permits to operate cars or motorcycles is vested solely in the Com-
missioner. He not only controls issuance of licenses and can refuse
to permit an unfit applicant to operate a car in the State, but in addi-
tion he holds the power of suspension for a stated period or the abso-
lute revocation of a driver's permit. This without regard to the action
of the Courts in cases tried before them.

Appeal to the Courts from the action of the Commissioner, in sus-
pending, refusing or revoking licenses, is provided in the law, however.

By recent Acts of the Legislature, the following appear as safety
measures designed to enable the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to
make the state highways safe and thereby reduce accidents to a
minimum, viz: (1) upon inability to satisfy a judgment arising from
an automobile accident or collision or certain infractions of the motor
vehicle laws, certain evidence of financial responsibility must be pro-
duced to the Commissioner before licenses may be restored; (2) shat-
ter-proof glass is required in all motor vehicles manufactured or
assembled, sold and registered in this State after July 1, 1935; (3)
periodical inspection of vehicles by designated agencies.

DEPARTMENT OF
MARYLAND STATE POLICE

Headquarters..Pikesville Armory, Pikesville, Maryland.

Name Postoffice
Colonel Beverly Ober

Superintendent (Term expires 1947) Baltimore, Md.
Major Edward McK. Johnson,

Executive Officer Baltimore, Md.
Captain Ruxton M. Ridgely

Ass't to State Liaison Officer and Supervisor of Training, Baltimore,Md.
Captain Andrew T. Conner

Administrative Officer Baltimore, Md.
Lieutenant William H. Weber

Field Force Commander . Brooklyn Park, Md.
Lieutenant George E. Davidson

Bureau of Investigation and Identification Rockdale, Md.
Lieutenant Wilbur H. Conroy

Director of Training Baltimore, Md.
Leiutenant Marlin D. Brubaker

Traffic Collision Statistical Bureau Towson, Md.
Howard M. Bubert, M.D.

Department Physician Baltimore, Md.
The Department of Maryland State Police was created by Chapter 303
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1935. The passage of this Act re-
sulted in the transfer of the personnel of the Motorcycle Department and
other personnel of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to the Department
of Maryland State Police, and delegated to the Department of Maryland
State Police general police authority with specified limitations and the en-
forcement of the motor vehicle laws of the State.

The direction of the Department is vested in the Superintendent, who
holds the rank of Colonel. He is appointed by the Governor with the advice
and consent of the Senate for four years, from the first day of June follow-
ing his appointment.