Stenographers:

Miss Ruth Sulivane Cambridge
Miss Mary Toner Baltimore

Adjuster;
J. Frank Kenny Texas

The duties placed upon the Commissioner in the enforcement of the
insurance laws are very numerous and important, comprising the col-
lection of large sums of money, principally from taxes on premiums
and license fees, examination of the financial affairs of all companies
organized under the laws of this State, as well as all other companies
doing business in the State that the Commissioner thinks proper to
examine, and supervision of the entire business of insurance within
statutory limitations. He is charged with the duty of seeing that all
laws of this State relating to insurance or insurance companies are
faithfully executed. For that purpose he is authorized to maintain
office and to employ such assistants as may be necessary, including a
Deputy Insurance Commissioner, an Actuary, an Examiner, an Audi-
tor, and in addition to these such clerical assistance as he may deem
necessary for the proper and efficient discharge of the duties of his
Department within an appropriation as provided in the budget.

STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Union Trust Building, Baltimore.

Name. Term Expires. Postoffice.
Commissioners:

Harry O. Levin (Chairman) 1943 Baltimore
Frederic P. Adkins - 1941 Salisbury
J. Hubert Wade 1939 Boonsboro
Secretary:

Albert W. Ward Baltimore
Chief Clerk:

John F.O'Malley Elkridge
The State Tax Commission was created by the Act of 1914, Chapter
841, superseding the State Tax Commissioner, an office which was
established in 1878, with functions limited virtually to the assessment
of the shares of domestic corporations and national banks, the gross re-
ceipts of certain classes of corporations, and distilled spirits. Greatly
enlarged jurisdiction and responsibilities were conferred upon the State
Tax Commission by the act creating it and by subsequent legislation. In
addition to the duties formerly exercised by the State Tax Commis-
sioner, the Commission is empowered to "supervise the administration
of the assessment and tax laws of Maryland and of each county or city
thereof"; "to enforce and execute a continuing method of assessment
and to require that all property in the State be reviewed for assessment
at least once in every five years," but not necessarily by reassessment
of all property in the same year; to act as an appellate tribunal to
which all appeals from assessments of real and personal property made
by local assessing bodies must be taken; to assess the rolling stock of
railroad companies; "to participate in any proceeding in any court
wherein any assessment or taxation question is involved."

The Commission appoints for each of the counties a Supervisor of
Assessments who has the status of chief assessor in the county, with
power also to appeal to the Commission from any assessments or rul-
ings made by the County Commissioners. The supervisors are appointed
from a list of five nominees submitted by the County Commissioners.
They serve during good behavior and are removable by the State Tax
Commission "for incompetency or other cause." Their salaries are paid