Number Four of Garrett County, was created for the purpose of con-
serving and regulating the water resources of the Upper Potomac
River and its tributaries. To carry out its purpose, the Commission
is authorized to acquire lands, structures, buildings, waterways,
watersheds, waterrights, or any stream bed for the purpose of con-
ducting and operating a dam or reservoir. For this purpose, the
County Commissioners of Allegany County were authorized by the
General Assembly of 1939 to issue bonds in the amount of one million
dollars, and to make a special tax levy to pay the principal and inter-
est of the bonds. These bonds were issued in 1940 and the construc-
tion of a Dam on the Savage River was begun with the assistance of
the Public Works Administration and the Potomac River Board.
The dam was completed recently. The special tax levy authorized
has been held in abeyance until the completion of the project (Acts
1935, Ch. 409; Acts 1936, Ch. 6; Acts 1939, Ch. 143; Acts 1947,
Ch. 165).

Expenditures, 1950-51 $200,000
Staff: None

INTERSTATE COOPERATION

MARYLAND COOPERATION COMMISSION

Honorary Members:

Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor
George W. Della, President of the Senate
John C. Luber, Speaker of the House of Delegates

Governor's Committee:

Chairman: John R. Reeves, Secretary of State
Hall Hammond, Attorney General

James G. Rennie, Director, Department of Budget and
Procurement

James C. Alban, Chairman, Maryland State Planning
Commission

Joseph O'C. McCusker, Chief Deputy Comptroller
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation:
Chairman: Leroy W. Preston

John Grason Turnbull, Stanford Hoff, Bernard S. Melni-
cove, Jacob R. Ramsburg

House Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation:
Chairman: Albert L. Sklar

Henry J. Fowler, Charles A. Thompson, Charles M. See,
Henry H. Hanna, Jr.

The Maryland Cooperation Commission consists of three separate
and distinct Committees, which collectively act as the Commission; in
addition there are three honorary, ex-officio, non-voting members.
The honorary members are the Governor, the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Delegates. The three Committees
are (1) The Governor's Committee, which consists of three ex-officio
members, the Attorney General, the Director of the Department of