OYSTER BARS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER

The Legislature of 1929, by Joint Resolution No. 12, provided for
a survey of the oyster bars of the Potomac River, which would be the
basis of recommendations to the General Assembly of 1931 relative to
the rehabilitation thereof. Under this resolution, Mi. Swepson Earle,
Conservation Commissioner, will represent the State of Maryland, and
he will confer and cooperate with a commissioner or commissioners to
be appointed on behalf of the State of Virginia.

MOTOR VEHICLE UNIFORM LAWS COMMISSION

The Legislature of 1929, by Joint Resolution No. 7, provided that
the Governor should appoint a commission to confer with commissions
already appointed in the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia
for the purpose of recommending to the General Assembly of 1931 uni-
form laws relating to motor vehicle and traffic regulations in Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia:

H. M. Lucius, Secretary, Automobile Club of Maryland Baltimore
Colonel A. B. Barber, Transportation Expert, United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Pi evident, Montgomery
County Civic Federation Bethesda
State Senator L. G. Sasscer Upper Marlboro

ELECTION LAWS COMMISSION

The Legislature of 1929, by Joint Resolution No. 8, provided that
the Governor should appoint a commission of nine persons to examine
all the laws of the State relating to elections, and recommend to the
Governor and the General Assembly of 1931 such changes in and revi-
sion of election laws as the Commission deems desirable.
Bernard J. Flynn Baltimore City
Willis R. Jones . Baltimore City
J. Craig McLanahan Baltimore City
John M, Requardt Baltimore City
S. Scott Beck Chestertown
Fuller Barnard, Jr. Cumberland
J. Frank Ridenour Hagerstown
Leo Weinberg Frederick
Benjamin Hance . .. Prince Frederick

LAND LAWS COMMISSION

The Legislature of 1929, by Chapter 527, authorized the Governor
to appoint a commission of five members, of whom not more than three
should be of the same political party, to investigate the land and inheri
tance laws of the State, and to recommend to the Governor and the Gen
oral Assembly of 1931 revisions thereof as they deem advisable'
Frank J. Hoen Baltimore County
Vernon Cook Baltimore City
Walter C. Capper . Cumberland
B. H. Hartogensis Baltimore City
C. Alexander Fairbank, Jr. Baltimore City