State Hospital in Wicomico County (1950), Montebello
State Hospital in Baltimore City (1953) and Western Mary-
land State Hospital (1957). Western Maryland also provides
facilities for the care of tubercular patients. A 300-bed
addition has more than doubled the capacity of Mt. Wilson,
which also treats tubercular patients.

In 1955 the Department of Public Welfare started an
experiment in the rehabilitation of delinquent youth. In
cooperation with the Department of Forest and Parks, it
opened a forestry camp at Green Ridge to which boys could
be sent from the Training Schools to work on conservation
projects. The apparent success of Green Ridge led to the
opening of a second camp near Lonaconing in 1956 and a
third at New Germany in 1957. In addition, early in 1960
the Department opened the Maryland Children's Center,
where children adjudged delinquent by the courts are sent
to be studied for not more than thirty days; the Center then
returns them to the Court with recommendations.

A new State Office Building in Annapolis was dedicated in
September 1958. A few months later, the State Roads Com-
mission moved into its new six-story building in Baltimore,
and many of the scattered State agencies have been brought
together in the nearby State Office Building which opened
in June 1959.

Friendship International Airport, constructed to connect
Baltimore with all parts of the globe, began operating on
June 24, 1950. A 3200-acre field, it is one of the largest in
the country and capable of accommodating the largest
planes of the new jet age.

The Maryland Port Authority was established in 1956 to
promote and develop the ports of Maryland. It endeavors
to persuade private operators to make needed improvements,
but if necessary the Authority may construct and operate
supplementary facilities.