The functions of the Commission shall be to promote traffic safety
on the streets and highways and in other public places throughout
the State of Maryland; to co-ordinate the activities of public and
private agencies interested in or affected by the problems of traffic
safety; and to assist such agencies and to augment their activites by
study, education and information.

To carry out its functions, the Commission may require any State,
County, municipal or other public agency of this State to supply in-
formation and assistance for the Commission in the performance of
its duties; may co-operate with private business, educational and
charitable organizations and private individuals interested in traffic
safety; and may appoint sub-committees in the counties and munici-
palities of the State to assist in its work. Members of the Com-
mission are:

Name Term Expires Postoffice
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Honorary Chairman ...... ..... Annapolis
Isaac S. George, General Chairman 1947..........................Baltimore
Caesar L. Aiello............... ................1947......................Hyattsville
Hamilton R. Atkinson . . .... ...........1949 ...... ........ ................Baltimore
Mrs. Guy R. Clements 194,9—.. .............. ... Annapolis
Washington L. Cleveland................1946.... ..................... ... Kensington
Edwin A. Dempsey— ............1946—.. .......... —Towson
W. Lee Elgin.............. ..................1945.............. .......Hagerstown
Mrs. Harry L. Harcum— .........1949 ........................Salisbury
Holger Jensen ....... .... ......... 1946 .........................Baltimore
A. Burton Metzger... .............. 1947 ..............Baltimore
Col. Beverly Ober ................1947 ......... Baltimore
John R. Sherwood..................1945 .... —.... Baltimore
Dr. S. S. Steinberg..... .......1947............College Park
William B. Usilton, 3rd.. ........ 1947 .. —Chestertown
Dr. Charles J. Wells...............1949 — .......... Baltimore
Major Ezra B. Whitman .........1946 ..................Baltimore
Samuel H. Hoffberger ........1949 .............Baltimore
Lloyd C. Culler.... —.. .......1949— ... ......... ....Frederick
Edgar R. McShane, Executive Secretary..................Baltimore
Miss Bertha G. Durney, Senior Clerk..................Centreville

COMMITTEE TO REVIEW MOTOR VEHICLE LEGISLATION
In view of the excellent accomplishments of the Commission cre-
ated by Chapter 274 of the Acts of 1941 to study and investigate the
entire subject of motor vehicle regulation and control, Governor Her-
bert R. O'Conor asked the members of the Commission to serve as a
continuing body to consider problems arising under the new Motor
Vehicle Code passed by the 1943 session. The new Chief Judge of the
Baltimore City Traffic Court was added to the Committee by the
Governor.

Robert France, Chairman .............................Baltimore
Justinus Gould, Research Consultant and Secretary...... Baltimore
Hon. Earl Bennett.................................Cambridge
George E. Keneipp .................... Baltimore
Palmer R. Nickerson..............................Baltimore
Hon. John S. White ......................................Brentwood
Roger B. Wolfe................. ........ ............Frederick
E. R. McShane .... ... ........................ ......... .... Baltimore
D. Marshall Schroeder................... — ........... ...... Baltimore
Judge Joseph M. Wyatt—.. ....... ...... .............. Baltimore