The Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources is hereby
created, to supersede the present State Geological and Economic Survey
Advisory Commission, the Bureau of Mines, the Water Front Commission,
and the Water Resources Commission, and take over all the personnel
powers and duties exercised by those agencies.. The Department shall be
under the direction of a Commission which shall consist of five members
appointed by the Governor from among the citizens of the State, with
character and ability and active interest in the proper development, use
and conservation of such resources. The members shall select their own
Chairman. Their term of office shall be five years from June 1, 1941, but
of those first appointed one shall serve for one year, one for two years,
one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years. The members
shall receive no compensation for their services.

The present State Geologist shall become Director of the Department,
but upon his death, removal or resignation the Director shall be appointed
by the Commission in accordance with the Merit System.

The Commission shall exercise general supervision over all matters per-
taining to:

The conduct of topographic, peologic. hydrographic, and magnetic
surveys.

The preparation of topographic, geologic and other types of maps to
meet specific needs.

The preparation of reports on the extent and character of the State's
mineral and water resources.

The control, as far as practicable, of the appropriation or use of surface
and underground waters of the State, and the control of the construction
and repairs of reservoirs, dams and waterway obstructions.

The investigation and recommendation of plans and policies for the
protection of the waterfront and waterways of the State against erosion.

BUREAU OF MINES

Chief Mine Engineer;

John J. Rutledge State Office Building, Annapolis
District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T. Powers Frostburg

Clyde J. Bowe Westernport
Mine Scale Inspector;

J. DeSales Maher Midland
Senior Stenographer:

Julia Jefferson Walbeck State Office Building, Annapolis
Junior Account Clerk:

E. Ruth Thomas State Office Building, Annapolis

The Bureau of Mines, now a separate unit in the Department of Geology,
Mines and Water Resources, was created in the State Board of Labor and
Statistics by the General Assembly of 1922. The Chief Mine Engineer was
appointed by the Governor from a list of eligibles prepared by the State Em-
ployment Commissioner. The Act became effective October 1, 1922.

The Act makes provision for the inspection, sanitation, ventilation and
safeguarding of all the operations connected with mining. Provision is also
made for the weighing of all coal mined in the State.