FISCAL RESEARCH BUREAU

John S. Shriver, Director
Janet L. Hoffman, Administrative Analyst

34 Hopkins Place, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 9-0366

The Fiscal Research Bureau was established by the General Assem-
bly of 1947 within the Department of Legislative Reference. The
Bureau acts as a staff agency of the General Assembly in fiscal mat-
ters; it serves the Legislative Council, committees of the General
Assembly and individual legislators on tax and fiscal matters. The
Bureau's general duties include the study of State agencies, study
of State and local taxation, study of State and local financial affairs
and fiscal relationships, collection of data on the revenue and expendi-
tures of the State's political sub-divisions, and compilation and pub-
lication of financial data on the sub-divisions. Each county, incor-
porated city or town or special taxing district is required to submit
a fiscal report to the Bureau annually. (Code 1951, Art. 41, secs. 122-
129; 1955 supp., Art. 19, secs. 35, 40-44).

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ................................ $29,160 $27,388
Staff: 3.

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

Chairman: C. Walter Cole, 1959
Avrum K. Rifman, 1969, Roger Howell, 1959

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,
secs. 130,131).

Appropriations 1965 1956
General Fund .................................... $2,000 $2,000

Staff: None.

BANK COMMISSIONER

William H. Kirkwood, Jr., Bank Commissioner, 1959
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