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4 MARYLAND MANUAL. GOVERNOR’S MILITARY STAFF. The Military Staff of the Governor is provided for in Section 8, Article 65, Bagby’s Annotated Code of Maryland (Chapter 490, General Assembly of Maryland, January session, 1922), as follows: "The staff of the Governor shall consist of the Adjutant General and not more than ten aides. The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the Governor. He shall have the grade of Brigadier General and his salary shall be as stated in the annual budget. "The aides shall be selected by the Governor from the commissioned officers of the National Guard and National Guard Reserve, each of them may receive a commission as aide, which, however, shall not add to the actual grade of the officer so appointed, nor shall such officer be relieved from duty with his proper organization, but shall perform all duty per- taining thereto except when actually on duty as aide under the orders of the Governor." PAROLE COMMISSiONER. Iglehart Building, St. Paul and Fayette Streets, Baltimore. Commissioner: Gaylord Lee Clerk1935 Stevenson Secretary: John C. Eggen Baltimore Chief Parole Officer: Roy E. Smith Baltimore Parole Officers: James A. Cavanaugh Baltimore Thomas P. MacCarthy Baltimore Stenographers: Miss Freda Winterling Baltimore Miss Eleanor G. Twining Baltimore The Governor with the consent of the Senate, appoints the Commis- sioner. He shall not be less than thirty years of age and shall have been a registered voter of the State of Maryland for at least four years prior to his appointment. He is appointed for a term of two years from the first Monday in May next ensuing h is appointment, Ch. 29, Acts 1922 (Maryland Code 1924, Article 41, Sections 46-56). It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to investigate and to collect all information that may aid him io determining the advisability of recommending to the Governor the conditional pardon (parole) of all persons sentenced for one year or more to ally penal institution of the State upon the expiration of one-third of tile term for \vhich each of such persons has been sentenced. In pursuing Ins investigations, the Commissioner isassisted by a staff of six persons. He has been granted the power to summons wit- nesses and if necessary to examine them on their oath. The Commis- sioner, the Secretary and the Parole Officers appointed by the Commis- sioner, shall have the power to arrest, without warrant within the State, these violating the conditions of their parole. Furthermore ths Com- missioner shall have visitorial powers over every institution receiving aid from the State, City or private sources, to which prisoners, whether adults or minors, are committed. Being the onl v agency available for sncb purposes, the Department also undertakes the investigation of all applications to the Governor, for Pardons to restore citizenship and for redoction in sentences imposed |
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