for the use of the Court of Appeals and the Judges, although at-
torneys and laymen have free access to the books. The Reference
section is for the use of the general public. In all there are about 112,-
000 volumes in the library.

It has on its shelves not only an extensive collection of law books, in-
cluding an English collection, but a large number of exceptionally
valuable reference volumes, many of which are now out of print, and
which are being freely consulted by authors, students, research work-
ers and others from all parts of the country, among them the four
rare Audubon volumes; a complete file of the Maryland Gazette, one
of the first newspapers published in this country; historical reference
books of colonial times, and the records of the wars of the Revolu-
tion and 1812; books on travel, art and miscellaneous subjects, as well
as fiction and the current magazines.

The reading room is open to the public daily, where any of the
volumes in the Library may be consulted.

Members of the Library Committee are: Ogle Marbury, Chief Judge,
Court of Appeals, Judge Edward S. Delaplaine, Judge Stephen R.
Collins, and Malcolm Coaan, Reporter of the Court of Appeals.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Annapolis

Telephone: 2983

Name Postoffice
Superintendent:
R. Chester Cromwell...... .......... .................Brooklyn R.F.D. No. 9,

Anne Arundel County, Md.
Chief Engineer:

E. Lee Kries.............. ............108 Market St., Annapolis
The Superintendent and all employees in this department are ap-
pointed by the Governor. (Ch. 551, 1906.)

The Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds is the custo-
dian of the State Capitol, Court of Appeals Building, Government
House and State Office Building in the City of Annapolis.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

The Finance Department embraces three divisions, (1) the Board of
Public Works (2) the Division of Financial Review and Control, and
(3) the Division of Deposit and Disbursement.

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Union Trust Building, Baltimore I
Telephone: PLaza 4300

Board consists of the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and
State Treasurer:
Governor:

Herbert R. O'Conor....... — ........................... .......Annapolis
Comptroller of the Treasury:
J. Millard Tawes... ................ .................. .........Crisfield