Senior Clerks:

Catherine B. Hughes Baltimore
Elizabeth D. Sanders Baltimore
Stenographer-Secretary:

Selma B. Cone - Baltimore
Senior Stenographers:

Margaret C. Slimmer Baltimore
Mary K. Schelle Baltimore
Junior Stenographers:
Bessie F. Robinson Baltimore

Essie R. Levin- Baltimore
Junior Typists:

Mary F. Riley Baltimore
Margaret D. Kach Baltimore
Boiler Inspectors:

Lynn M. Cave - Baltimore
John P. Tawes (Temporary Appointee) Crisfield
Telephone Operator and File Clerk:

Alexine B. Montell Baltimore
Governor appoints one Commissioner. The first appointment is for
a term from January 1, 1923, to the first Monday in May, 1924. There-
after a successor is appointed for a term of two years from the first
Monday in May. (Ch. 29, 1922.)

The Commissioner is authorized and empowered to appoint and
employ such deputies, inspectors, assistants and employees as may be
necessary for the performances of the duties imposed upon it, pro-
vided such appointments and employments and compensation to be
allowed shall be subject to the approval of the Governor.

It shall be the duty of said Commission (1st) to collect statistics
concerning and examine into the condition of labor in the State, with
especial reference to wages, and the causes of strikes and disagree-
ments between employees and employers.

(2) To collect information in regard to the agricultural conditions
and products of the State, the acreage under cultivation and planted
in the various crops, the character and price of land, the live stock,
etc., and all other matters pertaining to agricultural pursuits, which
may be of general interest and calculated to attract immigration to
the State.

(3) To collect information in regard to the mineral products of
the State, the output of mines, quarries and so forth, and the manu-
facturing industries.

(4) To collect information in regard to railroads and other trans-
portation companies, shipping and commerce.

(5) To keep a bureau of general information and to this end all
offices and institutions of the State, including offices of the General
Assembly, are directed to transmit to the Commissioner of Labor and
Statistics, all reports as soon as possible.

(6) To classify and arrange the information and data so obtained,
and as soon as practicable after entering upon the duties of its office,
publish the same in substantial book form and annually thereafter re-
vise and republish same.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to organize, establish and
conduct free employment agencies in such parts of the State as the
said Commissioner may deem advisable for the free use of citizens of
the State for the purpose of securing employment for the unemployed
and for the purpose of securing help or labor for persons applying for
such.

To arbitrate all disputes between employer and employee. To
enforce the "Yellow Dog Bill" Injunctions in labor disputes, defin-