148 MARYLAND MANUAL.
The Governor, with consent of Senate, appoints a President, a State
Superintendent and a Commissioner of Immigration, for the term of
two years from the first Monday in May. The Bureau appoints 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. Hugh H. Young. .......... .Baltimore ................. .1913
Dr. Thomas H. Brayshaw. ...... Glen Burnie. ............... .1914
Dr. John D. Blake. ............ .Baltimore ................. .1915
Dr. Henry M. Hard. ........... .Baltimore ................. .1916
Dr. Arthur P. Hering, Secretary, 330 N. Charles Street, 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 resi-
dents of Baltimore City, two of whom shall be physicians. (P. G. L.,
Art. 59, Secs. 13, 14, 15.)
The State Lunacy Commission has supervision over all institutions,
public, corporate or private, in which insane persons are detained.
The Secretary of the Commission, or one member thereof, is required
at least once every six months to visit all institutions in the State,
including almshouses, jails, etc., where the insane are kept. This
Commission makes an annual report to the Governor in the month of
December.
LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD.
506 Union Trust Building, Baltimore.
(All Terms Expire 1914.)
Name. Postoffice.
Harry P. Skipper. ................................. .Chestertown
Chas. W. Melville. ................................... .Sykesville
Hart B. Noll. .................................... .Ellicott City
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, Sec. 1.)
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, sanitary
or other regulations as it may deem necessary.
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