ADMINISTRATOR OF LOAN LAWS

709 Calvert Building, Baltimore, Md.
Administrator:

Mary E .W. Risteau. ......... .1943. ............. .Sharon
Secretary-Stenographer:
Cecelia C. Dean............................................. Baltimore

Investigators:

John W. Dallam. . ..... .......... .... ..... ...... . ..... ..Bel Air
John C. Grannan........................................... Baltimore

Chapter 741 of the Acts of 1939 abolished the office of Commis-
sioner of Loans and provided for the appointment by the Governor
of an Administrator of Loan Laws, to be under the direction and
supervision of the State Bank Commissioner. The salary of the
Administrator of Loan Laws was fixed at $4000.00. Chapter 358 of
the Acts of 1937 as amended by Chapter 741 of the Acts of 1939
specifies the duties of the Administrator and directs that no person,
co-partnership or corporation shall engage in the business of making
loans of money, credits, goods, or things in action, in the amount or
to the value, of $300.00 or less, and charge, contract for or receive a
greater rate of interest than six per centum per annum therefore
without first having obtained a license from the Administrator of
Loan Laws. The cost of maintaining the office is borne by the
licensees operating under the Small Loan Law.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF MARYLAND

William Milnes Maloy, Chairman.. 1943................ Baltimore
Russell S. Davis. ................. 1941. ........... Cambridge
Joseph P. McCurdy. ......................... 1945. ................ Baltimore
Stephen C. Cromwell, Director,

Unemployment Compensation Division, Baltimore
David L. B. Fringer, Director,

Maryland State Employment Service, Baltimore
Stephen C. Cromwell, Secretary, Chief of Benefits.............. Rockville
Advisory Council:

Brady J. Dayton. ........................................ Salisbury
Lee L. Dopkin................................................... Baltimore
Joseph P. Healy............................................... Baltimore
C. W. Mitzel. ...................................... ..Baltimore
Walter F. Perkins............................... Baltimore
Ralph C. Beard. .................................... Cumberland

The Unemployment Compensation Board was created by Chapter
I of the Acts of the General Assembly, Special Session of 1936, as
amended by Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1937.

The three members of the Board were designated by the Legisla-
ture for respective terms of six years, four years and two years.
Upon expiration of the term of each member, the Governor shall
appoint his successor for a term of six years.

The Unemployment Compensation Board is charged with the duty
of administering the Unemployment Compensation Law, under which
two coordinate divisions shall be established: The State of Maryland
Employment Service and the Unemployment Compensation Division.
The Unemployment Compensation Division shall, first, collect contri-