42). The results of all referenda and constitutional amendments
submitted to the electorate are certified by the Secretary. He keeps
and publishes the results of elections held in the State; and in addi-
tion keeps the records of the State Board of Canvassers of which he
is a member (Code 1939, Art. 33, secs. 127, 220). A record of all
commissions issued and all appointments made by the Governor is
kept by his office (Code 1939, Art. 41, sec. 67). This office also main-
tains a record of trade marks and trade names used within the State.
There is also maintained here a registry of the employees of agents and
counsels who appear before the General Assembly in connection with
any act or proposed act, and all such persons must declare, under oath,
the amounts expended by them while engaged in such activity. The
Secretary of State is also the legally designated attorney for non-
resident. drivers involved in accidents on Maryland highways, and all
processes or warrants served upon him, in this connection, have the
same legal effect as though they were served upon the individual
(Code 1939, Art. 56, secs. 188-90)..

Publications: Maryland Manual, 1945-46.
Election Laws of Maryland, Annapolis, 1946, 1948.
The Constitution of Maryland, Annapolis, 1946..

1948 1949
Appropriations ... - .............................$21,726 $18,816
Staff: 6..

COURT OF APPEALS
Chief Judge:.

Ogle Marbury, Second Appellate Circuit— .. ... . . Laurel, 1952
Associate Judges:.

Stephen R. Collins, First Appellate Circuit ... Chestertown, 1957
C. Gus Grason, Second Appellate Circuit... ...Towson, 1951
Edward S. Delaplaine, Third Appellate Circuit Frederick, 1957
William L. Henderson, Fourth Appellate Circuit.

Baltimore, 1961.

Charles Markell, Fourth Appellate Circuit Baltimore, 1961
Maurice Ogle, Clerk of the Court
James Lloyd Young, Chief Deputy Clerk
Malcolm J. Coan, Court. Reporter.

Court of Appeals Bldg., Annapolis Telephone: Annapolis 4261-2411.

The Court of Appeals is the highest tribunal of the State of Mary-
land. It was created by the Constitution of 1776. From 1776 to 1805
the Court sat in Annapolis, on the Western Shore. Between 1805 and
1851 Easton on the Eastern Shore as well as Annapolis was the
meeting place of the Court. Since 1851 the Court has met only at
Annapolis..

By the terms of the reorganization Act of 1943, the Court is com-
posed of five judges, one being elected from each of the first three
Appellate Judicial Circuits and two from the Fourth Appellate Judi-
cial Circuit which is Baltimore City. The terms of the Judges are
for fifteen years. The reorganization Act further provided that all
Judges sitting on the Court at the time of the reorganization, other
than those representing the Appellate Circuits, should continue to.