1931. Legislation enacted requiring financial responsibility of motor-
ists in certain cases, licensing and regulating billboards
upon public highways, and a training school for colored girls.

1933. Legislation enacted relating to the emergency banking situation,
and amending banking laws generally, State Convention to
pass upon proposed repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment,
crop liens, chain stores, legalizing and licensing sale of beer
as authorized by Federal Act, $12,000,000 loan for unemploy-
ment relief in Baltimore City, economies and reduction in
State Budget to enable a reduction in local taxes and a re-
duction of the State tax rate from 25c to 22c for 1934 and
1935, being the lowest State tax rate since 1911. At special
election Maryland voted for repeal by nearly 160,000
majority.

1933. Special Session of the General Assembly for the control of
alcoholic beverages following the repeal of the 18th Amend-
ment. The session also enacted legislation for the improve-
ment of criminal procedure and measures relating to a
number of Federal Agencies.

1935. Legislation enacted relating to Old Aged Pensions, Mothers'
Pensions, and creating and designating Boards of Welfare
to administer the same; authorizing a Rehabilitation Cor-
poration and general welfare legislation.

1935. Law enacted, authorizing compensation for threee full-time mem-
bers of the Department of Public Works (State Roads
Commission), with a view to the elimination of waste, ex-
travagance and a reduction in operation costs.

1935. Legislation for the creation of a Survey Commission to inquire
into the operations and functions of the various depart-
ments, commissions, boards and offices of the State Govern-
ment with a view to eliminating waste or unnecessary ex-
penditures, to increase efficiency and co-ordinate the admin-
istration of the various departments and agencies of the
State.

1935. Law enacted creating State Police to co-operate with other Po-
lice Departments, providing for a Department of Identi-
fication, State Police School, and other matters pertaining
to the creation of an efficient State Police force.

BARONS OF BALTIMORE AND LORDS PROPRIETARY OF
MARYLAND

GEORGE CALVERT, First Lord Baltimore.

Lords Proprietary.

1632-Caecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.
1675-Charles Calvert, Third. Lord Baltimore.
1715-Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord Baltimore.
1715-Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore.
1761-Frederick Calvert, Sixth and Last Lord Baltimore.
1771 to 1776-Henry Harford, Last Proprietary.