Department was enlarged to serve the State as well. The Department
collects, compiles, and indexes information on all questions of proposed
legislation. It investigates and reports on the laws of Maryland and
other states at the request of the Governor, any committee or member
of the General Assembly, or any State agency. At the request of a
member of the General Assembly, the Department prepares or aids in
the drafting of any law or resolution. During sessions of the General
Assembly, the Department maintains offices in the State House at
Annapolis. Each department of the State Government must transmit
to the Department of Legislative Reference at least two copies of each
of its reports, which are used for exchange and reference purposes.
The Department keeps a complete index and a complete file on all bills
introduced in the General Assembly from 1908 to the present. It also
keeps copies of the codes and laws of other states, and it maintains
a library of books, pamphlets, reports, periodicals, and clippings on
matters of current public and political interest. The Department also
has supervision of the Archives of Baltimore (Code 1957, Art 41, sees.
140-44).

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $38,750 $29,544
Staff: 4.

FISCAL RESEARCH BUREAU

John S. Shriver, Director

Leo A. Courtney, Jr., Administrative Analyst
Janet L. Hoffman, Administrative Analyst
Edward A. Rheb, Administrative Analyst

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

The Fiscal Research Bureau was established within the Department
of Legislative Reference by the General Assembly of 1947. The Bureau
acts as a staff agency of the Governor, the General Assembly, and the
Legislative Council in tax and fiscal matters; makes any investiga-
tions of State or local tax problems that they may request; and assists
any commissions or committees that they, or a standing committee of
the Legislature, may appoint to study taxation or related questions.

The Bureau's general duties include the study of State agencies,
study of State and local taxation, study of State and local financial
affairs and fiscal relationships, collection of data on the revenue and
expenditures of the State's political subdivisions, and compilation and
publication of financial data on the subdivisions. Each county, incor-
porated city or town, or special taxing district is required to submit
a fiscal report to the Bureau annually (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 145-52;
Art. 19, sees. 35-41).

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds . - $62,738 $56,522
Staff: 6.

Control of State Employment

STATE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL

Russell S. Davis, State Commissioner of Personnel, 1961
Wayne W. Ransom, Assistant to the Commissioner