judicates all claims for compensation for disability caused by an
occupational disease. The decisions of the Board are subject to re-
view by the Workmen's Compensation Commission (Code 1951, Art.
101, sec. 26-28).

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds $261,072 $344,896
Staff: 53.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE ACCIDENT FUND

Chairman: Thomas W. Offutt, 1958
Vice-Chairman: Joseph D. Weiner, 1956
Secretary: C. Rutledge Turner, 1959

Elmer W. Sterling, 1960; Robert R. Stofberger, 1962
Richard K. Coggins, Superintendent
M. Katherine Sahm, Assistant Superintendent
Ernest N. Cory, Attorney to the Board
U. Theodore Hayes, Attorney to the Board
J. Howard Holzer, Attorney to the Board

31 Light Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2-4876

The State Accident Fund, originally a part of the State Industrial
Accident Commission, was established as a separate agency in 1941.
It is directed by a five-man Board, appointed by the Governor for
five-year terms, one term expiring each year (Code 1951, Art. 101,
secs. 69, 70). The Board elects its officers annually. It administers
the State Accident Fund, which is the State's Workmen's Compensa-
tion Insurance Carrier. Through the Fund, employers may carry
insurance for the payment of claims that may arise from accidents
and injuries to the employees as allowed under the Workmen's Com-
pensation Law. All expenses of the agency are paid out of income
from premiums paid and interest on Fund investment. The State
Treasury is reimbursed for all expenditures.

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds $194,932 $230 088
Staff: 26.

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

Robert B. Kimble, Executive Director, 1961

Board of Appeals; Joseph P. Healy, Chairman, 1961; David Ross

1959; Carlton E. Pyles, 1963

Bernard S. Melnicove, Special Assistant Attorney General
Advisory Council:
Representing the Public: Alan P. Hoblitzell, Chairman of the

Council, 1962; Dr. Clifton R. Jones, 1959
Representing the Employer: Horace E. Wennagel, 1959; Wilbur

S. Prentiss, 1961

Representing: the Employee: Harry Cohen, 1961; Ralph C.
Beard, 1963

T. Walter Gough, Director, Local Office Operations Division
Stephen C. Cromwell, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division
David L. B. Fringer, Director, Employment Service Division
Grafton Lee Brown, Veterans Employment Representative for

Maryland
Irvin J. Forsyth, Director, Research and Analysis Division