REGION NO. 6..Ernest A. Vaughn, (Regional Deputy), Princess
Anne.

DISTRICT DEPUTIES:

Dorchester County ........ .Harold F. Simmons. ........... .Vienna
Somerset ................ .Raymond M. Carey. ..... .Princess Anne
Wicomico .................. Merwyn E. Watson............... Salisbury
Worcester ................ .Charles E. Hill. .............. .Snow Hill

Game Breeders

C. J. McPhail................................................... Gwynnbrook
Brady C. Bounds........................................... Salisbury
Frederick Hacker, Assistant Game Breeder............. Gwynnbrook

DEPARTMENT OF STATE FORESTS AND PARKS
Chapter 508..Acts of 1941.

Director F. W. Besley....
State Forester.............. 1411 Fidelity Bldg., Baltimore, Md.

J. Miles Lankford..
Md. Farm Bureau ..............1945............... Pocomoke, Md.

J. Wilson Lord..
Md. State Grange. ........... .1946. ........................... Ellicott City

Sydney D. Peverly. ............ .1942. ................ ... Bel Air
John M. Nelson.................... .1944........................ Eccleston
Bernard I. Gonder. ..............1543.................... Oakland

A Department of State Forests and Parks is hereby created, said
Commission to supersede the present advisory Board of Forestry and
the Regents of the University of Maryland in supervising the affairs
of this Department. Said Commission to administer and manage
State owned or leased forests and parks, the administration of all
laws relating to fire control, roadside trees, the restoration of de-
forested or denuded areas, and the operation of the State Forest
Nursery.

The Commission shall consist of five members citizens of the State to
be appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be appointed on the
recommendation of the Maryland State Grange, one on the recom-
mendation of the Maryland Farm Bureau, one shall have had practi-
cal experience in the business of lumbering, >and the other two shall
be appointed for their general interest in the advancement of forestry.
The members of the Commission shall select their own Chairman. The
members of said Commission shall serve for terms of five years from
June 1, 1941, but of the first members appointed one shall serve for
one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years
and one for five years.