eral it works to bring the various governments in the United States
into closer contact and to develop the Council of State Governments
for this purpose. The Commission may establish delegations and com-
mittees to carry on its work and is required by the creating Act to
report to the Governor and to the Legislature within fifteen days after
the convening of each regular session and at other times deemed
appropriate (Code 1967, Art. 40, sees. 15-26).

COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORMITY
OF LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Chairman: M. King Hill, Jr., 1963
Morton M. Robinson, 1963; Harrison L. Winter, 1963

Commercial Credit Building, Baltimore I Telephone; Saratoga 7-1164

The General Assembly by an Act of 1896 established the Commis-
sion for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation. The Governor
appoints every four years three Commissioners, who represent Mary-
land in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws. They receive no salary but are allowed their actual disburse-
ments for expenses (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 163, 164). The Commis-
sioners meet on call of the chairman to determine what acts to sponsor
before the Legislative Council of Maryland. The National Conference
drafts laws to be submitted to the legislatures of the several states
and recommends measures for the promotion of uniform legislation.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $2,500 $2,600
Staff: None.

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION
Commissioners from the State of Maryland:

Chairman, Commission of Tidewater Fisheries: Dr. Harry C. Byrd
Appointed by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation: Charles

M. Moore

Appointed by the Governor: George T. Harrison, 1962
Wayne D. Heydecker, Secretary-Treasurer

22 West First Street
Mount Vernon, N. Y. Telephone: Mount Vernon 8-1414

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is an outgrowth
of the "Eastern Conservation Conference" begun in 1937. Seven states,
including Maryland, drew up and ratified a compact in 1941. This
compact, assented to by the United States Congress and signed by the
President in 1942, is the legal basis of the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission, which today has a membership of fifteen
Atlantic Seaboard States.

Each State is represented by three Commissioners, one of whom
must be the chairman or director of the fisheries management agency,
one a legislator and a member of the Commission on Interstate Co-
operation, and one selected by the Governor for a three-year term. The
Commission advises only, aiding in the development of joint programs
dealing with particular species of fish or bodies of water common to
two or more states. These programs may result in uniform laws or
varying but coordinated measures as the circumstances require. The