Commission meets annually and in four regional groups as follows:
(1) the North Atlantic States, (2) the Middle Atlantic States, (3) the
Chesapeake Bay Area, and (4) the South Atlantic States. In place of
special committees which in the past dealt with particular species, the
15th Annual Meeting created an overall scientific committee to digest
scientific material and present condensed reports to the Commission.
A similar committee was established to report on legal matters. The
technical advice and research facilities of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service are available to the Commission and its member
states. Each participating state contributes to the support of the Com-
mission in proportion to the value of its Marine Fisheries catch as
compared with the total Atlantic catch. The Commission issues mimeo-
graphed minutes of Annual, Section, and Committee meetings. The
Annual Meeting minutes contain scientific appendices. The Commission
also issues printed Annual Reports. All are on file in the office of the
Department of Tidewater Fisheries (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 256-61).

Appropriations 1969 1960

General Funds ............ .... .. ........... $2,000 $2,000
Staff: 3.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
Representatives from the State of Maryland:

J. Millard Tawes, Governor; George F. Hazelwood, 1961;
H. Winship Wheatley, Jr., 1961; Joseph F. Kaylor, Alternate
to the Governor, 1961; L. Eugene Cronin, Alternate, 1961;
Christian Heurich, Jr., Alternate, 1961.
Ellis S. Tisdale, Director

202 Transportation Building
Washington 6, D. C. Telephone: Executive 3-1978

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin was estab-
lished by an Act of Congress in 1940, and the compact was ratified
by the participating states shortly thereafter. The Commission is
composed of representatives from the United States Government,
the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia,
and the District of Columbia. The representatives from. Maryland
include the Governor and two members, residents of the Potomac
River Conservancy District, who are appointed by the Governor
for two-year terms (Code 1957, Art. 43, sees. 407, 408). The Com-
mission has jurisdiction over the Potomac River Conservancy District,
which was created by the enabling Act. The District embraces an
area of approximately 14,500 square miles with an estimated popula-
tion of 2,500,000. The Commission (1) coordinates, tabulates, and
summarizes existing data on. the character, pollution, and condition
of streams in the Conservancy District; (2) supplements existing
data, when necessary, by conducting investigations; (3) promotes
adoption by the signatory bodies of uniform legislation for the control
of stream pollution; (4) disseminates information to the public on
the effects of stream pollution and the objectives of the Commission;
(5) cooperates with other organizations in studies of treatment
methods for sewage and industrial wastes; (6) recommends to signatory
bodies standards for cleanliness of streams.

The Commission is financed by appropriations from each of the
participating bodies.

Appropriations 1959 1960
General Funds ....................................... $7,500 $7,500