the State's medical care program in the counties and Baltimore City;
a survey of nursing needs and resources of the State; and a study
of the relationship of the medical schools to the Chronic Illness
Program.

Appropriations 1953 1964
General Fund $84,707 $68,428
Special Fund 7,900 6,250

Totals $92,607 $74,678
Staff: 14.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

Nathan L. Smith, Director, 1955
James J. O'Donnell, Assistant Director
Garrett O. Billmire, Assistant Director
Laurence P. Sangston, Principal Architect
Albert P. Backhaus, Principal Building Engineer
Dorothy C. Unger, Executive Secretary

506 Park Avenue, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Plaza 2-2530

The Department of Public Improvements was created by the Legis-
lature in 1947. The Director of Public Improvements, the designated
head of the Department, is appointed by the Governor for a term of
four years.

The duties of the Department of Public Improvements consist, in
part, of the following: to assist and advise the Board of Public
Works and other State agencies on all matters of engineering sur-
veys, plans, specifications and contracts for public improvements that
may come before the Board or in which a State agency may be inter-
ested; to select and appoint architects and engineers, subject to ap-
proval of the Board of Public Works, to prepare plans and specifica-
tions for all public improvements; to assist the State Planning Com-
mission in the development of technical details necessary for the
preparation of the Capital Improvement Program; to collect and main-
tain a complete and accurate file of plats and surveys of the location
of all public improvements; and to represent the Board of Public
Works at the opening of all bids for public improvements and tabu-
late, record and advise the Board of such bids. The Department main-
tains an inspection division with representation on all major projects
to insure adherence to established standards and specifications. As
charged by law, the Department prepared and presented a State Build-
ing Code to the 1951 session of the General Assembly (Code 1951, Art.
41, sec. 202; Art, 78A, sees. 11-16, 19).

Board of Architectural Review

Richard W. Ayers, 1956; Jackson P. Ketchum, 1955; D. K.
Este Fisher, Jr., 1955; Paul L. Gaudreau, 1955; Francis
H. Jencks, 1955; Charles M. Nes, Jr., 1955; Lucius R. White,
Jr., 1955.

The Board of Architectural Review is composed of seven members
appointed for a term of four years by the Director of the Depart-
ment of Public Improvements from a list of nominations submitted
by the Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
The Board acts in an advisory capacity to the Department of Public