EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

State House, Annapolis.
Baltimore Office 1003 1006 Union Trust Building

Governor
Albert C Ritchie Annapolis

Secretary of State
David C. Winebrenner 3d Frederick

Executive Secretary
Kenneth M Burns Annapolis

Stenographers

Miss Virginia Dinwiddle Ellinger Baltimore
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Smith Baltimore

Clerks

Murray G. Hooper Annapolis
Raymond M. Lauer . Annapolis
Chas. Burton Woolley. . . Annapolis

The Governor is elected by the people for a, term of four years
from the second Wednesday in January ensuing his election. The Sec-
retary of State is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the
Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor; all other officers
are appointed by the Governor to hold office during his pleasure.

Under the State Reorganization Law, which became operative Janu-
ary 1, 1923, the Executive Department was reorganized and enlarged, to
include, besides the Secretary of State, the following; Parole Commis-
sioner, The Commissioner of the Land Office, The Superintendent of Pub-
lic Buildings, The Department of Legislative Reference, The Commis-
sioners for Uniform State Laws, The State Librarian.

The Secretary of State, in addition to his statutory duties, is the
General Secretary to the Governor. The statutory duties of the Secre-
tary are briefly as follows. His attestation of the Governor's signa-
ture to all public documents, commissions, pardons, warrants, procla-
mations and the many other papers and certificates is required; he is
the custodian of the records of the Executive Department, Certificates
of Nomination of certain political candidates are required to be filed
in his office and their names certified by him to the Election Super-
visors for placement upon the ballot; he is a member of the Board of
State Canvassers and prepares that Board's minutes and certifications
in addition to keeping the records of their meetings and of the election
returns, employees of legislative counsels and agents are required to
certify to him, under oath, whatever expenses have been incurred by
them in connection with their activities for or against legislation be-
fore the General Assembly; he is the custodian of the Great Seal of
the State; railroad leases are filed in his office and he exercises gen-
eral supervision over the detail work of the entire Executive Depart-
ment which consists of the office of the Governor and Secretary of
State.