172 MARYLAND MANUAL
The Governor appointed this Commission in 1966 at the recommen-
dation of the Commission to Study the Needs of Higher Education in
Maryland. The Commission is to make a continuing study of problems
of higher education in Maryland and keep the public informed of these
problems.
PERMANENT COMMISSION ON MUNICIPAL COURTS
Chairman: Howard G. Bregel
3 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore 2
The Governor appointed this twenty-nine man Commission in 1959
to study the Municipal Court System of Baltimore City.
SUSQUEHANNA STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chairman: R. Lee Mitchell
Oliver P. Boyer, Edwin S. Dorcas, A. Ralph Hostetter, Mrs.
Peter Jay, Clarence A. Morey, J. Gilman Paul, Frances S.
Silver, Mrs. Francis Taylor.
Joseph F. Kaylor, Secretary
State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371
The Governor appointed the Susquehanna State Park Advisory
Committee in 196O. It advises the Department of Forests and Parks
in the acquisition of land for the Susquehanna State Park.
STATE WAR BALLOT COMMISSION
Chairman: J. Millard Tawes, Governor
Vice Chairman: D. Lindley Sloan
Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General; George W. Della,
President of the Senate; Perry O. Wilkinson, Speaker of the
House of Delegates; Harry T. Phoebus, Senate Minority
Leader; Lester B. Reed, House Minority Leader; Richard
Paul Gilbert.
Lloyd L. Simpkins, 'Secretary of State,
Secretary to the Commission
State House, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 3-2666
The State War Ballot Commission was created by Chapter 3, Acts
of the Special Session held July 27, 1950, when the State's wartime
Absentee Voting Law was re-enacted. The Commission is composed of
the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the pre-
siding officer of each House of the General Assembly, the Minority
Leader of each House of the General Assembly, ex officio, and two
persons, who are not members of the same political party, appointed
by the Governor. The Commission administers the Absentee Voting
Law. To carry out its provisions, the Commission may make necessary
regulations and provide assistance to the local election boards (Code
1957, Art. 33, sec. 260).
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