of commercial licenses issued each year for the taking of fin-fish.
The third is a program of interstate cooperation which is concerned
primarily with the crabbing industry. In addition, each of these—
crabbing, fin-fishing, and oystering is subject to certain regulatory
restrictions. To enforce these regulations, the Department maintains
a fleet of thirty-six patrol boats and one patrol plane (Code 1951, Art.
66C, secs. 6,12).

Appropriations 1955 1956
Special Fund .............................. $959,437 $980,254
Staff: 140.

DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISH

Chairman: William B. Holton, 1955
Vice Chairman: R. Frank Wimbrow, 1957
W. Desmond Walker, 1954; George D. Walters, 1956;
Royden S. Blunt, 1958.

Ernest A. Vaughn, Director
Harold Smith Kolmer, Assistant Director

George B. Shields, Chief Game Warden
Edwin M. Barry, Chief, Inland Fish Management
Chester M. Kearns, Chief, Game Management

Malcolm E. King, Public Relations Director
Albert M. Powell, Superintendent Fish Hatcheries

L. Maurice Amoss, Accountant

516 Munsey Bldg., Baltimore 2 Telephone: Saratoga 7-3064—7-3056

Region I: Allegany, Garrett and Washington Counties
Joseph A. Minke, Regional Game Warden
Dale Howard Arner, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region II: Carroll, Frederick, Howard and Montgomery Counties

Benjamin F. Phebus, Regional Game Warden
Lewis S. Rudasill, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region III: Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St.

Mary's Counties

Arthur D. Jones, Regional Game Warden
Philip D. Lines, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region IV: Baltimore, Cecil and Harford Counties
Gordon L. Saunders, Regional Game Warden
Dale E. Scheffer, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region V: Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties
James W. Ivens, Jr., Regional Game Warden
Howard R. Zeiler, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region VI: Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties

Battie Mixon, Regional Game Warden
John Warren, Wildlife Field Superintendent

The Department of Game and Inland Fish is associated with the
Board of Natural Resources. The present Department, established in
1943, superseded the Game and Inland Fish Commission and the game
and inland fish functions of the Conservation Department. The
Department of Game and Inland Fish is under the direction of a non-
salaried commission of five members appointed by the Governor from
the several geographical regions of the State. The term of each
member is five years, one term expiring each year. The Commission
elects a chairman and a vice-chairman from its membership, and
appoints the Director of the Department. The Commission has the
power to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary