Fred L. Thomas,

Sandy Spring............From June 1, 1935, to June 1, 1941
(From Maryland State Bankers' Association.)

The Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the
Governor. One member of said Board shall be a representative of the
Baltimore Clearing House, one a representative of the Associated
Mutual Savings Banks of Baltimore and one a representative of the
Maryland State Bankers' Association. Each of these organizations
shall submit the names of three men qualified for the responsibility
imposed upon them by this Act and the Governor shall select one
name from each of said lists to serve on said Board.

One member of such Board shall be designated by the Governor
to serve until June 1, 1937, one member until June 1, 1939, and one
member until June 1, 1941, and after said several dates each member
appointed shall serve for a term of six years or until his successor
has been appointed and qualified.

The members of the Board shall receive no salary for their services
as such.

Said Board shall be subject to the call of the Bank Commissioner
to confer and consult with him in matters concerning the business of
Banking or Banking Institutions in the State of Maryland.

The Bank Commissioner is appointed by the Governor for a term
of four years.

STATE TAX COMMISSION
Union Trust Building, Baltimore.

Name. Term Expires. Postoffice.

Commissioners:
William L. Henderson ........1943............... Baltimore

Chairman

J. De Weese Carter. ......... 1947. ................ Denton
Owen W. Hitchins. ......... .1945. ............ Cumberland

Secretary:

Albert W. Ward. ................................ Baltimore
Chief Clerk:
John F. O'Malley. ................................. Elkridge

The State Tax Commission was created by the Act of 1914, Chapter
841, superseding the State Tax Commissioner, an office which was
established in 1878, with functions limited virtually to the assessment
of the shares of domestic corporations and national banks, the gross re-
ceipts of certain classes of corporations, and distilled spirits. Greatly
enlarged jurisdiction and responsibilities were conferred upon the State
Tax Commission by the act creating it and by subsequent legislation.
In addition to the duties formerly exercised by the State Tax Commis-
sioner, the Commission is empowered to "supervise the administration
of the assessment and tax laws of Maryland and of each county or city
thereof"; "to enforce and execute a continuing method of assessment
and to require that all property in the State be reviewed for assess-
ment at least once in every five years," but not necessarily by reassess-
ment of all property in the same year; to act as an appellate tribunal
to which all appeals from assessments of real and personal property
made by local assessing bodies must be taken; to assess the rolling