DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE.
City Hall, Baltimore.
Director, Horace E. Flack, Baltimore.

The function of the Department of Legislative Reference is to col
lect, compile and index information on all questions of proposed legis-
lation, to investigate and report upon the laws of Maryland and other
States at the request of the Governor, any committee or member of the
General Assembly, or the head of any State Department. It is also
made the duty of the Department to prepare or aid in the preparation
of any bill or resolution on the request of any member of the Legis-
lature, and to maintain an office at Annapolis during the sessions of
the Legislature. There is on file in the Department a complete set of
all bills which have been introduced in the Legislature of Maryland
from 1908 to 1936, inclusive, with a full index of same, and the Codes
and Laws of the other States. Chapter 150 of 1936 provides that the
several State departments shall transmit copies of their reports to the
Department of Legislative Reference for exchange purposes. (Chapter
474 of the Acts of 1916, An. Code Art. 41, Sec. 64.)

COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORMITY
OF LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES

(Terms Expire 1939)

Name. Postoffice.
Alexander Armstrong .. .. Baltimore
John Hinkley- - Baltimore
J. Purdon Wright ... Baltimore

Beginning June 1, 1935, and every fourth year thereafter, the Gov-
ernor appoints a Board of three Commissioners, to be known as Com-
missioners for the Uniformity of Legislation in the United States,
who shall represent Maryland in the National Conference of Com-
missioners on Uniform State Laws. (Chapter 602 of the Acts of 1935.)

The duty of this Board is to examine into and ascertain the best
means to effect uniformity in the laws of the States and especially
to meet with representatives appointed by other States in a conven-
tion, known as "The National Conference of Commissioners on Uni-
form State Laws," to draft laws to be submitted for the approval
and adoption of the several States, and to recommend such action as
shall best accomplish promotion of such uniform legislation.

The Commissioners receive no salary but are allowed their actual
disbursements for expenses, not to exceed, however, in the aggregate
the amount of the appropriation made from time to time in the budget.

STATE LIBRARY.Annapolis.

Name. Postoffice.
State Librarian:
John W. McCool (Term expires 1939) - .. - - - Elkton

Custodian of Works of Reference:

W. Hallam Claude . ......... Annapolis
Indexer and Cataloguer:
Nelson J. Molter -..- Severna Park

*Mrs. Frankie Wilson, Linthicum Heights, Md, added to staff under a temporary
appointment through a special appropriation. No official title.

The State Librarian is appointed by the Governor, with the consent
of the Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor (Con
stitution, Art. 7, Sec. 3); the Custodian of Works of Reference is
appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, for a term
of two years or until the appointment of a successor. (Ch. 60, 1906);