Commissioner of Personnel. The Bureau of Mines inspects all mines
within the State for proper sanitation, ventilation, and safety stand-
ards in all mining operations. All persons or corporations engaging
in open-pit or strip mining operations are required to register with
the Bureau before starting operations and to report periodically dur-
ing such operations. Effective June 1, 1955, all strip-mining operators
must obtain a permit from the Bureau, pay a filing fee of $200, and
furnish bond at $100 per acre, said bond to be released when acreage
has been backfilled and meets with the approval of the Director of
the Bureau. During the 1969 Session, the General Assembly amended
the Strip Mining Law; and, effective June 1, 1959, the operator must
pay a filing fee of $50, and furnish bond at $300 per acre, no bond
being for less than $1,200. The Bureau of Mines examines all appli-
cants for certificates of competency as mine foremen, assistant mine
foremen, and fire bosses. It conducts classes in mining operations
throughout the western part of the State and furnishes training in
gas detection to men applying for first-class certificates and fire boss
certificates of competency. This work is being done in cooperation
with the United States Bureau of Mines (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees.
486-674).

Mine Examining Board

Chairman: Frank J. Powers

Leslie T. Foote, Miners; Arthur P. Hoffa, Sr., Operators
The Mine Examining Board consists of the Director of the Bureau
of Mines, who also acts as Chairman of the Board, and two persons
appointed by the Governor, one representing the miners and the other
the operators. Each appointee serves until his successor is appointed
and qualifies. The Board examines applicants for the rating of first-
class mine foreman and fire boss and issues "certificates of com-
petency" to each successful applicant upon payment of the stipulated
fee (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 486-674).

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $47,734 $50,483
Staff: 7.

DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
The Commission

Chairman: Earle T. Hawkins, 1963
Secretary: Frederick Tresselt, 1961

E. N. Cory, 1960; W. Theodore Boston, 1962; B. H. Willier, 1964.
L. Eugene Cronin, Director
Harry A. Hensel, Administrative Assistant

Solomons (Calvert County) Telephone: East 6-3121
State Office Building, Annapolis Colonial 8-3371

The Department of Research and Education was created in 1941
to study and promote conservation work in Maryland and to carry
on the work of the State Weather Service. Supervision of the Depart-
ment is vested in a Commission of Research and Education, consisting
of five members appointed by the Governor from among the citizens of
the State, each of whom must have either special training in, or expe-
rience with, natural resources. The members are appointed for five-
year terms with overlapping tenure of office. They select their Chair-