BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chairman: Arthur H. Brice, Chairman, Commission of

Tidewater Fisheries
Ex-officio Members:

Ernest A. Vaughn, Director, Department of Game and In-
land Fish
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Director, Department of Geology,

Mines and Water Resources
Joseph F. Kaylor, Director, Department of Forests and

Parks

R. V. Truitt, Director, Department of Research and Edu-
cation
Appointed by Governor:

Nelson Colbourn, 1952; B. C. F. Mulieri, 1952; George S. .
Miles, 1953; John M. Nelson, Jr., 1953; Lester N. Towner,
1954; Allen Heller. 1955; Maurice T. Lusby. 1955; Philip R.
Winebrenner, 1955.
William H. Bayliff, Executive Secretary

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Annapolis 3405

In December 1940 the natural resources of Maryland were ad-
ministered by nine separate conservation agencies. The General As-
sembly of 1941 consolidated these nine agencies into five equal Depart-
ments (Code 1947 Supp., Art. 19A, secs. 5-12G), namely, Department
of Tidewater Fisheries, Department of Game and Inland Fish, Depart- .
ment of Forests and Parks, Department of Geology, Mines and Water
Resources, Department of Research and Education. The Bureau of
Mines, formerly attached to the Department of Labor and Industry,
was placed under the Department of Geology, Mines and Water
Resources.

The same act which established these five Departments also created
the Board of Natural Resources to coordinate and integrate the ac-
tivities of these Departments (Code 1947 Supp., Art. 19A, secs. 1-4).
The Board is composed of five ex-officio ana eight appointive mem-
bers. The ex-officio members are the Chairman of the Commission
of Tidewater Fisheries and the Directors of each of the four re-
maining Departments. Eight appointive members hold office for four-
year terms and are designated by the Governor as follows: two from
the tidewater counties of the Eastern Shore, two from the tidewater
counties of the Western Shore and four from the State-at-large.
The Chairman of the Commission of Tidewater Fisheries is desig-
nated by law as the Chairman of the Board, and since the former
office is appointive, he is, for all practical purposes, also an ap-
pointive member. The Board is, therefore, composed of four profes-
sional ex-officio members who are Directors of Departments under
Merit System rules of tenure and who, therefore, form its permanent
nucleus; the remaining nine members, including the Chairman, are
appointed by the Governor. The members of the Board receive no
salary for their services. The Board was created to formulate broad
general policies on conservation. It is directed to publish an annual
report covering the activities of the five conservation Departments
and is authorized to approve or disapprove certain regulations per-
taining to the crab fishery (Code 1947 Supp., Art. 39, sec. 110B).
Expenditures, 1950 ........................................................ ............$12,772.82
Appropriation, 1951 ................................................................... 14,285.00

Staff: 3.