The State Entomologist and State Pathologist are also required to
inspect all tree and plant nurseries in the State and issue certificates of
inspection to permit the distribution of such nursery stock.

All matters pertaining to orchard and nursery inspection as well a»
cases of infestation or infection by injurious insects or plant diseases
attacking any crop in the State is taken care of so far as means will per-
mit by the members of this Department.

The work of the Department is closely associated with the Horticul-
tural extension work conducted by the Maryland Agricultural College
and Experiment Station.

The officers of the Department are as follows:

T. B. Symons. .............................. .State Entomologist
C. E. Temple. ................................. State Pathologist
H. Beckenstrater.....................................Pomologiat
E. F. Stoddard.............................. .Vegetable Culturist
W. C. Travers. ...................................... .Inspector
Anna E. McCarthy. ...................................... .CTerk

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
No. 16 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore.

Name.
Ex-Officio Members:

Dr. John S. Fulton.................................... Secretary
Dr. John D. Blake....................... Commissioner of Health
Hon. Albert C. Ritchie.......................... Attorney General

Appointed by the Governor:

Name Postoffice. Term Expires.
Dr. William H. Welch. ........ .Baltimore.. ................ .1918
Dr. Nathan B. Gorter. ........ .Baltimore.. ................ .1918
Dr. William W. Ford. ......... .Baltimore.. ................ .1920
Talley A. Biays, (C. E.),. ...... .Baltimore.. ................ .1920

Chief Clerk:

Walter N, Kirkman.................................. Halethorpe
General Counsel:
Wm. Pinkney Whyte, Jr. .............................. .Buxton

The Board consists of the Attorney General, Health Commissioner of
Baltimore, a Secretary, appointed by the Board, and four members ap-
pointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, two biennially
for a term of four years from the first day in January. Of those ap-
pointed by the Governor, three shall be physicians and one a Civil Engi-
neer. (Bagby Code, Art. 43, Sec. 1.)

The State Board of Health, through its Bureau of Vital Statistics,
registers all marriages, divorces, births and deaths, occurring in Maryland,
licenses and registers midwives, and regulates the transportation of the
dead.

Dr. Frederick V. Beitler, Chief, Halethorpe, Maryland.

Through its Bureau of Communicable Diseases, receives from local
health officers, daily reports of infectious diseases, investigates and super-