one the State Comptroller, and three to represent the public at large,
no one interested in any way in. the manufacture or sale of alcoholic
beverages being eligible for appointment on the committee, to make
a careful investigation and study of said laws and regulations, includ-
ing license fees and taxes, and to report to the Governor and the
General Assembly on or before January 15, 1939, with such recommen-
dations as the Committee might deem desirable, with drafts of pro-
posed legislation.

Following are the members of the Committee:
Mr. Erwin Huber, Chairman . .. Towson, Md.
Hon. Emanuel Gorfine, Speaker of the House of Delegates, Secretary,

Baltimore, Md.
Hon. Herbert R. O'Conor, Attorney General of Maryland,

Baltimore, Md.
Hon. William S. Gordy, Jr., State Comptroller ... . Salisbury, Md.
Senator John G. Callan, Author of the Resolution. Baltimore, Md.

MEMBERS OF COMMISSION APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR NICE

FOR THE OPENING OF THE CHESAPEAKE

AND DELAWARE CANAL
(Appointed September 1,1988)

Governor of Maryland, Honorary Chairman and member ex officio,

Annapolis, Md.
C. W. Galloway, Chairman- B. and O Building, Baltimore, Md.
Mayor of Baltimore .- ... City Hall, Baltimore, Md.
General Henry M. Warfield, President Baltimore Association

of Commerce, Baltimore, Md.
Albert D. Graham, Chairman of Board, First National Bank,

and Chairman, Chesapeake Bay Authority, Baltimore, Md.
Austin McLanahan, President Savings Bank of Baltimore and member
of Port Development Commission of Baltimore; former President
of Export and Import Board of Trade . Baltimore, Md.
G. H. Ponder, Executive Vice President Baltimore Association

of Commerce, Baltimore, Md.

Gaillard F. Ravenel, Vice President Roosevelt Steamship Co.
and Chairman Association of Commerce Committee on C. & D.
Canal Opening ... ....... .......... Baltimore, Md.
A. D. Stebbins, President Merchants and Miners

Transportation Company, Baltimore, Md.
Captain B. Richard Wysong, President Association

of Maryland Pilots, Baltimore, Md.
Charles E. Scarlett, President Ramsay, Scarlett & Co.,
Chairman Maritime Committee, Baltimore Chamber
of Commerce Baltimore,- Md.

WORK OF WIDENING AND DEEPENING THE CHESAPEAKE
AND DELAWARE CANAL NEARING COMPLETION

(From the Cecil Democrat, Elkton, Md., Saturday, January 8, 1938 )

Work of widening and deepening the Chesapeake Canal, started
over two years ago, has about been completed This feat will connect
up the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays for ocean going vessels, and will
be of vast importance in ease of war. The actual cost to the Federal
Government for the improvement has been about $13,000,000.

It will also be of great benefit to commerce between Baltimore,
Philadelphia and various other points. It has been estimated nearly