84 MARYLAND MANUAL.

State Wharfinger, State Agent to pay interest on State debt,
collector of State taxes in Baltimore, and all officers of executive
appointment, except where otherwise stated. (Article 22, section
1, P. G. L., Article 94, sections 2 and 6, P. G. L., Article 54, P.
G. L., section 7, Article 97, P. G. L., section 2, Article 48, P. G.
L., section 458, Maryland Code. )

The State Board of Health is composed of seven persons, one
of whom shall be an experienced civil engineer, and three of
whom shall be experienced physicians, to be appointed by the
Govornor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and a
secretary, as prescribed; these five, together with the Attorney-
General of the State, and the Commissioner of Health of the
city of Baltimore, who shall be ex-officio members, shall consti-
tute the said Board of Health. (Acts 1880, chapter 438, section 2.

The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of
the Senate, a chief of a bureau to collect statistics and information
concerning the various branches of industry practised in this
State, and the needs thereof, and the abuses which exist therein,
and the chief of said bureau shall make full report thereof to the
General Assembly at each session thereof. (Acts 1884, chapter
211, section 1. )

The Governor is to be consulted by the Treasurer and State
Comptroller in all investments for the State sinking fund. (Acts
of 1884, chapters 383 and 419. )

The Governor shall report to the General Assembly at each
regular session thereof, the amount of money expended by him
in support of deaf and dumb persons in the Maryland Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb. (Article 28, section 6, Maryland
Code. )

The Attorney General's selection of counsel to assist in discover-
ing the legal effect and status of the compact of 1785, between
Maryland and Virginia, must have the approval of the Governor.
(Acts 1884, chapter 354. )

The Governor is required to appoint registration officers in
every election district at each regular session of the Legislature,
and in all new election districts whenever created. (Acts of
1884, chapter 24. )

The Governor shall appoint five genera] measures of oysters
for Baltimore, and one for each of the ports of the State. They
are paid 10 cents, by the seller, on every hundred bushels measured.
(Acts of 1888, chapter 281, section 6. )

The Governor shall take prompt measures to suppress con-
tagious or infectious diseases among cattle. (Acts 1884, chapter
157, section 1. )

The Governor shall appoint three persons, two physicians and
one practical business man, who with the Secretary of the State