Buyers -

Mrs. Helen E. Parsons . Baltimore
Eugene G. Connor . Baltimore
Senior Stenographers.

Miss Marie F. Vala . Baltimore
Miss Helen A. Case Westminster
Senior Clerks:

Francis X. Lochboehler . Baltimore
John C. Walker Baltimore
Joseph N. Murphy . Baltimore
Adam G. Uhl Baltimore
Senior Typist:

Miss Virginia E. Immler Baltimore
Mrs. Ruth L. Norris Baltimore
Junior Clerk:

Bernard McQuade Baltimore
Warehouseman:

Andrew G. Foley . . Baltimore
Chauffeur :
F. Dutrow Simmons . . Owings Mills

Telephone Operator.
Mrs. Louise T. Meyer . Baltimore

Office Boy:
Wilfried Espenhain . - Eastern Heights

This Bureau consists of the Governor, who is Chairman; Secretary
of State, Comptroller of the Treasury, State Treasurer, Chairman of the
State Roads Commission, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Chairman
of the State Board of Welfare, Chairman of the State Board of Health,
State Superintendent of Public Schools, President of the University of
Maryland, and the Superintendent or managing heads of the following
institutions: Crownsville State Hospital, Eastern Shore State Hospital,
Rosewood State Training School, Spring Grove State Hospital, Spring-
field State Hospital, Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Maryland State
School for the Deaf, Montrose School for Girls and Maryland Training
School for Boys.

The Chairman of the Bureau appoints a Secretary Treasurer who
shall be known as the Purchasing Agent.

The Central Purchasing Bureau of Maryland was established in con-
sequence of an act passed by the Legislature of 1920 (Chapter 184,
1920). The Bureau was organized in June, 1920, and immediately took
over the purchasing for all State Departments and Institutions with
the exception of the State Roads Commission.

During the first year of its existence the Bureau purchased materials,
supplies and equipment amounting to approximately $800,000. During
the last fiscal year, purchases in excess of $2,000,000 were made.

The principal functions which this office has endeavored to carry
out are as follows:

First: The securing of lower prices by reason of bulk purchases. Com-
parison between the prices paid on consolidated quantities and
those which individual institutions would pay show a saving
of not less than 10%.

Second: Standardization of commodities in common use, resulting in a
decrease in the varieties purchased with the consequent in-
crease in the volume of purchases of standardized articles.