Rutledge, Chairman Ex-officio; representing State of Mary-
land.

THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
EMPLOYMENT AND REGISTRATION

22 Light Street, Baltimore.
Commissioner:

Col. Harry C. Jones (Term expires 1937)................................Baltimore
Chief Examiner:
Margaret D. Frank..............................................................Baltimore

Secretary:
Lillian A. Hoshall..................................................................Baltimore

Chief Clerk:
Ruth F. Engel..................................................................Baltimore

The Governor, without Senate confirmation, appoints one State
Employment Commissioner for a term of six years from October I,
1931. The other members of the staff of the Commissioner are in the
classified service.

The Merit System Law of Maryland (Article 64-A, page 2160, An-
notated Code of Maryland.Bagby) creating the State Employment