INSPECTOR OF TOBACCO
STATE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.

J. Edward Proutt, Chief Inspector
P. Augustine Wheatley, Administrative Assistant
S. Charles at Conway Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Calvert 5785.

The Inspector of Tobacco, an office established in 1888, is appointed
by the Governor. He must be a resident of one of the tobacco grow-
ing counties and a tobacco grower or a duly qualified tobacco dealer.
The Inspector of Tobacco is responsible for the proper and adequate
inspection and grading of tobacco grown, sold or stored within the
State of Maryland. He is also responsible for the supervision of the
State Tobacco Warehouse and all property connected therewith in the
City of Baltimore (Code 1939, 1947 Supp. Art. 48, secs. 9-49)..

Appropriations: None.

1948 1949
Receipts from Storage and Inspec-
tion of Tobacco $60,426 $61,154.

Staff: 20.

COMMISSIONER OF TOBACCO MARKETING.

Herman W. Hewitt, Sr., 1947
Valley Lee Telephone: Great Mills 36-F-12.

The office of Commissioner of Tobacco Marketing was created by the
General Assembly (Code 1939, Art. 48, sec. 51). The Commissioner
is appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. He grants
licenses to all persons or corporations engaged in buying and selling
leaf tobacco; he has the power to revoke licenses with the right of
appeal in the Circuit Court. The Commissioner makes rules and regu-
lations as to the manner in which persons and corporations engaged
in buying and selling leaf tobacco shall keep their books and records,
which shall be open to inspection by the said Commissioner..

Appropriations: None.

1948 1949.

Fees and Licenses $3,000 $3,000
Staff: None.

MARYLAND TOBACCO AUTHORITY.

Chairman: W. B. Posey, 1951.

Ninion Barber, 1949; W. W. Dyson, 1949; Stanforth Shep-
perd, 1950; J. P. Ryon, 1950; Walter D. Addison, 1951;
Edward A. Miller, 1951; W. B. Posey, 1951.
John B. Morsell, Secretary-Treasurer.

The Maryland Tobacco Authority was created by the General As-
sembly of Maryland in 1947, and began to function July 1, 1948. The
Authority is composed of seven members appointed by the Governor.
Of the members first appointed, two shall serve for one year, two for.