Members appointed by the Governor:

Mrs. Charlotte Newell................................ Baltimore
Mrs. George R. Ash. ................................Cecil County
Mrs. S. Johnson Poe................................ .Baltimore
John H. Apple. .............................. .Frederick County-
Governor appoints four, two of whom shall be women, who, with
the State Librarian, Superintendent of Public Education and Librarian
of Enoch Pratt Free Library, constitutes the Commission. Term, two
years. (Ch. 505,1910.)

This Commission was established under the law above referred to,
with power to give advice and. counsel to all public libraries, and public
school libraries, in the State, and to all persons proposing to establish
them, as to the best means to their establishment and maintenance, the
selection of books, cataloguing, and other details of management; and
also to organize and conduct travelling libraries throughout the State.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

This Board is superseded by the Trustees of the Maryland State
College of Agriculture appointed under Ch. 372, 1916; and the State
Board of Agriculture, appointed under Ch. 391, 1916.

BANK COMMISSIONER.
Rooms 409-411 Union Trust Bldg., Baltimore.

Name. Postoffice.
Bank Commissioner:

J. Dukes Downes................................ Caroline County
Deputy Commissioner:
George W. Page. .................................... .Baltimore

Chief Clerk and Examiner:
John J. Ghinger. ................................... .Baltimore

Clerk and Examiner:
Wm. Reed Seal...................................... .Baltimore

Stenographer:
John D. Hospelhorn. ........................ .Washington County

Appointed by the Board of Public Works for a term. of two years'
from date of his commission. (Oh. 219, 1910.)

The Bank Commissioner under the law has general supervision over
all banking institutions in the State (other than National Banks). He
required to visit and examine, either in person or by deputy, each
institution at least once a year, and at such other times as he may deem
expedient; and at any time upon the request of the directors of the-
institution. Whenever the capital stock of an institution is reduced by
impairment, and such impairment is not made good as prescribed by the
law, or whenever it is found that an institution is being conducted in an
unsafe manner, the Bank Commissioner may take possession, as pro-
vided by law, and retain possession until it resumes business or is finally
liquidated.