State Agencies
Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General of Mary-
land; William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for
Baltimore City; Warren B. Duckett, Jr., State's
Attorney for Anne Arundel County; Arthur A.
Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince
George's County; Andrew L. Sonner, State's
Attorney for Montgomery County; Robert C.
Nalley, State's Attorney for Charles County;
Lawrence V. Kelly, State's Attorney for
Allegany County; Basil Wadkovsky, State's At-
torney for Kent County; Richard D. Warren,
State's Attorney for Wicomico County; Thomas
E. Hickman, State's Attorney for Carroll
County.
Secretary: David H. Hugel, State's Attorneys' Co-
ordinator
STATE'S ATTORNEYS' COORDINA-
TOR
David H. Hugel, State's Attorneys' Coordinator
500 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 528-6334
The State's Attorneys' Coordination Council
was created by Chapter 710, Acts of 1977. The
same act established the office of State's
Attorneys' Coordinator, who is selected by and
serves at the pleasure of the State's Attorneys' Co-
ordination Council. Membership of the Council is
composed of the Attorney General of Maryland,
the State's Attorneys for Baltimore City,
Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Prince
George's County, and Montgomery County, and
the State's Attorney from either Howard, Carroll,
or Harford County, the State's Attorney from ei-
ther St. Mary's, Charles, or Calvert County, the
State's Attorney from either Frederick, Washing-
ton, Allegany, or Garrett County, the State's At-
torney from either Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Caroline, or Talbot County, and the State's Attor-
ney from either Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester,
or Somerset County. Members of the Council
serve two-year terms and may only be members of
the Council during their term of elective office.
The State's Attorneys' Coordinator has the
responsibility to establish and implement stan-
dard and specialized training programs and
provide materials for State's Attorneys and
their professional staffs; to provide and coordi-
nate continuing legal education programs and
services for the State's Attorneys and their
staffs; with the approval of the Council to es-
tablish and implement uniform reporting
procedures for State's Attorneys and their
staffs; and to meet and confer regularly with

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the Attorney General, the State's Attorneys,
and the State's Attorneys' Coordination Coun-
cil. The State's Attorneys' Coordinator submits
an annual report to the Governor, the Attor-
ney General, the General Assembly, the State's
Attorneys' Coordination Council, and the
Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, Inc.,
on the activities of his office (Code 1957, Art.
10, sees. 41B, 41C).
MARYLAND TAX COURT
Chief Judge: Seymour Korn, 1984
Judges: loba Wood Logan, 1983; Henry D. Blair,
Jr„ 1979; Woodward D. Pealer, 1980; John G.
Arthur, 1981.
Robert L. Zouck, Clerk
Jane B. Willey, Deputy Clerk
501 St. Paul Street
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 383-2110
By Chapter 757, Acts of 1959, the General As-
sembly abolished the State Tax Commission and
divided its functions between two new agencies,
the Maryland Tax Court and the State Depart-
ment of Assessments and Taxation. The Mary-
land Tax Court performs the judicial and semi-ju-
dicial duties of the former Commission. It
consists of five judges appointed by the Governor
for terms of six years. One is required to be a res-
ident of the Eastern Shore, one a resident of the
Western Shore, and one a resident of Baltimore
City. The other two are to be residents of the
State at large. Not more than three judges may
be of the same political party, and each is re-
quired to be a taxpayer and a qualified voter of
Maryland. At least two must be members of the
Bar of the State of Maryland, and the Governor
is required to designate one of these as Chief
Judge.
The Maryland Tax Court hears appeals from
the decision, determination, or order of any
agency or any assessing or taxing authority of
the State that affects the valuation, assessment,
or classification of property, the levy of a tax,
or the application for an abatement or reduc-
tion of any assessment or tax or exemption
therefrom (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 318; Art.
81, sees. 143A, 224 to 231, 256, 258, 259, 309;
from allowances, Art. 81, sec. 214C, 217; or
disallowances. Art. 81, sees. 214C, 217, 310e;
of claims for refunds of taxes, and from
cancellations of Motor Vehicle Fuel Dealers
licenses. Art. 56, sec. 142a).