INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

(Ch. 320..Acts of 1939)

Name. Address.
Hon. Herbert R. O'Conor (Governor) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..Annapolis
L. Harold Sothoron.. ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ..... ................... Brentwood
George F. Hazelwood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Cumberland

Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1939 created a commission consisting
of three (3) members to act jointly with commissions appointed for
like purposes by the State of West Virginia, the Commonwealths of
Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and an
additional three (3) members to be appointed by the President of the
United States and which, together with the other commissions ap-
pointed as above mentioned, shall constitute and be known as the
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. The said com-
mission for the State of Maryland shall consist of the Governor of
the state and two members to be named by the Governor who shall
be actual residents in the Potomac River Drainage Basin. The terms
of the members appointed by the Governor shall be two years, the first
of such appointments of two members to be made June 1, 1939, and
they shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual
expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties.

UPPER POTOMAC RIVER COMMISSION

(Chapter 409, Act of 1935.)
(Amended Ch. 6, Act of Extra Session, 1936.)
(Ch. 143..1939)

John McMullen, Chairman............... 1947............................ Cumberland

(Appointed by the Governor)

Owen E. Hitchins.............. 1945................ Cumberland
(Appointed by Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County)
George Warnick. ................ 1943............... Bloomington
(Appointed by Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County)

The Commission is composed of three members, one appointed by
the County Commissioners of Garrett County, one by the County Com-
missioners of Allegany County, and the third by the Governor, who
also designates the Chairman. The terms of the Commissioners are
six years from May 1, 1936, except those first appointed by the County
Commissioners of Garrett County and Allegany County serve for two
and four years, respectively, and their successors for six years, so
that the term of one Commissioner shall expire biennially.

The purpose of the law creating the Commission is to conserve,
regulate and control water resources within the Upper Potomac River
District, consisting of Allegany County and Election District No. 4
of Garrett County; and the Commission is authorized to acquire
lands, structures or buildings, or any stream bed, waterway, water-
shed or water rights, for the construction, operation and maintenance
of any dam, reservoir, etc. The County Commissioners of Allegany
County are authorized to levy taxes for the operation, maintenance,
regulation and control of works purchased, acquired or constructed
under the Act.