Governor appoints five members of this Commission, two of whom shall
be women. The first appointees hold office until the first Monday in
May, 1924, and thereafter for a term of two years from the first Mon-
day in May. These five members, together with the State Librarian
and the Librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, constitute the Com-
mission.
It shall be the duty of the Commission, from time to time, to advise,
counsel and aid the State Superintendent of Schools with respect to the
performance of duties relating to the work of the public libraries of the
State.

MARYLAND STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
Frederick, Maryland.

BOARD OF VISITORS.
Name Postoffice.
John K. Shaw, President Baltimore
George R. Dennis Frederick
Palmer Tennant Hagerstown
Jesse 0. Snyder Hagerstown
Isaac H. Moss Govanstown
Richard P. Ross, Chairman Executive Com Frederick
Ernest Helfenstein, Secretary Frederick
J. Frank Harper Centreville
Richard Potts - Frederick
D. John Markey Frederick
S. Elmer Brown Frederick
Charles H. Conley, M. D Frederick
M. Ernest Jenkins Baltimore
Charles McC. Mathias, Treasurer Frederick
Jacob Rohrback Frederick
Frank L. Stoner Frederick
B. 0. Thomas, M. D Frederick
Marion T. Hargis Snow Hill
Walter W. Mobley - Derwood
Oscar E. Webb Baltimore
Robert E. Delaplaine .......Frederick
Thomas B. Hayward Frederick
John H. Baker, Vice-President Buckeystown
Henry S. Penniman Elkridge
S. Marvin Peach Hyattsville
Frank I. Duncan Towson
Samuel Grafton Duvall Frederick
W. W. Hanly Cumberland
Milton D. Norris, M. D Sykesville
Charles E. Moylan Baltimore
Auditor, ignatius Bjorlee Frederick

Board consists of 30 members. Governor appoints to fill vacancies
only. No term. (Ch. 247, 1867, and Ch. 797, 1916.)
All scholarships are free to deaf children of the State.
The aim of the school is to make of deaf children self-supporting mem-
bers of society. Besides the regular course of study, including high school
branches, every boy at graduation has become master of some trade,
such as Printing, Cabinet-making, Shoemaking, Tailoring etc., while
the girls will have completed a course in Domestic Science and House-