into a single agency. The Director of the Department is appointed by
the Governor. In addition to having executive jurisdiction of the
Department, the Director reviews all leases for rental of office space
prior to their submission to the Board of Public Works for approval
(Code 1951, Art. 15A, sec. 14).

. Budget Bureau

The budget functions of the agency are vested in the Budget
Bureau, the chief of which is appointed by the Director. The Bureau
aids the Director in preparing a tentative budget for the Governor's
consideration and reviews all budget amendments presented by the
various State agencies. The Bureau may investigate the necessity for
all expenditures (Code 1951, Art. 16A, sees. 15-23).

Purchasing Bureau

The head of the Purchasing Bureau is also appointed by the
Director. This Bureau is charged with the purchase of all supplies,
material and equipment for the use of State agencies. A warehouse
is maintained for the storage of supplies paid for out of the Revolv-
ing Fund of $300,000. Supplies stocked by the Warehouse are pur-
chased from it by State agencies who are invoiced and make pay-
ment to the Revolving Fund in the same manner as to other vendors.
Monthly meetings are held with the superintendents of the various
State institutions and other State agencies, at which time samples
are examined and contracts awarded (Code 1951, Art. ISA, sees.
24..28).

As of March 1, 1949, the Department assumed the responsibility of
distribution of donable foods from the Production and Marketing
Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, to public and pri-
vate eleemosynary institutions and agencies in the State of Maryland.
There are 110 such institutions and agencies serving 24,000 persons.

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund $295,966 $312,420
Staff: 58.

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Edward D. E. Rollins, Attorney General, 1954
J. Edgar Harvey, Deputy Attorney General
W. Giles Parker, Assistant Attorney General
Robert Weinberg, Assistant Attorney General
Special Assistant Attorney Generals:

Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., for Comptroller of the Treasury
Joseph D. Buscher, for State Roads Commission
Aaron A. Baer, for Department of Employment Security
Marvin H. Smith, for Subversive Activities
Special Attorneys:

Philip T. McCusker, for State Accident Fund
Harry A. Cole, for State Accident Fund
Frederick A. Puderbaugh, for State Roads Commission
John B. Russell, for State Roads Commission
Noah A. Hillman, for Commission of Tidewater Fisheries
1201 Mathieson Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 9..5413

The Attorney General is elected by the people for a term of four
years (Const. 1867, Art. 5, sec. 1). He is the Director of the Depart-