Robert H. Riley............. ..... ..........................Baltimore
Thomas B. Symons ................................College Park
Robert M. Reindollar.............................Baltimore
I. Alvin Pasarew, Director...............................Baltimore

The functions of this Commission are to prepare or coordinate
plans for the physical development of the State including plans for
complete systems of State or regional highways, expressways, park-
ways, parks, water supply and forest reservations and airways and
air terminals; to advise with State departments and bureaus, local
authorities and individuals, with a view to the coordination of all
physical development plans related to State activities; to make sur-
veys of rural land utilization to determine areas suitable for field
crops, reforestation, watershed protection, recreation, summer resi-
dence, and urban expansion; to prepare a long-terms development
program of major State improvements; and, generally, to make avail-
able information on subjects affecting the health and welfare of the
people of Maryland and recommendations thereon.

MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING
COMMISSION

(Chapter 133 Laws of Maryland, 1939)
(Chapter 134 Laws of Maryland, 1939)
(Chapter 136 Laws of Maryland, 1939)
(Chapter 284 Laws of Maryland, 1941)
(Chapter 992 Laws of Maryland, 1943)
(Chapter 1008 Laws of Maryland, 1943)
(Chapter 952 Laws of Maryland, 1946)
(Chapter 942 Laws of Maryland, 1945)

This Commission has general planning and park jurisdiction over
the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District created in 1927 and
the Maryland-Washington Regional District created in 1939. Both
districts are within Montgomery and Prince George's Counties adjoin-
ing the District of Columbia and embrace approximately 289.2 square
miles. The 1945 estimated population of the Regional Districts
exceeds 175,000 people.

The taxable basis of the Montgomery County portion of the Re-
gional District is $134,931,045.00. The taxable basis of the Prince
George's County portion of the Regional District is $68,423,485.00.

The Commission has been given, through bi-county enactments
of the Maryland General Assembly, definite jurisdiction over the plan-
ning of the Maryland-Washington Regional District, which includes
all of the suburban Prince George's and Montgomery Counties and a
considerable portion of agricultural Montgomery County.

The Commission is composed of six members appointed by the Gov-
ernor. Two members must be residents and taxpayers of that portion
of the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District within Montgom-
ery County; one may be a resident of any part of Montgomery Coun-
ty; two must be residents and taxpayers of that portion of the District
within Prince George's County; and one may be a resident of any part
of Prince George's County. Members have six-year overlapping
terms, the terms of two of the first appointees from each county hav-
ing been for four years. The annual salary of the Chairman is
$3,000; of the Park Commissioner, elected by the Commission from its
Montgomery County membership, $500 as a member plus $3,600 as