Bethesda: 7801 Woodmont Avenue
Cambridge: 101 Race Street

Chestertown: Townshend Building, Spring Avenue
Centreville: 208 N. Commerce Street
Crisfield: 831 West Main Street
Cumberland: 239 North Mechanic Street
Easton: 26 West Dover Street
Elkton: I Brown Court

Frederick: Masonic Temple Building, West Church Street
Hagerstown: III South Potomac Street
Hyattsville: 6122 Baltimore Avenue
Oakland: 17 Alder Street
Salisbury: 724 Bast Main Street
Silver Spring: 952 Sligo Avenue
Towson: 311 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Westminster: 25 Liberty Street
Snow Hill: 422 W. Market Street

Under the terms of the Social Security Act, the Department of
Employment Security is a State agency entirely financed by the
Federal Government.

Appropriations 1959 1960

Federal Funds .............................. $5,150,000 $5,000,000
Staff: 945.

Promotion of Industry and Agriculture

MARYLAND PORT AUTHORITY
Commissioners

Chairman: John L. Kronau, City of Baltimore, 1963
Vice-Chairman: R. Paul Smith, Western Maryland, 1960
Avery W. Hall, Eastern Shore, 1961; Edward S. Corcoran,
Anne Arundel County, 1962; D. Luke Hopkins, Baltimore
County, 1964.
Joseph L. Stanton, Executive Director

Pier 2, Pratt Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Plaza 2-2118

The Maryland Port Authority, a semi-autonomous State agency, was
established in 1956 by act of the General Assembly.

The Authority consists of five commissioners appointed by the Gov-
ernor for five-year terms, one term expiring each year. Three of the five
members must at all times be residents of Anne Arundel County, Bal-
timore City, and Baltimore County, respectively. Of the other two, one
must be a resident of the Western Shore of Maryland outside of Anne
Arundel County, Baltimore City, and Baltimore County, and one must
be a resident of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Governor desig-
nates one of the members to act as Chairman, and the members of the
Authority annually elect one of its members as Vice-Chairman.

The Commissioners appoint the Executive Director, who exercises
such administrative powers 'as they delegate.

In creating the Maryland Port Authority, the primary objective of
the General Assembly was to improve the facilities and strengthen the
workings of the private operator. If private facilities are inadequate,
however, or inadequately operated at any time, the Authority may con-
struct, and if necessary, operate supplementary public facilities (Code
1957, Art. 62B).