tion of such revenue, and devises and recommends new sources of
revenue.

The Chief of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, in conjunction with
the State Comptroller's office, prepares and submits to the members
of the General Assembly by the end of the months of January and
July in each year an itemized statement showing the following in-
formation for the six-month period ending on the next preceding
December 31 or June 30, as the case may be: (1) estimated revenue
from all sources, by funds, for the current budget period; (2) col-
lections for the next preceding six-month period; and (3) amount
of revenues uncollected or over-collected (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec.
194). The 'appropriation for the Bureau of Revenue Estimates is
included in the budget of the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds ........................... $13,206 $14,087
Staff: 2.

CENTRAL PAYROLL BUREAU
Robert L. Serviss, Director
Treasury Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371

The Central Payroll Bureau, established in 1963, operates under
both the Comptroller of the Treasury and the State Treasurer. The
Bureau compiles the payroll journals, maintains records of salary
earnings and deductions for each employee of the State, issues a sum-
mary distribution of charges by program and fund for each payroll,
together with a disbursing warrant, and issues salary checks to State
employees.

It submits biweekly reports to the three State retirement systems:
State Teachers' Retirement System, State Employees' Retirement
System, and State Police Retirement System. It also compiles quar-
terly reports for ten reporting units and submits them to the United
States Department of Health, Welfare and Education—Social Security
Division.

The Central Payroll Bureau maintains an account for Federal
Withholding Tax and at the end of each calendar year submits to
each State Employee a record of his total earnings and the amount
withheld for Federal Tax, Social Security, and State Tax.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds ...................... ....... $122,036 $132,792
Staff: 26.

STATE TREASURER

Hooper S. Miles, Treasurer, 1963
Charles M. Speicher, Chief Deputy
H. M. Pawley, Deputy
J. Hugh Taylor, Deputy

Treasury Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371
1835 Mathieson Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Saratoga 7-5166

Under the Constitution of 1776, there were two State Treasurers—
the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore and the Treasurer of the West-
ern Shore. In 1841 a constitutional amendment consolidated the two
offices. The present constitution provides that the Treasurer shall