vides for the care of mentally ill patients from Baltimore City, Bal-
timore County and the counties of Western Maryland, although pa-
tients from other areas may be admitted as necessary. The budget
is predicated upon a population of 3,400 for the fiscal year 1955-1956.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ...................... $4,007,122 $4,271,344
Staff: 953.

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 patients from Baltimore City,
Baltimore County and the counties of Southern Maryland, although
patients from other areas may be admitted as necessary. The budget
is predicated upon a population of 2,725 for the fiscal year 1955-1956.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ...................... $3,234,107 $3,516,803
Staff: 793.

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chairman: John P. Tawes, Chairman, Commission of Tide-
water 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
L. Eugene Cronin, Director, Department of Research and

Education
Appointed by Governor:

Lester N. Towner, 1954; D. Raymond Snively, 1955; Mau-
rice T. Lusby, Jr., 1955; Philip R. Winebrener, 1955; Charles
S. Dell, Sr., 1956; George W. Todd, 1956; John M. Nelson,
Jr., 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. 66G, secs. 6-21) namely, Department of
Tidewater Fisheries, Department of Game and Inland Fish, Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks, Department of Geology, Mines and Water
Resources, Department of Research and Education. The Bureau of
Mines, formerly attached to the Department of Labor and Statistics,
was placed under the Department of Geology, Mines and Water
Resources.

The same act which established these five Departments also created
the Board of Natural Resources to coordinate and integrate the