PATAPSCO LAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chairman: Howard DeMuth
Representing the State:

H. Lee Hoffman, Nancy A. Parr, I. Alvin Pasarew, Charles
M. Bandiere, Mrs. Jesse F. Hakes, August A. Denhard,
W. Bladen Lowndes.

Representing the Counties:

Anne Arundel County: Walter C. Munroe, John W. Sherwood;
Baltimore County: George A. Oursler, Charles W. Keller,
Jr., Carroll County: Walter V. Bennett, Capt. H. C. Jeffer-
son; Howard County: Carl W. Meyer, A. Brooke Gallion.
Representing Baltimore City:

John A. Cochran, Robert Garrett.

The Patapsco Land Advisory Committee was appointed in June
1951 by the Governor. It consists of sixteen members, six represent-
ing the State, two representing Baltimore City, and two representing
each of the four counties in which the park is situated. The Com-
mittee advises the Department of Forests and Parks in the acquisition
of land for the Patapsco River Valley Park.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MINES AND WATER
RESOURCES

The Commission

Chairman: Arthur B. Stewart, 1957

Richard W. Cooper, 1958; John C. Geyer, 1959; Harry
R. Hall, 1960; C. Victor Cushwa, 1961.
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Director

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 18
Telephone: Belmont 5-0771

The Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources was
established in 1941 to supersede the State Geological and Economic
Survey Advisory Commission, the Water Front Commission, and the
Water Resources Commission. The Department is directed by a five-
man Commission appointed by the Governor for five-year terms, one
term expiring each year. The Commission selects its own chairman
and appoints the Director of the Department. The Director super-
vises activities that deal with geology and water; the Bureau of
Mines supervises the mining industry.

The Department supervises topographic, geologic, hydrographic,
and magnetic surveys. It prepares topographic, geologic and such
other maps as may be necessary to meet a specific need. It makes
reports on the extent and character of the State's mineral and water
resources. In cooperation with the United States Government, it
makes surveys of the water resources of the State. It investigates
and recommends plans and policies for the protection of the State's
waterfront and waterways against erosion. In addition, the Depart-
ment controls and conserves, insofar as is practicable, the surface
and underground waters of Maryland; and to that end has jurisdiction
over the construction and repairs of reservoirs, dams, and other
waterway obstructions. It licenses all water well drillers in the
State and issues a permit for each well to be drilled. The Commission
also makes and enforces rules to conserve the State's water resources
and oil and gas resources (Code 1951, Art. 66C, secs. 15-17, 666-702;
1957 supp., secs. 649S-648GG).