8 MARYLAND MANUAL.
Stenographer.
Edna O. Dempsey . . - Annapolis
License Inspectors
Frank P. Bratten, Chief . . . Pocomoke City
John H. Farlow, Assistant . Salisbury
Thomas A. Gilleece, Assistant . Hancock
Mathew A. Powers, Assistant - Ellicott City
Messenger:
J. Philip Beall . . . , Annapolis
The Comptroller is elected by the people for a term of four years
from the third Monday in January next ensuing his election. The
Comptroller apoints all officers in his own office.
The Comptroller is the head of the Division of Financial Review of
the Finance Department, He is directed to exercise supervision and
direction over the State Auditor, the State Bank Commissioner, the State
Insurance Department, the State Tax Commission and the Central Pur-
chasing Bureau.
The Comptroller shall have the general superintendence of the fiscal
affairs of the State; he shall digest and prepare plans for the improve-
ment and management of the revenue, and for the support of the pub-
lic credit; prepare and report estimates of the revenue and expendi-
tures of the State; superintend and enforce the prompt collection of
all taxes and revenue; adjust and settle, on terms prescribed by law,
with delinquent collectors and receivers of taxes and State revenue;
preserve all public accounts; decide on the forms of keeping and stat-
ing accounts; grant, under regulations, prescribed by law, all wan ants
for money to be paid out of the Treasury, in pursuance of appropria
tions by law, and countersign all checks drawn by the Treasurer upon
any bank or banks, in which the moneys of the State may, from time
to time, be deposited; prescribe the formalities of the transfer of
stock, or other evidence of the State debt, and countersign the same,
without which such evidence shall not be valid; he shall make to the
General Assembly full reports of all his proceedings, and of the state
of the treasury department, within ten days after the commencement
of each session; and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed
by law.
STATE AUDITOR,
Union Trust Building, Baltimore.
(Terms Expire 1931.)
Name Postoffice.
State Auditor-
Lewis M Milbourne Kingston, Somerset County
Deputy Auditors
Thomas A. Sweeney Baltimore
Daniel H. Carroll of P Bel Air
*Milton C. Greer, Jr., Oyster Auditor Baltimore
The State Auditor and the Deputy Auditors are appointed by the
Governor for a term of four years from the date of qualification on the
* See the Conservation Department for full account of duties and term of
office on Page 50
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