The Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds is the custo
dian of the State Capitol, Court of Appeals Building and Executive
Mansion in the City of Annapolis.

DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE.
City Hall, Baltimore.
Executive Officer, Horace E. Flack, Baltimore.

The function of the Department of Legislative Reference is to col-
lect, compile and index information on all questions of proposed legis-
lation, to investigate and report upon the laws of Maryland and other
States at the request of the Governor, any committee or member of the
General Assembly, or the head of any State Department, it is also
made the duty of the Department to prepare or aid in the preparation
of any bill or resolution on the request of any member of the Legis-
lature, and to maintain an office at Annapolis during the sessions of
the Legislature. There is on file in the Department a complete set of
all bills which have been introduced in the Legislature of Maryland
from 1908 to 1929, inclusive, with a full index of same, and the Codes
and Laws of the other States. (Chapter 474 of the Acts of 1916, An.
Code Art. 41, Sec. 64-65.)

UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION COMMISSION.

(Terms Expire 1931)

Name Postoffice.

Alexander Armstrong ... .. .. .. Hagerstown
John Hinkley .. .. . Baltimore
Randolph Barton, Jr .. .. .. Baltimore

Governor appoints three for a term of four years. (Chaps. 484 and
609, 1927.)

This Board was organized for the purpose of examining the laws of
marriage and divorce, insolvency, and other laws of a similar nature,
and to ascertain the best means to effect uniformity of the same
throughout the United States.

STATE LIBRARY—Annapolis.
(All Terms Expire 1931.)

Name. Postoffice.
State Librarian.
Miss Mary E. Shearn Annapolis

Custodian of Works of Reference:

Miss Frances B. Wells Annapolis
Indexer and Cataloguer:
Frank P. Bassett Annapolis

The State Librarian is appointed by the Governor, with the consent
of the Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor (Con-