SPRING GROVE STATE HOSPITAL

Isadore Tuerk, M.D., Superintendent
Catonsville, 28 (Baltimore County) Telephone: Ridgeway 7-4400

Spring Grove State Hospital was established in 1797. It provides
for the hospitalization of mentally ill white patients from Baltimore
City, Baltimore County and the counties of Southern Maryland,
although patients from other areas may be admitted as necessary.
The patient population is approximately 2,435.

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund ...... ...................... $2,994,404 $2,982,480

Staff: 777.

ROSEWOOD STATE TRAINING SCHOOL

George C. Mediary, M.D., Superintendent
Owings Mills (Baltimore County) Telephone: Hunter 6-5200

Rosewood State Training School was established by the General
Assembly of 1888, and the first children were admitted in 1889. The
school provides for the care and training of mentally retarded white
children from all parts of the State. The patient population is
approximately 1,290.

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund ............................... $1,991,132 $2,206,234

Staff: 545.

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chairman: Arthur H. Brice, Chairman, Commission of

Tidewater Fisheries
Ex-officio Members:
Ernest A. Vaughn, Director, Department of Game and

Inland Fish
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Director, Department of Geology,

Mines and Water Resources
Joseph F. Kaylor, Director, Department of Forests and

Parks

R. V. Truitt, Director, Department of Research and Edu-
cation

Appointed by Governor:

Lester N. Towner, 1954; Allen Heller, 1955; Maurice T.
Lusby, 1955; Philip R. Winebrenner, 1955; Charles S. Dell,
1956; John M. Nelson, Jr., 1957; George W. Todd, 1957.

William H. Bayliff, Executive Secretary

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 3-3405

In December 1940 the natural resources of Maryland were admin-
istered by nine separate conservation agencies. The General Assem-
bly of 1941 consolidated these nine agencies into five equal Depart-
ments (Code 1951, Art. 66C, sees. 6-21) namely, Department of
Tidewater Fisheries, Department of Game and Inland Fish, Depart-