Appropriations—1964

General Special Federal
Funds Funds Funds Total

General Administration - $ 239,363 $ 2,032 . $ 241,395
Forest Fire Prevention

and Control 390,400 10,990 $ 145,000 546,390
Technical Forestry and

Reforestation 153,738 20,045 62,000 235,783
State Forest and Rec.

Area Management 172,473 95,025 - - 267,498
Patapsco State Park

Operation - - 130,358 43,768 - 174,126
Sandy Point State Park

Operation - - 37,993 62,540 100,533
Other State Park

Operations .--- -- 206,514 79,860 286,374
Roadside Tree Protection. - 188,746 188,746
Gunpowder State Park
Operation - . 41,013 15,000 56,013

Totals $1,371,852 $ 518,006 $ 207,000 $2,096,858
Staff: 209.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MINES AND WATER
RESOURCES

The Commission

Chairman: Ernst Cloos, 1967

John C. Geyer, 1964; Harry R. Hall, 1965; G. Victor
Cushwa, 1966; Richard W. Cooper, 1968.
Kenneth N. Weaver, Director

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 18 Telephone: 235-0771
Telephone: 235-1792

The Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources was estab-
lished by Chapter 508, Acts of 1941, to supersede the State Geological
and Economic Survey Advisory Commission, the Water Front Com-
mission, and the Water Resources Commission. The Department Is
directed by a five-man Commission appointed by the Governor for five-
year terms, one term expiring each year. The Commission selects its
own chairman and appoints the Director of the Department. The
Director supervises activities that deal with geology and water; the
Bureau of Mines supervises the mining industry.

The Department supervises topographic, geologic, hydrographic, and
magnetic surveys. It prepares topographic, geologic, and such other
maps as may be necessary to meet a specific need. It makes reports on
the extent and character of the State's mineral and water resources.
In cooperation with the United States Government, it makes surveys
of the water resources of the State. It investigates and recommends
plans and policies for the protection of the State's waterfronts
against erosion. In addition, the Department controls and conserves,
insofar as is practicable, the surface and underground waters of Mary-
land; and to that end has jurisdiction over the construction and
repairs of reservoirs, dams, and other waterway obstructions. It
licenses all water well drillers in the State and issues a permit for
each well to be drilled. The Commission also makes and enforces rules
to conserve the State's oil and gas resources (Code 1957, Art. 66C,
secs. 15-17, 675-95,718-55).