78 MARYLAND MANUAL
E. Allen Schilpp, Asst. Secretary. ............... ... .. .Baltimore
Harry C. Sanner, Asst. Treasurer. ...................... .Baltimore
The Maryland Workshop for the Blind, which is located at 601.
North Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, is a State institution incorporated
by an Act of the Legislature of 1908..Chapter 566.
The general supervision and control is vested in a Board of five
Trustees, three of whom are appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice of the Senate, and two are selected by the Board of Direc-
tors of the Maryland School for the Blind.
The Board selects its President and other officers from its own
membership and is empowered to hire a secretary and other necessary
employees and to fix their compensation.
The Workshop is conducted for the training, labor and manufac-
tures of all blind citizens of Maryland over eighteen years of age,
who can give satisfactory evidence of character and of their ability
to do the work required of them. All the profits arising from the
operation of the Workshop are used in furthering its usefulness.
It is the official commission appointed by the State from all matters
pertaining to the adult blind of the State of Maryland.
THE MINERS HOSPITAL
Frostburg, Maryland
Name Postoffice Term Expires
Benjamin H. McCrackin. ....... .Frostburg ................. .1945
Dr. W. 0. McLane, Jr.. ........ .Frostburg ................. .1945
Edward J. Ryan. .............. .Frostburg ................. .1943
Dr. Harry Teter. .............. .Frostburg ................. .1943
William Jenkins................ Frostburg ................... 1941
Edwin Winters.................Midland ...................1941
Alex Barclay. .................. Lonaconing ................. 1941
Board consists of four members appointed by the Governor, two
bi-ennially for a term of four years and three elected members to
serve a term of two years.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES OF
MARYLAND
Institution at Towson, Baltimore County
Judge Frank I. Duncan. ..... Towson .................... 1943
Samuel Hoffberger. ........ .Baltimore ................. .1947
H. Courtenay Jenifer. ....... Towson .................... 1945
Philip S. Morgan............Baltimore ................. .1943
James Clarke Murphy....... Baltimore .................. 1945
Superintendent, Dr. William A. Bridges.
The Governor, with consent of Senate, appoints two bi-ennially for a
term of six years from first Monday in May. (Ch. 429, 1906.)
Most of the patients are free, only 13 per cent of the maintenance
being furnished by patients. Applications may be made by any physi-
cian practicing in the state, and patients are received in order of
their application. Address communications to the Superintendent at
the institution.
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