MARYLAND TERCENTENARY MEMORIAL COMMISSION
(Chapter 27, Acts of 1936)
(Terms Expire, 1939)

Name Address

J. Allan Coad, Chairman............................ ... ................ .........Leonardtown
Mrs. Harry S. Wherrett ... .. ... .. . St. Mary's City
Ridgely P. Melvin.................. ..... ....... ................. —....Annapolis
Jas. M. Bennett ,....... ... ..... Philadelphia, Pa.
Steven M. Jones................ ......... ................... ................................ -....Leonardtown
Judge William Mason Sheehan .. ................. .... ................. ... Easton
Miss Elizabeth Chew Williams ........ .......... 108 W. 39th St., Baltimore
Judge T. Scott Offutt ...... ...... .................... ..................... Towson
Mrs. Edward Shoemaker ......... ......... 1031 N. Calvert St., Baltimore
Blanchard Randall ... ... ..... 8 W. Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore

The Governor appoints not more than ten members of said Com-
mission to serve without pay until the expiration of his term of office
(and thereafter successors shall be appointed every four years).

The duties of said Commission are to see that the "memorial and
site on St. Clement's Island and the memorial erected at Saint Mary's
City, and the said area of ground or park in which the same is to be
erected and also the Leonard Calvert monument heretofore erected
there, and the site of the old Capital and its markers" are kept in good
order at a reasonable cost not exceeding $1200.00 per annum.

COMMISSION TO REVISE LAND AND INHERITANCE LAWS.

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 in-
heritance laws of the State, and to recommend to the Governor and
the General Assembly of 1931 revisions thereof as they deem advisable.
The Legislature of 1931, by Joint Resolution No. 16, enlarged this
commission by the addition of two members, and directed it to con-
tinue its work and submit its report to the Governor and the General
Assembly of 1933, and by Joint Resolution No. 6 of 1933, the Com-
mission was directed to continue its work and report to the Legislature
of 1935 and by Joint Resolution No. 21 of 1935, the Commission was
again directed to continue its work and to report to the Governor not
later than December 31st, 1936. By Joint Resolution 13, the 1937
Legislature again directed the Commission to continue its work and
report not later than December 31st, 1938. The members of the Com-
mission are:

B. H. Hartogensis, Chairman ......... ...... Baltimore City
Vernon Cook .......... ........... ... .. Baltimore City
C. Alexander Fairbank, Jr. ....... ... Baltimore City
Frederick W. C. Webb ..... . ..... ...... Salisbury
James Clark.... ....... .. ... ...... .........................— Ellicott City
Edward H. Burke ... ... ... ... Towson
Judge Philip L. Sykes ............. ....... Baltimore City
Frederick H. Henninghausen . .......... Secretary