MARYLAND VETERANS' COMMISSION

Chapter 291 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland,
Session 1939, repealing and re-enacting with amendments, sections
57, 58 and 60 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, creates
a Maryland Veterans' Commission composed of five Maryland Veter-
ans, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as Chairman,
and all to be appointed by the Governor and to serve at his pleasure.

The Governor has appointed as members of this Commission:

Name. Address.
Joseph A. Cantrel, Chairman........................................ Chevy Chase
Godfrey Child. ........................................................ Pocomoke City
Thomas F. Conlon. ............ ........... ....15 N. Chase Street, Cumberland
Joseph Martin..........................632 S. Ellwood Avenue, Baltimore
Herbert L. Rhodes ............................1301 Argonne Drive, Baltimore

$90,000..00 has been made available for the fiscal year 1940, not
more than $15,000.00 of which may be expended for administrative
purposes, including salaries, in the nature of an emergency fund, to
be used to provide the necessities of life for such Maryland veterans
of the World War or any other war, or the widows or infant children
of such veterans, as are sick, disabled or indigent and who are without
means to pay for said necessities or for proper care; and for the pur-
pose of providing the necessary funeral expenses of such veterans,
and for the further purpose of providing reasonable compensation to
members of the Maryland National Guard who are injured in line of
duty; and in case any such members are killed in line of duty, then
to the widows and infant children of such members. Said fund shall
be distributed to such persons of the above classes and in such
amounts as the Commission shall deem proper, subject, however, to
the provisions and limitations of said Act. The Commission is
charged with the duty of assisting Maryland ex-service men and
women and Veterans or their dependants, who are residents of Mary-
land, who are or may be entitled to aid from the United States Govern-
ment pursuant to Federal Legislation for the benefit of Veterans and
their dependents, in preparing and presenting their claims to the pro-
per Federal authorities and agencies, and in securing and expedit-
ing action thereon; and the Commission is further charged with the
duty of making and preserving a permanent registry of the graves of
all persons who served in the Military or Naval forces of the United
States in time of war and who are buried in the State of Maryland..

The Department of Welfare

State Office Building, Annapolis, Maryland
Willis R. Jones, Director.
Board of Welfare.

James H. Grove, Jr.............. Frederick ...............................1943
Walter F. Perkins. ............. ..Baltimore ................................. 1943
Willis R. Jones, Chairman........ Baltimore .....................................1943
Dr. George E. Finney....... .Baltimore ...................................... 1940
Mrs. Ethel Mae Lauterbach...... Edgewood .................................... 1940
Mrs. George W. McCreary. . . . .Baltimore ..................................... ..1941
Mr. E. T. Foreman. ......... .Baltimore ....................................... 1941
Mr. Harold E. Donnell............. Superintendent of Prisons
Mr. Robert D. Case, Secretary and Treasurer, Board of Correction..