arrest of any person so wanted. The Governor may also ask for the
return to this State of any prisoner or person of another State wanted
for the violation of the laws of Maryland (II, 20)..

1948 1949
Appropriations ....................................... .......$78,107 $78,473
Staff: 10..

GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL.

James J. Lacy, Comptroller
Hooper S. Miles, Treasurer
Hall Hammond, Attorney General
Tasker G. Lowndes, Chairman of the State Board of Educa-
tion
Harry Clifton Byrd, President and Executive Officer of the.

University of Maryland and State Board of Agriculture
Reuben Oppenheimer, Director Department of Correction
J. Milton Patterson, Director Department of Public Welfare
Robert H. Riley, M.D., Director of Health
Robert M. Reindollar, Director Department of Public Works
W. Lee Elgin, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Hamilton R. Atkinson, Police Commissioner of Baltimore City
John E. Clark, Chairman Board of Natural Resources
Walter D. Owens, Commissioner of State Employment, and
Registration.

The Advisory Council is authorized to meet with the Governor from
time to time for the consideration of general State policy, finances,
and institutional work and conditions (Code 1947, Supp. Art. 41,
sec. 41).
GOVERNOR'S MILITARY STAFF.

Chief of Staff: Major General Milton A. Reckord,
The Adjutant General.

The Governor is authorized to appoint at his pleasure a military-
staff to consist of the Adjutant General and not more than twelve
aides selected from the commissioned officers of the State Militia
(Code 1939, Art. 65, sec. 9)..

SECRETARY OF STATE.

Bertram Lee Boone II, Secretary of State
James P. Brock, Administrative Assistant
State House, Annapolis Telephone: Annapolis 2666.

The office of Secretary of State was created in 1837 by an amend-
ment to the Constitution of 1776. The Secretary of State is appointed
by the Governor with the consent of the Senate and serves during the
Governor's term (Const. 1867, Art. II, sec. 22). The Secretary of
State acts as general secretary to the Governor attesting his signature
on all public documents, commissions, warrants, proclamations and
such other public papers as may be required. The Secretary is the
custodian of the Great Seal of the State (Code 1939, Art. 41, sec..