Wallace Reidt, Director
Ralph S. Falconer, Executive Secretary
506 Park Avenue, Baltimore I Telephone: Lexington 9-4620

The Department of Parole and Probation was established in 1953
to succeed the Division of Parole and Probation in the administration
of the parole and probation laws of the State. The Department is
headed by the Board of Parole and Probation, which consists of a
chairman and two associate members appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, for six-year terms, one
term expiring every two years. The chairman of the Board serves
as director of the Department. He may assign members of the
Board to administrative and other duties as required.

The Board of Parole and Probation may upon the vote of two of
its members parole any person confined in the correctional institu-
tions of the State except those serving life sentences. It may recom-
mend to the Governor the paroling; of individuals serving life sen-
tences, but the Governor has sole jurisdiction over the parole of
such persons. The Board also controls the releases of prisoners serv-
ing indeterminate sentences at the State Reformatory for Women
and at the State Reformatory for Males. The Department administers
the Inter-State Compact for the reciprocal supervision of parolees
and probationers. It makes available the services of its investigating
officers to the Circuit Courts and the Criminal Court and Magistrates
courts of Baltimore City. It has offices in Baltimore, Bel Air, Ches-
tertown, Ellicott City, Hagerstown, and Upper Marlboro (Code 1951,
1957 supp., Art. 41, secs. 91-103).

The Inter-State Compact places under the jurisdiction of the
administrator, during the parole or probationary period, any person
convicted of an offense within the State of Maryland who may
thereafter be placed on probation or released on parole to reside in
another state. Similarly, the administrator decides whether parolees
and probationers from another state may reside in Maryland. (Code
1961, Art. 41, sec. 106).

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds ....................$350,611 $369,719
Staff: 68

Protection of Persons and Property

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Milton A. Reckord, The Adjutant General

and Ranking Line Officer
Brigadier General Harry C. Ruhl, Executive Officer and State

Quartermaster

Colonel August T. Seidenzahl, Administrative Asst.
Lieut. Colonel Benjamin F. Cassell, Administrative Asst.
Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore I Telephone: Mulberry 5-3388

The Charter of Maryland empowered Lord Baltimore to raise troops
to put down insurrection or rebellion and to subdue the enemies of
the province. Since that time the organization, maintenance, and
administration of the State militia has been an integral part of the
State's functions. The present military establishment of Maryland
conforms to the National Defense Act of 1922 and its subsequent
amendments and to the Militia Law of Maryland.