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electorate are certified by the Secretary. He keeps and publishes the
results of elections held in the State, and in addition, keeps the rec-
ords of the State Board of Canvassers of which he is a member (Code
1947 Supp., Art. 33, sees. 105, 106, 202, 203). A record of all com-
missions issued and all appointments made by the Governor is kept
by his office (Code 1939, Art. 41, sec. 67). This office also maintains
a record of trade marks and trade names used within the State (Acts
1949, Ch. 313). Also maintained here is a registry of all legislative
agents and counsels, the legislative subjects in which they are in-
terested, and the amounts expended by them while engaged in such
activity (Code 1939, Art. 40, sees. 4-13). The Secretary of State is
also the legally designated attorney for non-resident drivers, avia-
tors and aircraft owners involved in accidents in Maryland. 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, sees. 188-90; Art. 66%, sec. 106; Acts 1949, Ch.
607). All administrative rules or regulations adopted by any State
officer or department must be filed with the Secretary of State who
shall be responsible for publishing such rules and regulations and
supplements thereto (Acts 1949, Ch. 738).

Expenditures, 1949 ......--...........----..--$29,930.74

Appropriation, 1950 .................................................................... 29,383.00

Staff: 7.

COURT OF APPEALS

Chief Judge:

Ogle Marbury, Second Appellate Circuit..............................Laurel, 1962

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
Edward H. Hammond, Court Reporter
Court of Appeals BIdg., 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 1777 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