STATE GOVERNMENT. 145
NAME. POSTOFFICE
Secretary,
A. F. Trappe. ......................... Baltimore
Stenographer,
A. N. Reinhart........................Baltimore.
Clerk,
James T. Shallcross. ................... Sassafras.
The Governor, with consent of Senate, appoints a President, n
State Superintendent and a Commissioner of Immigration, for the
term of two years from the first Monday in May. The Bureau ap-
points all other officers. (Ch. 382, 1908.)
The Bureau of Immigration is established for the purpose of en-
couraging beneficial Immigration to the State. It Is required to pre-
pare and distribute maps, pamphlets and other printed matter per-
taining to the resources of the State and the shipping and marketing
facilities, an annual report of which is made to the Governor.
LUNACY COMMISSION, STATE.
819 North Charles Street, Baltimore.
NAME. POSTOFFICE. TERM: EXPIRES.
Dr. John D. Blake. ........... .Baltimore. ................ .1911
Dr. Henry M. Hurd. ......... ..Baltimore. ............... ..1912
Dr. Hugh H. Young. ......... .Baltimore. ..... .......... .1913
Dr. R. Markley Black. ....... ..Charleston. ... ............ .1914
Dr. Arthur P. Harding, Secretary, 330 N. Charles St., Baltimore.
The Commission consists of the Attorney General and four mem-
bers appointed by the Governor; one annually for a term of four
years from the first Monday in May. Three of those appointed shall
be residents of Baltimore City, two of whom shall be physicians.
(P. G. L., Art. 89, Sees. 13, 14, 15.)
The State Lunacy Commission has supervision over all institutions,
public, corporate or private. In which insane persons are detained.
The Secretary at the Commission, or one member thereof, is required
at least once every six months to visit all institutions in the State,
including almahouses, jails, etc., where the insane are kept. This
Commission makes an annual report to the Governor in the month of
December.
LIVESTOCK SANITARY BOARD.
508 Union Trust Building, Baltimore.
(All Terms Expire 1912.)
NAME. POSTOFFICE.
E. Gittings Merryman. ................ .Cockeysville.
Chaa. W. Simpers. .................... Elkton.
Wade H. D. Warfield, Secretary........ Sykesville.
The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints three for
a term of two years, from the first Monday in May. (P. G. L.,
Art. 58.)
The State Livestock Sanitary Board is charged with the duties of
protecting the health of domestic animals from contagious and In-
fectious diseases, and to maintain and enforce such quarantine, sani-
tary or other regulations as it may deem necessary.
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