to pay for said necessities or for proper care, and for the necessary
funeral expenses of such Veterans.
Adjutant General M. A. Reckord, Chairman.
Representing American Legion:

Colonel James E. Abbott, Department Commander American Legion,
Annapolis.

Representing Veterans of Foreign Wars:

Capt. Richard C. O'Connell, Department Commander Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Baltimore.

WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION.

(Acts 1924, Chapter 537.)

Commission of 10, Governor to appoint five and Mayor of Baltimore
to appoint five, to manage the War Memorial Building in Baltimore
City.
Governor's appointments:

Emory L. Coblentz, Frederick, one year from June 30, 1925.
William 1. Norris, 8 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, two years.
Capt. Richard C. O'Connell, 104th Medical Regiment, Baltimore, 3

years.

Dr. Hugh H. Young, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 4 years.
Colonel E. Brooke Lee, Silver Spring, 5 years.

JUDICIAL COUNCIL

Provided for by Acts 1924, Ch. 549, for the continuous study of
the methods of practice and procedure in the Courts of Maryland, to
submit suggestions from time to time for the consideration of the
Judges, and to report its recommendations each session of the General
Assembly.
Named in the Act:

Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, President of the Council—
1. Judge A. Hunter Boyd, Cumberland, until his retirement
on November 2, 1924, then Judge Carroll T. Bond, Balti-
more City

Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City—
2. Judge James P. Gorter, Baltimore City.

Associate Judge of Court of Appeals, recommended by the Judges
thereof:
3. Judge T. Scott Offutt, Towson.

Associate Judge of Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, recommended by
the Judges thereof;
4. Judge Henry Duffy, Baltimore City.

Circuit Judge of the Eastern Shore, selected by Governor from those
recommended by the Judges of each of the Eastern Shore Circuits:
5. Judge Thomas J. Keating.

Circuit Judge of the Western Shore, selected by Governor from those
recommended by the Judges of each of the Western Shore Circuits:

6. Judge A. A. Doub, Cumberland.
Lawyer in Baltimore City:
7. Albert S. J. Owens (who started the movement for the

Judicial Council, prepared the Act and had it introduced ).
Eastern Shore Lawyer:

8. W. Mason Shehan, Easton.
Western Shore Lawyer:
9. Ridgely F. Melvin, Annapolis.