The population of Patuxent Institution as of July 1, 1961 was 335
(Code 1957, 1960 Supp., Art. 31B; Art. 27, sec. 706A).

Appropriations 1961 1962

General Funds $961,738 $1,532,651
Staff: 279.

DEPARTMENT OF PAROLE AND PROBATION
Board of Parole and Probation
Chairman: Paul C. Wolman, 1965
George D. Hubbard, 1963; Joseph A. Mattingly, 1967
Paul C. Wolman, Director
Ralph S. Falconer, Executive Secretary

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: 837-9000

The Department of Parole and Probation was established by Chap-
ter 625, Acts of 1953, to succeed the Division of Parole and Probation,
created by Chapter 406, Acts of 1939, to administer the parole and
probation laws of the State. The Department is headed by the Board
of Parole and Probation, which consists of a chairman and two asso-
ciate members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, for six-year terms, one term expiring every two
years. The chairman of the Board serves as director of the Depart-
ment. He may assign members of the Board to administrative and
others duties as required.

The Board of Parole and Probation may upon the vote of two of
its members parole any person confined in the correctional institutions
of the State except those serving life sentences. Parole of prisoners
sentenced to life terms is the joint responsibility of the Governor and
the Board. The Board also controls the release of prisoners serving
indeterminate sentences at the State Reformatory for Women and at
the State Reformatory for Males. The Department administers the
Inter-State Compact for the reciprocal supervision of parolees and
probationers. It makes available the services of its investigating offi-
cers to the Circuit Courts and the Criminal Court and Municipal
courts of Baltimore City. It has offices in Baltimore, Bel Air, Chester-
town, Easton, Hagerstown, and Upper Marlboro (Code 1957, Art. 41,
sees. 107-20).

The Inter-State Compact places under the jurisdiction of the admin-
istrator, during the parole or probationary period, any person convicted
of an offense within the State of Maryland who may thereafter be
placed on probation or released on parole to reside in another state.
Similarly, the administrator decides whether parolees and probationers
from another state may reside in Maryland (Code 1967, Art. 41,
sec. 129).

Appropriations 1961 1962

General Funds $471,429 $500,462
Staff: 83.

Protection of Persons and Property
MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Milton A. Reckord, The Adjutant General and

Ranking Line Officer
Colonel George M. Gelston, Executive Officer