hold, or sell real or personal property, including industrial plants or
other business establishments.

The Corporation is to establish a Loan Committee of five members
for each economic region. All requests for loans are to go through
these committees, which will review the applications and make recom-
mendations to the Board of Directors. Final decision will lie with the
Board.

The law creating the Development Credit Corporation shall be of no
effect if it is not implemented before April 1, 1960.

MARYLAND STATE FAIR BOARD

Chairman: Frank Donaldson Brown, Jr., 1961

Robert V. Norris, 1960; A. Doty Rernsburg, 1960; Richard N.
Wills, 1960; Olin S. Davis, Sr., 1961; Louis McL. Merryman,
1961; Albert J. Bailey, 1962; Fred C. Ernst, 1962; Earl C.
Robertson, 1962.
R. Nelson Phelps, Executive Secretary

Administration Building
State Fair Grounds
Timonium (Baltimore County) Telephone: Clearbrook 2-3330

The Maryland State Fair Board consists of nine members ap-
pointed. by the Governor for three-year terms. The Board encourages
and fosters agriculture through the promotion and assistance of bona
fide agricultural fairs and exhibits. It extends financial assistance to
qualifying organizations for premium awards to exhibitors of agri-
cultural displays (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 61-63).

Appropriations 1959 1960

Special Funds ............................ ..... $300,000 $300,000
Staff: 2.

INSPECTOR OF TOBACCO
STATE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE

Vacancy, Inspector
Walter K. Dunn, Jr., Administrative Assistant

S. Charles at Conway Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Mulberry 5-6785

The Inspector of Tobacco, an office established in 1888, is appointed
by the Governor and serves at his pleasure. He must be a resident of
one of the tobacco growing counties and a tobacco grower or a duly
qualified tobacco dealer. The Inspector of Tobacco inspects and grades
tobacco grown, sold, or stored within the State of Maryland. He also
supervises the State Tobacco Warehouse and all property connected
therewith in the City of Baltimore (Code 1967, Art. 48, sees. 9-64).

Appropriations 1959 1960

Special Funds . $89,045 $64,754
Staff: 6.

MARYLAND TOBACCO AUTHORITY
Chairman: T. Reid Hutchins, 1960

George Max Beal, 1960; Dudley Smith, 1960; Howard R. Cook-
sey 1961; Frank Hall, 1961; Charles L. Turner, 1962; John
Schillinger, 1962; Alfred H. Tolzman, 1962.
Bryan M. Pumphrey, Executive Secretary