FINANCE DEPARTMENT

The Finance Department embraces three divisions, (1) the Division
of Financial Review and Control, (2) the Division of Deposit and Dis-
bursement and (3) the Board of Public Works.

I.DIVISION OF FINANCIAL REVIEW AND CONTROL

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.Annapolis.

Name. Postoffice.
Comptroller:

Wm. S. Gordy, Jr. ... . . . . Salisbury
Chief Deputy Comptroller:

Joseph O'C. McCusker „ Pikesville
Deputy Comptrollers:

Chester A. Ringgold . . Annapolis
John F. Wilson .... .... ... Lothian
Clerks:

Raymond B. Collier Baltimore
T. Carroll Worthington ... . ... Annapolis
John K. Pyles . . Baltimore
Sophia T. Munford .... -. Annapolis
Ellen C. Ehle Annapolis
James G. Rennie ... ... Baltimore
George E. Gannon, Jr... . Baltimore
Joseph L. Weems ... Baltimore
Abbie M. Sullivan . . Baltimore
John P. Mannion . Baltimore
Edward J. Dyas ... Baltimore
Jack Sokolsky Baltimore
Millicent A. Doney ... Glen Burnie
Mary Elizabeth Meagher . ... . ... Baltimore
Virginia T. Adams .. . . ... Annapolis
Joseph M. McGlone .. ... ... Baltimore
Hazel H. Brooks -.... ... . - Elkton
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

Special Assistants.State Beer Law:

L. Franklin Purnell . ... „ Ocean City
Clinton MeSherry Frederick

Mewenger:
J. Philip Beall Annapolis

The Comptroller is elected by the people for a term of four year's
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;