pollution through chemical and bacterial analysis (Code 1947 Supp.,
Art. ISA, secs. 30, 32-34; Acts 1949, Ch. 239; Acts 1951, Chs. 75, 346).

Expenditures Appropriations

1950 1961
General funds ..........................................$34,665.53 $34,789.00
Federal funds .......................................... 8,168.40 ...........................

Total............................................................$42,833.93 $34,789.00
Staff: 9.

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Chairman: Gordon M. Cairns, Dean, College of Agriculture
William P. Cole, Chairman, State Board of Agriculture
Irwin C. Haut, Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
James M. Gwinn, Director, Agriculture Extension Service
Joseph F. Kaylor, Director, Department of Forests and Parks
Edward M. Davis, State Conservationist, U. S. Soil Conserva-
tion Service

Harry H. Reick, 1952; William R. Powell, 1952.
Fred L. Bull, Secretary

Edward M. Rider, Information Specialist
College Park Telephone: Warfield 3800

The State Soil Conservation Committee was established in 1937.
It is composed of the Chairman of the State Board of Agriculture, the
Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Director of the
Agriculture Extension Service, the Dean of the College of Agricul-
ture, the Director of Forests and Parks, the State Conservationist
of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service and two Soil Conservation
District Supervisors appointed by the State Board of Agriculture for
a term of one year (Acts 1951, Ch. 331). The officers of the Com-
mittee are selected by its members. The Committee's duties include
(1) rendering assistance to the supervisors of the several soil con-
servation districts, (2) providing information relating to the expe-
riences and activities of the several districts, (3) coordinating the
programs of the districts, (4) securing cooperation of the various
Federal and State agencies in the work of the districts, (5) dissemi-
nating information pertaining to soil conservation throughout the
State and (6) organizing new soil conservation districts where it is
deemed advisable. Soil conservation districts have been organized in
all counties of the State except Talbot (Code 1939, Art. 2A, sec. 48).

Expenditures: See University of Maryland.
Appropriations: 1951

General funds ..............................................................................$ 80,000.00
Federal funds .............................................................................. 360,000.00

Staff: 18.