SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF
ESTABLISHING A PREVAILING WAGE SCALE FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON STATE PROJECTS

Chairman: John B. Funk

Albert P. Backhaus, Edward P. Colwill, Joseph Curtice, Tom
Gray, Leonard Hudson, Charles Mullan, Charles Montain,
Samuel Myers, J. C. Turner, Will G. Travelstead, John Wich.

State Roads Commission
P. O. Box 717, Baltimore 3 Telephone: 837-9000

The Governor appointed this special Committee in 1962 to study
the feasibility of establishing a prevailing wage scale for construction
workers on State projects because of the continuing disagreement as
to the effect of such a scale. The Committee reported to the Governor
and the General Assembly during the 1963 Session.

SPECIAL STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE INSURANCE
AVAILABLE TO STATE EMPLOYEES UNDER
THE PAYROLL DEDUCTION PLAN

Chairman: John H. Coppage
Representing the Senate: John-Clarence North
Representing the House of Delegates: Roy N. Staten
Representing industry: Robert B. Hassel, Joseph B. Seth

State Insurance Department
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: 837-9000

The Governor appointed this five-member Committee in 1962 to make
a study of the insurance available to State employees under payroll
deduction plans, to draft specific recommendations as to the type and
nature of coverage to be made available to employees, to recommend
for the insurance carrier should be selected, and in the event the
Committee recommends a State-sponsored program, who should ad-
minister it. The Committee is continuing its study.

SUNDRY CLAIMS BOARD

Chairman: Thomas B. Finan
Louis L. Goldstein, Secretary; James G. Rennie, Member

1200 One Charles Center, Baltimore 1 Telephone: 639-5413

The Sundry Claims Board was established by Chapter 440, Acts of
1961, to administer claims filed by any prisoner in the Patuxent Insti-
tution, or in the Maryland Penitentiary, the Maryland House of Cor-
rection or any other institution under the supervision of the Board
of Correction, who has been injured in the scope of his employment
at such institution while working for compensation. The Board con-
sists of the Attorney General of Maryland, or his representative, the
Comptroller of the Treasury, or his representative, and the Director
of the Department of Budget and Procurement, or his representative.
The Governor designates one of the members to be the Chairman and
another to be the Secretary of the Board (Code 1967, 1962 Supp.,
Art. 41, sec. 188A).