MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING

COMMISSION.

(Chapter 448 Laws of Maryland 1927.)
(Chapter 286 Laws of Maryland 1929.)
(Chapter 379 Laws of Maryland 1929.)
(Chapter 204 Laws of Maryland 1931.)
(Chapter 370 Laws of Maryland 1931.)
(Chapter 33 Laws of Maryland 1933.)
(Chapter 505 Laws of Maryland 1933.)
(Chapter 504 Laws of Maryland 1936.)
(Chapter 505 Laws of Maryland 1935.)
(Chapter 508 Laws of Maryland 1935.)
(Chapter 575 Laws of Maryland 1935.)
(Chapter 58 Laws of Maryland 1936.)
(Chapter 153 Laws of Maryland 1987.)
(Chapter 46 Laws of Maryland 1937.)
(Chapter 417 Laws of Maryland 1937.)

Commission to have supervision over the Maryland - Washington -
Metropolitan District to be appointed by the Governor subject to con-
firmation by the Board of County Commissioners of the county of
which appointee shall be a resident and to consist of six members
of whom three shall be residents and taxpayers of that portion of
the District within Montgomery County and three to be residents
and taxpayers of that portion within Prince George's County. The
Chairman of The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission shall
be ex-officio a member of this commission and charged to the allot-
ment of the county of which he shall be a resident. The first appoint-
ments shall be made on or before May 1st, 1927, for terms of four
years for the five appointive members except that the terms of two
of first appointees for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties
respectively shall be for six years each. The annual salary of the
chairman shall be $3,000 and of the other five members $500.00, pay-
able monthly, provided, however, that the salary of the Commissioner
who is Chairman of The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
shall be in addition to salary received by him in latter capacity, a
Secretary..Treasurer shall be paid an annual salary of $2,000.00, a
General Counsel a salary of $2,400 per annum. The Secretary-
Treasurer and the General Counsel shall be residents of the county
in which the Chairman does not reside. Offices shall be maintained
in both Montgomery and Prince George's County. The Commission
shall publish annually in at least one newspaper in Montgomery
and Prince George's County a full and true account of its receipts,
disbursements, etc., which shall have been audited by The State
Auditor.

The duties of the commission shall consist of planning, guiding
and accomplishing a co..ordinated, comprehensive, adjusted, systematic
and harmonious development of the district's highways, parks and
other public places and public works, the acquisition of land for these
purposes and the construction, maintenance and operation necessary
thereof.

Office, 812 Tower Building, Washington, D. C.
Name Address

Chairman:

George N. Palmer 1939 Seat Pleasant, Prince George's Co.
Secretary-Treasurer:

Thomas Hampton Bethesda
General Counsel:
J. Bond Smith Takoma Park, Montgomery County