and other public utilities and contract carriers; and participate? in
any proceeding in Court wherein any assessment or taxation question
is involved (Code 1957, Art. 81, sec. 232).

For each of the counties the Director appoints a Supervisor of
Assessments from a list of five nominees submitted by the County
Commissioners. The Supervisors serve during good behavior and are
removable by the Director for incompetency or other cause. The cost
of their salaries, which are fixed by law, is shared 60% by the State
and 40% by the counties. The Director also appoints a Supervisor
for Baltimore City, with important duties of investigation. The Su-
pervisor of Assessments is the chief assessor and acts as such over
local assessors.

The County Commissioners appoint the local assessors for an in-
definite period from a list of applicants examined and graded by the
Director. The assessors' salaries are fixed and paid in a manner sim-
ilar to those of the Supervisors. They review for reassessment the
property in each county of Maryland each year (Code 1967, Art. 81,
sees. 234-37).

The Director has charge of the qualifications and registration of
foreign corporations doing business in Maryland. In addition to col-
lecting an annual filing fee and accounting monthly for all such col-
lections to the Treasurer, the Director assesses the tangible personal
property of foreign corporations and distributes the proceeds to the
localities in which the property is located. He also approves and
records charters and amendments to charters of domestic corpo-
rations.

Appropriations 19591 1960

General Funds ............................. $818,264 $849,403
Staff: 61.

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT

James G. Rennie, Director
James P. Slicher, Chief, Budget Bureau
Adam G. Uhl, Chief, Purchasing Bureau

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: Vernon 7-9000

The Department of Budget and Procurement, established in 1939,
combines the budgeting and purchasing functions of the State into a
single agency. The Director of the Department, who is appointed by
the Governor, has executive jurisdiction over the Department, and in
addition reviews all leases for rental of office space before their submission
to the Board of Public Works for approval (Code 1957, Art.
15A, sec. 16.).

Budget Bureau
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: Vernon 7-9000

The Director appoints the Chief of the Budget Bureau. This bureau
carries out the budget functions of the agency. It aids the Director in
preparing a tentative budget for the Governor's consideration and
reviews all budget amendments presented by the various State agen-
cies. The Bureau may investigate the necessity for all expenditures
(Code 1957, Art. 15A, sees. 17-27).

'For State Tax Commission.