The control, as far as practicable, of the appropriation or use of
surface and underground waters of the State, and the control of the
construction and repairs of reservoirs, dams and waterway obstruc-
tions.

The investigation and recommendation of plans and policies for the
protection of the waterfront and waterways of the State against
erosion.

BUREAU OF MINES

Telephone: 2261
Chief Mine Engineer;
John J. Rutledge.................State Office Building, Annapolis

District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T. Powers— ......... .................... Frostburg
Clyde J. Rowe........................................... ..Westernport

Mine Scale Inspector:
J. DeSales Maher-................................Midland

Senior Stenographer:

Julia Jefferson Walbeck........State Office Building, Annapolis
Junior Account Clerk:

E. Ruth Thomas-................-State Office Building, Annapolis
The Bureau of Mines, now a separate unit in the Department of
Geology, Mines and Water Resources, 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 October 1,1922.

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.

There was created by this Act in the Bureau of Mines a State Mine
Examining Board with powers to examine and pass upon the qualifi-
cations of applicants for certificates of competency as mine foremen,
assistant mine foremen, and fire bosses. Twenty-two examinations
have been held at Frostburg, Maryland.

It is also the duty of the Bureau of Mines, by authority vested under
Chapter 349, Session of 1937, to inspect and test all scales of dealers
selling solid fuel, outside of the City of Baltimore, and to place there-
on a seal of accuracy, and to license all weighmasters weighing solid
fuel.

DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Chapter 608—Acts of 1941
Director:

R. V. Truitt ....................Solomon's Island
Commission:

Name Term Expires Postoffice
Dr. Lloyd M. Bertholf.......1948..............Westminster

Western Maryland College

Franklin D. Day— .........1947............... Centreville
Dr. Ernest N. Cory— ......1950.... ............ College Park

University of Maryland
Dr. B. H. Willier......1949..............Baltimore

Johns. Hopkins University
Harold R. Bassett............................Crisfield