MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS

MARYLAND STATE FAIR BOARD

Chapter 463, Acts of 1937

P. C. Turner, Chairman........................... Parkton, Maryland
Granville H. Hibberd,

Vice-President and Secretary.......... Brooklandville, Maryland
Louis Merryman. ............................... Sparks, Maryland
Guy Harmon............................... Queenstown, Maryland
T. Roy Brookes........................................ Bel Air, Maryland
Simon L. Downey. ......................... Williamsport, Maryland
W. R. Harvey, 22 Light Street. .............. .Baltimore, Maryland
Harry A. Manley.......................... Cumberland, Maryland
Albert N. McCardell. ............................. .Frederick, Md.

The Maryland State Fair Board is composed of nine members repre-
sentative of all phases of agricultural interests of the State. It is
the function of the Board to encourage and foster agriculture through
the promotion and assistance of bona fide agricultural fairs and ex-
hibits. Financial assistance is extended to qualifying organizations
for premium awards to exhibitors of bona fide agricultural displays.
Revenues distributed by the Maryland State Fair Board are derived
chiefly from racing revenues.

MARYLAND STATE PLANNING COMMISSION

(Ch. 39..Special Session 1933)

Latrobe Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Members Term Expires Address
Abel Wolman, Chairman. ....... .1.943............................ Baltimore
William L. Galvin.............. .1943................... Baltimore
Robert H. Riley. ............... .1943...................... Baltimore
Thomas B. Symons. ............ .1943................ College Park
Ezra B. Whitman. .............. 1943......................... Baltimore
Acting Executive Secretary:
I. Alvin Pasarew. ....................................... Baltimore

The functions of this Commission are to prepare or coordinate
plans for the physical development of the State including, among
other things, plans for complete systems of State or regional high-
ways, expressways, parkways, parks, water supply and forest reser-
vations and airways and air terminals; to advise with State depart-
ments and bureaus, local authorities and individuals, with a view
to the coordination of all physical development plans related to State
activities; to make surveys of rural land utilization to determine
areas suitable for field crops, reforestation, watershed protection,
recreation, summer residence, and urban expansion; to prepare a
long-term development program of major State improvements; and,
generally, to make available information on subjects affecting the
health and welfare of the people of Maryland and recommendations
thereon.