MARYLAND STATE FAIR BOARD

Chairman: P. C. Turner, 1963

Lloyd Balderson III, 1952; Louis McL. Merryman, 1962;
Harry Rieck, 1953; Roy C. Weagly, 1953; Robert V. Norris,
1954; Granville H. Hibberd, 1954; Edward F. Holter, 1954.

R. Nelson Phelps, Executive Secretary
Administration Building,
State Fair Grounds,
Timonium, Md. Telephone: Towson 3360

The Maryland State Fair Board is composed of nine members
appointed by the Governor for a term of three years. It is the
function of the Board to encourage and foster agriculture through
the promotion and assistance of bona fide agricultural fairs and
exhibits. Financial assistance is extended to qualifying organizations
for premium awards to exhibitors of agricultural displays (Code
1947, Supp. Art. 2A, secs. 16-18).

Expenditures, 1950, Special Funds $216,307.01
Appropriation, 1951, Special Funds 209,250.00

Staff: 2.

INSPECTOR OF TOBACCO
STATE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
J. George Eierman, Chief inspector
P. Augustine Wheatley, Administrative Assistant
S. Charles at Conway Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Mulberry 5785

The Inspector of Tobacco, an office established in 1888, is appointed
by the Governor. He must be a resident of one of the tobacco grow-
ing counties and a tobacco grower or a duly qualified tobacco dealer.
The Inspector of Tobacco is responsible for the proper and adequate
inspection and grading of tobacco grown, sold or stored within the
State of Maryland. He is also responsible for the supervision of the
State Tobacco Warehouse and all property connected therewith in the
City of Baltimore (Code 1939, 1947 Supp. Art, 48, secs. 9-49).

Expenditures, 1950, Special Funds $57,490.27
Appropriation, 1951, Special Funds 65,308.00
Staff: 20.

COMMISSIONER OF TOBACCO MARKETING

The office of Commissioner of Tobacco Marketing was created by the
General Assembly in 1939 (Code 1939, Art. 48, sec. 51). The Commis-
sioner is appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. He grants
licenses to all persons or corporations engaged in buying and selling
leaf tobacco; he has the power to revoke licenses with the right of
appeal in the Circuit Court. The Commissioner makes rules and regu-
lations as to the manner in which persons and corporations engaged