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 Wrigh 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 502 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

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. 50, 1906);
the Indexer and Cataloguer is appointed by the Governor, with the con-
sent of the Library Committee, for a term of two years or until his
successor is duly appointed and qualified. (Ch. 271, 1900.)

The Librarian is required to have counted all volumes received in
the Library and to keep a record of the same, including the Maryland
Session Laws, the House and Senate Journals, the Maryland Reports,
and all volumes named in various legislative bills, etc., giving a cer-
tified account of the number received to the State Comptroller before
payment is made for the same to the State Printer.

The Session Laws, etc, named above are distributed by the
Librarian every two years (Section 7, Article 55), the Maryland Re-
ports in accordance with Article 55, Public General Laws, 1912.

The Library is located in the Court of Appeals Building, Annapolis.
It has on its shelves not only an extensive collection of law books, in-
cluding an English collection, but a large number of exceptionally
valuable reference volumes, many of which are now out of print, and
which are being freely consulted by authors, students, research workers
and others from all parts of the country, among them the four rare