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moved from the supervision of the 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 therefor
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.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW

STATE LAW DEPARTMENT, 1901 Baltimore Trust Building
Baltimore, Maryland

Name. Postoffice.

Attorney General:

William C. Walsh..............................Cumberland

Deputy Attorney General:

Hall Hammond ................................. Baltimore

Assistant Attorneys General:

Robert E. Clapp, Jr............................... Frederick

Robert R. Bowie................................ Baltimore

Special Assistant Attorney General for the
Comptroller of the Treasury:

Hugh Allen Meade.............................. Baltimore

Special Assistant Attorney General for the
State Roads Commission:

Edmond H. Johnson.............................. Snow Hill

Special Assistant Attorney General for the
Unemployment Compensation Board:

Zanvyl Krieger.................................. Baltimore

Special Attorney for the State Accident Fund:

J. Edgar Harvey................................ Salisbury

Chief Clerk:

Mrs. Anna Davis Greer.......................... Baltimore

Legal Stenographers:

Miss Margaret E. Holliday........................ Baltimore

Mrs. Evelyn H. Zimmerman...................... Baltimore

Senior Typist:

Miss Agnes T. Conroy............................ Baltimore

The Department of Law of Maryland was established by Chapter
560 of the Acts of 1916; which has since been amended by Chapter 22
of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1931, Chapter 374 of
the Acts of 1937, and Chapter 577 of the Acts of 1939. These Acts
provide that the head of this Department shall be the Attorney
General of the State, who is authorized to appoint six Assistants,
one of whom he shall designate as Deputy Attorney-General, two of
whom shall be known as Assistant Attorneys General, one of whom
shall be known as Special Assistant Attorney General for the Comp-
troller of the Treasury, one of whom shall be known as Special Assist-
ant Attorney General for the State Roads Commission, and the other