This Commission was created for the purpose of investigating the
water supply, sewerage and drainage systems for Montgomery and Prince
George's Counties and present to the General Assembly of 1918 a de-
tailed report covering its activities, together with the draft of an Act
setting forth the best means of correcting the defects in the present
system.

STATE BOARD OF PRISON CONTROL.

Name. Postoffice. Term Expires.
Charles T. Crane, Chairman..... Baltimore................... 1920
J. Hubert Wade. .............. Hagerstown ............... 1922
Frank Metzerott.. ............. .Hyattsville ............... .1918

The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints three mem-
bers, one for two years, one for three years, and one for four years, and
as these terms expire a successor is appointed for a full term of six years.
The Governor designates a Chairman of the Board.

The Board was created for the purpose of executing the affairs of
the penal institutions of the State and the Act creating it abolishes the
Boards of Managers of the Maryland Penitentiary and the Maryland
House of Correction. (Ch. 556, 1916.)

CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF MARYLAND.
Office, 512 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md.

Name. Postoffice.
Chairman:

W. Thomas Kemp. ................................ .Roland Park
Commissioners:

William H. Killian, Secretary. ............. .......... .Baltimore

J. Edward White. .................................... Snow Hill
Engineer:

Swepson Earle ...................................... Centerville

Charles E. Ebberts, Assistant. ........................ .Baltimore
Commander of State Fishery Force:

Thomas C. B. Howard................................ Cambridge
State Game Warden:

E. Lee LeCompte. ................................... Cambridge
Chief Clerk:

Samuel A. Harper ..................................St. Michaels
Deputy Clerk:

H. H. Johnson....................................... Annapolis
Stenographer:

G. A, Poehlman ...................................... Baltimore

The Governor appoints three Commissioners for a term of four
years from the first Monday in June. One to be designated as Chairman
of the Board. (Ch. 682, Acts 1916.) This Act abolishes the Board of
Shell Fish Commissioners, the Commissioners of Fisheries and the State
Conservation Bureau.