Board of Health, 1955; Russell H. McCain, Chairman, State
Roads Commission, 1955; Davis C. Burrough, Eastern
Shore, 1955; John B. Funk, Western Maryland, 1954;
Thomas B. Symons, Southern Maryland, 1963.

I. Alvin Pasarew, Director

100 Equitable Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 6411

The Maryland State Planning Commission, established in 1933. con-
sists of the President of the Legislative Council and the Director of
the Department of Public Improvements as ex-officio members and
seven members appointed by the Governor for terms of four years. Of
the seven appointive members one must be the Director or a member
of the State Board of Public Welfare, one must be the Director or a
member of the State Board of Health, one the Chief Engineer or a
member of the State Roads Commission, one must be a resident of the
Eastern Shore, one a resident of Central Maryland including Balti-
more City, one 'a resident of Southern Maryland, and one a resident
of Western Maryland.

The functions of this Commission are to prepare or coordinate plans
for the physical development of the State including plans for complete
systems of State or regional highways, expressways, parkways, parks,
water supply and forest reservations and airways and air terminals;
to advise with State departments and bureaus, local authorities and
individuals, with a view to the coordination of all physical develop-
ment plans related to State activities; to make surveys of rural land
utilization to determine areas suitable for field crops, reforestation,
watershed protection, recreation, summer residence and urban expan-
sion, to prepare a long-term development program of major State
improvements; and generally, to make available information on sub-
jects affecting the health and welfare of the people of Maryland. The
Commission maintains a current inventory of study and research con-
ducted by State agencies, in behalf, or in the interests, of the State
(Code 1947 Supp., Art. 88C, secs. 1-8).

To carry out these functions the Commission is currently: (1)
studying the nursing needs of the State; (2) surveying the capital
improvement needs of the various State agencies and the financial
problems pertaining thereto; (3) developing a master recreation plan
of the State in cooperation with the Department of Forests and Parka;
(4) surveying the recreation potentials of Western Maryland; (5)
continuing its collection of economic and social trends within the
State; (6) serving in an advisory capacity for local and regional
planning and zoning agencies; (7) cooperating with out-of-state
firms seeking new locations, and maintaining for this purpose a
current inventory of vacant industrial plants in Maryland; (8) as-
sisting municipal and county groups in preparing evaluations of their
communities to further their economic growth.

The Commission has recently completed a plan for the development
of the Patapsco River Valley Park. Research reports and studies
completed within the past year or currently in progress include: a