Name. Term Expires. Postoffice.
Examiners:

Hedler V. Carter.. ............. .1919 ................ .Baltimore
R. R. Keiningham. ............ .1919 ................ .Baltimore
J. Stanley Johnson. ......................... Washington County
A. M. Kirkpatrick......................... ......... .Baltimore
Vacant............................1921.

Governor appoints five from a full list of members in good standing
of the Maryland Osteopathic Association, two for 1 year, two for 2 years,
and one for 3 years, and as these terms expire the successor is appointed
for 3 years from the first day of June. (Ch. 786, 1914.)

The Maryland Board of Osteopathic Examiners on receiving applica-
tions for license to practice Osteopathy within the State, investigate
credentials of said applicant and if they meet the requirements, a license
is issued by said Examining Board. Two stated meetings are held each
year for the examining of such applicants whose credentials will not
warrant the issuing of a license through the previous practice, or
Reciprocity Acts. Said Examining Board co-operates with municipal and
State officials in enforcing the laws regulating the practice.

STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Union Trust Bldg., Baltimore.

Nome. Term Expires. Postoffice.
Commissioners:

Arthur P. Gonnan, Jr., Chairman, 1920. ......... ... ........Laurel
Oscar Leser (Minority).......... 1928 ................ .Baltimore
William W. Beck. ..............1924 ............... .Chestertown

Secretary:
Charles O. Wallace. ................................ Baltimore

The State Tax Commission was created by the General Assembly of
1914, Chapter 841.

The Act creating the Commission designated the personnel of the
first Board, which was composed of Arthur P. Gorman, Jr., as Chairman,
Lewiin W. Wickes, and Oscar Leser, who was the minority member. The
term of Mr. Wickes expired in 1918 and he was succeeded by William W.
Beck, of Kent County, by appointment of the Governor. As the terms
of the several Commissioners expire the Governor appoints a successor for
a term of six years from. the date of appointment. No more than two
Commissioners can be of the same political faith.

The Commission elects a Secretary and appoints such employees as
may be necessary.

An appeal lies directly to the State Tax Commission from all assess-
ments entered by the County Commissioners of the several counties or
by the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore City, and the determination by
the Commission as regards the assessment of property is final, as an
appeal from a decision by the Commission exists only on questions of law.
In August, 1916, the Commission ordered a re-assessment of real
estate of the several counties of the State of Maryland. The legality of