MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING
COMMISSION.

(Chapter 448, Acts of 1927.)

Commission to be appointed by the Governor subject to confirma-
tion by the Board of County Commissioners of the county of which ap-
pointee shall be a resident and to consist of six members of whom three
shall be residents and taxpayers of that portion of the District within
Montgomery County and three to be residents and taxpayers, of that por-
tion within Prince George's County. The Chairman of The Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission shall be ex-officio a member of this
commission and charged to the allotment of the county of which he
shall he a resident. The first appointments shall be made on or belore
May 1st, 1927, for terms of five years for the five appointive members
except that the terms of two of first appointees for Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties respectively shall be for six years each. The
annual salary of the chairman shall be $3,000 and of the other five
members $500.00, payable monthly, provided, however, that the salary
of the Commissioner who is Chairman of The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission shall be in addition to salary received by him in
latter capacity, a Secretary-Treasurer shall be paid an annual salary of
$2,000.00, a General Counsel a salary of $2,400 per annum. The Sec-
retary-Treasurer and the General Counsel shall be residents of the
county in which the Chairman does not reside. Offices shall be main-
tained in both Montgomery and Prince George's County. The Commission
shall publish annually in at least one newspaper in Montgomery
and Prince George's County a full and. true account of its receipts,
disbursements, etc., which shall have been audited by The State Auditor.

The duties of the commission shall consist of planning, guiding and
accomplishing a co-ordinated, comprehensive, adjusted, systematic and
harmonious development of the district's highways, parks and other
public places and public works, the acquisition of land for these pur-
poses and the construction, maintenance and operation necessary there-
of.

Office, 815 Evans Building, Washington, D. C.

Name Address
Chairman:

Irvin Owings, Mayor .. .. Hyattsville, Prince George's Co.
Secretary-Treasurer:

Thomas Hampton . . . ..109 Chevy Chase Drive, Bethesda
General Counsel.

J. Bond Smith . .311 Eastern Ave., Takoma Park
Member Ex-officio:

T. Howard Duckett ... ....... ....... . ... ...... ...... .. Hyattsville
Members:

James H. Cissel... .. ...... ... ........ ......... ................Silver Spring
Robert G.Hilton ............... . .......... ..Rockville
George P. Hoover .................................West Lenox Road, Chevy Chase
George N Palmer. ............ .. .................. ... ........., Seat Pleasant