FISCAL RESEARCH BUREAU
Janet L. Hoffman, Acting Director
34 Hopkins Place, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 9-0366

The Fiscal Research Bureau was established by Act of the General
Assembly in 1947 within the Department of Legislative Reference.
Its general duties include the collection of data on the revenue and
appropriations of the political sub-divisions of the State, the study
of State and local taxation, the study of State and local fiscal rela-
tionships, and assisting State commissions and the committees of the
General Assembly on tax and fiscal matters. Each county, incorpo-
rated city or town or special taxing district is required to submit a
copy of its annual fiscal report to the Bureau (Code 1951, Art. 41,
sees. 122-129; Acts 1953, ch. 195).

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund $28,474 $28,985

Staff: 3.

COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORMITY
OF LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Chairman: C. Walter Cole, 1955
Eugene G. Feinblatt, 1955; Roger Howell, 1955

Masonic Building, Towson 4 Telephone: Valley 3-8465

The Governor, every fourth year, appoints this Board of three
Commissioners, who represent Maryland in the National Conference
of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The Commissioners exam-
ine into and ascertain the best means to effect uniformity in the laws
of the States. They meet on call of the Chairman to determine what
acts to sponsor before the Legislative Council of Maryland. They
meet with representatives of the other States in the National Con-
ference to draft laws to be submitted for the approval and adoption
of the several States, and to recommend measures for the promotion
of uniform legislation. The Commissioners receive no salary but are
allowed their actual disbursements for expenses (Code 1951, Art. 41,
sees. 130,131).

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund $2,700 $2,000

Staff: None.

BANK COMMISSIONER

William H. Kirkwood, Jr., Bank Commissioner, 1955
John D. Hospelhorn, Deputy Bank Commissioner
H. E. Meeks, Chief Examiner
Frank L. Wilson, Discount Supervisor
307 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 9-4242

The office of the Bank Commissioner was created in 1910. The
Bank Commissioner is appointed by the Governor for a term of
four years. The department has general supervision over all bank-