The Division of Parole and Probation was created as the successor
to the Parole Commissioner. The Board of Parole and Probation is
charged with responsibility for the administration of parole in
Maryland. The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints
the Director, for a term of two years; he automatically becomes the
Chairman of the Board of Parole and. Probation. The Director, the
Attorney General, the State Superintendent of Prisons, and the Chief
Probation Officer of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City constitute
the Board. The last three members serve ex-officio and without pay.
It is the Director who has the sole power to recommend persons to the
Governor for release on parole, but the Division makes such investi-
gations of applicants for executive clemency as the Governor directs.
The Governor has the sole power to pardon. The Director serves also
as Administrator of the Inter-State Compact for the reciprocal super-
vision of parolees and probationers. The Director also controls the
releases of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences at the State
Reformatory for Women and at the State Reformatory for Males who
have been recommended for his consideration by the Board of Correc-
tion. The Division makes available the services of its investigating
officers to the Circuit Courts and the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City. In addition to the Annapolis office, there are offices located in
Baltimore City, Chestertown, Hagerstown, Upper Marlboro and Elli-
cott City (Code 1939, Art. 41, secs. 75-78, 82-86).

The Inter-State Compact places under the jurisdiction of the Ad-
ministrator, during the parole or probationary period, any person con-
victed of an offense within the State of Maryland who may thereafter
be placed on probation or released on parole to reside in another
state. Similarly, the administrator decides whether parolees and
probationers from another state may reside in Maryland. The
Division is currently carrying about 189 cases under the Inter-State
Compact (Code 1939, Art. 41, sec. 89)

Expenditures, 1950 $154,192.92
Appropriation, 1951 170,528.00

Staff: 38.

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Milton A. Reckord, the Adjutant General and

Commanding General
Brigadier General Harry C. Ruhl, Executive Officer and

State Quartermaster
Colonel E. Leslie Medford, Military Assistant, Personnel

Officer and Chief Clerk.

Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Mulberry 3388

The Charter of Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore the power to
raise troops to put down insurrection or rebellion and to subdue the
enemies of the province. The military has been since that time an
integral part of the State's functions. The present military establish-
ment of Maryland is in conformity with the National Defense Act
of 1922 and subsequent amendments (Code 1939 and 1947 Supp. Art.
65). The Adjutant General is appointed by the Governor with the
consent of the Senate and serves until his successor is appointed and