DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Hall Hammond, Attorney General, 1964
J. Edgar Harvey, Deputy Attorney General
Robert M. Thomas, Assistant Attorney General
Kenneth C. Proctor, Assistant Attorney General

Special Assistant Attorney Generals:
Ward B. Coe, Jr., for Comptroller of the Treasury
Joseph D. Buscher, for State Roads Commission
Aaron A. Baer, for Department of Employment Security

Special Attorneys:

Philip T. McCusker, for State Accident Fund
Frederick A. Puderbaugh, for State Roads Commission
John B. Russell, for State Roads Commission
Ambrose T. Hartnett, Law Clerk

1201 Mathieson Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 5413

The Attorney General is elected by the people for a term of four
years (Const. 1867, Art. 5, sec. 1). He is the Director of the Depart-
ment of Law which was established in 1916. The Attorney Gen-
eral serves as legal counsel to the Governor, the General Assembly,
and to all departments, boards, or commissions of the State, except-
ing the Public Service Commission whose counsel is appointed by the
Governor. The Attorney General or his Assistants represent the
State in all litigations, including criminal appeals, before the Court
of Appeals. The Law Department acts as counsel to all Baltimore
City officials appointed by the Governor, and to the Clerks of Courts,
the Registers of Wills, the Sheriffs, the State's Attorneys, and the
Trial Magistrates of the several counties and the City of Baltimore,
as well as certain other county officials. The Department, however, does
not represent the Boards of County Commissioners, the Boards of
Education, the Boards of Supervisors of Elections or such other
boards or officials of the counties who have the power to employ
and appoint their own counsel. The Attorney General may render an
opinion on any legal subject or matter upon the request of the Gov-
ernor, the General Assembly, or either house thereof, or of any de-
partment or agency of the State (Code 1939, 1947 Supp., Art. 32A).

The administrative rules and regulations promulgated by any State
officer or agency must be submitted to the Attorney General for re-
view as to their legality before they may become effective (Acts
1949, Ch. 738).

Expenditures, 1950 $53,411.79
Appropriation, 1951 ' 54,235.00
Staff: 16.