by the Governor have the force of law. Each employee in the Classi-
fied and Unclassified Service is paid at one of the rates set forth in
the pay plan for the grade or class of position in which he is em-
ployed. The pay plan is used by the Governor in the preparation of
the budget. The Board has the authority to formulate rules and regu-
lations for the administration of the Act. These rules include provi-
sions for automatic increases, from minimum to maximum, of the
rates established by the schedule; and, after approval by the Gov-
ernor, have the force of law. Meetings of the Board are held each
month (Code 1947, Supp. Art. 64A, secs. 15-17).

Expenditures, 1950 $1,006.20
Appropriation, 1951 1,600.00
Staff: None.

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
The Board of Trustees:
Chairman: Hooper S. Miles, State Treasurer

Ex-officio Members: J. Millard Tawes, Comptroller of the
Treasury; James G. Rennie, Director, Department of Budget
and Procurement; Russell S. Davis, State Employment Com-
missioner.

Appointed by the Board of Public Works: Albert W.
Ward, 1953.

Elected by the Members George E. Gannon, 1953; Albert
S. Gordon, 1955.

John P. Mannion, Director
Thomas I. Hays, Executive Secretary
C. W. Barnes, Assistant Executive Secretary
31 Light Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 6169

The Employees' Retirement System was established in 1941 to
provide a plan of retirement and to administer pensions to retired
state employees. The System is under the direction of a Board of
Trustees of seven members, four of whom are ex-officio; one is ap-
pointed by the Board of Public Works for a four-year term, and two
are elected for four year terms by the state employees who are
members of the Retirement System. Not included within the Retire-
ment System are the faculty members of the State Teachers Colleges,
Morgan College and the University of Maryland who are members of
the Teachers' Retirement System, the uniformed personnel of the
Maryland State Police who have their own retirement plan, and
certain other groups of State employees as defined by law (Code
1947 Supp. Art. 73B).

Expenditures, 1950 $1,898,530.00
Appropriation, 1951 i 2,060,821.00
Staff: 8.