The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission, organized by Chapter 274,
Acts of 1941, consists of eighteen members appointed by the Governor
for six-year terms, one-third of these terms expiring every two years.

The Commission seeks to promote traffic safety on the streets and
highways of Maryland; to coordinate the activities of public and
private agencies interested in, or affected by, the problems of traffic
safety; and to assist such agencies to augment their programs by
study, education, and information. The Commission has enlisted the
aid of business associations, civic groups, and newspapers in the pro-
motion of traffic safety. In cooperation with the Department of State
Police, the Commission releases monthly reports of traffic accidents
and fatalities in the State (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 229-30).

Appropriations 1961 1962

Special Funds $91,803 $98,008
Staff: 9.

Conservation of Natural Resources

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chairman: Joseph H. Manning, Director
Department of Tidewater Fisheries

Ex officio members: L. Eugene Cronin, Director, Natural Re-
sources Institute, University of Maryland; Joseph F. Kaylor,
Director, Department of Forests and Parks; Paul W.
McKee, Director, Water Pollution Control Commission;
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Director, Department of Geology,
Mines, and Water Resources; Ernest A. Vaughn, Director,
Department of Game and Inland Fish
Appointed members: Ronald Bamford, Ph.D., 1962; Lester
N. Towner, 1962; Myron L. Bloom, 1963; David Hume,
1963; Donald W. Pritchard, Ph.D., 1964; George W. Todd,
1964; Richard H. Collins, 1965; Edward R. Grimes, 1965.

William H. Bayliff, Executive Secretary

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371

The General Assembly in 1941 (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 6-21) con-
solidated nine independent conservation agencies into five equal depart-
ments, namely, the Department of Tidewater Fisheries, the Department
of Game and Inland Fish, the Department of Forests and Parks, the
Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources, and the Depart-
ment of Research and Education. The same Act created the Board of
Natural Resources to coordinate and integrate the activities of these
five departments (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 1-5). In 1959, the Water
Pollution Control Commission became the sixth agency associated with
the Board of Natural Resources (Acts 1959, chap. 695).

The Board is composed of eight appointed and six ex officio mem-
bers. The appointed members hold office for four-year terms and are
designated by the Governor as follows: two from the tidewater
counties of the Western Shore, two from the tidewater counties of the
Eastern Shore, and four from the State at-large. The ex officio mem-
bers are the directors of the six agencies associated with the Board.
The Director of the Department of Tidewater Fisheries is designated
by law as the Chairman of the Board.

The Board was created to formulate general policies on conservation
(Code 1957, Art. 66C, sec. 3). It publishes an annual report covering•