STATE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY.
COMMISSION.

Governor Ed win Warfield ..............Howard County.
Comptroller Gordon T. Atkinson......Somerset County.
President Maryland Agricultural College,
R. W. Silvester..............................Prince George's County.
President Johns Hopkins University,
Ira Remsen,.................................. Baltimore City.

SCIENTIFIC STAFF.

State Geologist,
William Bullock Clark..........................Baltimore City.
Assistant State Geologist,
Edward B Mathews.............. .................Baltimore City.
Assistants,
B. L. Miller............................... ............Baltimore City.
Charles K. Swartz............. .......... ..........Baltimore City.
Highway Engineer,
A. N. Johnson.........................................Baltimore City.
The Commission consists of the Governor, Comptroller, President
of the Maryland Agricultural College and President of the Johns
Hopkins University, who appoint a Geologist of established reputa-
tion. (Chapter 51, 1896.)

The State Geological and Economic Survey is established for the
purpose of examining the geological formations and mineral resources
of the State of Maryland with reference to their economic products,
and for the preparation of reports and maps illustrating the character
and distribution of the mineral resources. The Survey also main-
tains a Highway Division under special Acts of the General Assem-
bly. It likewise carries on work in hydrography, forestry, terrestrial

magnetism, and the mapping of the agricultural soils in co-operation
with the National Government. The most important feature of this
joint work is the preparation and publication of a topographic map of
the State on the scale of i mile to i inch.

STATE RAILROAD DIRECTORS.

For the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad---
Arthur P. German. .....................Howard County........ . 1906
L. Victor Baughman.................. .....Frederick County............ 1^06

For the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad---
George S. Dare............... ...............Cecil County,......... ........1906

For the Cherry Hill, Elkton and Chesapeake City Electric Railway
Company. (Two Vacancies). (Chapter 129, 1900.)

MASON AND DIXON LINE RE SURVEY.

Commission appointed under Acts of the Legislatures of Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland of 1899 and 1900.

Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 0
H. Tittman.

Pennsylvania, General J. W. Lutta.
Maryland, Prof. William Bullock Clark.
Surveyor in Charge, Capt. W. C. Hodgkins, U. S. C. and G. Survey.