Division of Securities
Decatur H. Miller, Commissioner of Securities

Room 1200, One Charles Center, Telephone: 837-9000
Baltimore 1

This Division, created by Chapter I, Acts of 1962, is headed by a
Securities Commissioner appointed by the Attorney General. The
division regulates persons involved in the securities business in Mary-
land, regulates the offering of securities to the public, regulates fraud
in securities transactions and provides administrative, civil and
criminal remedies (Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art. 32A, secs. 13-44).

Appropriations 1963 1964

General Funds ......................................... $30,000 $33,785
Staff: 4.

Maryland Blue Sky Advisory Committee

Chairman: Arthur W. Machen, Jr., 1965
Arthur C. Strasburger, 1964; Truman T. Semans, 1964;
Melvin O. Wright, 1965; Andre W. Brewster, 1966;
Joseph J. Turner, 1966

1409 Mercantile Trust Building, Telephone: 752-6780
Baltimore 2

The Maryland Blue Sky Advisory Committee, created by Chapter
I, Acts of 1962, consists of six members appointed by the Governor
for staggered terms of three years each. The Committee functions
without compensation and has no staff. It selects its own chairman.
The Committee meets when called by the Securities Commissioner for
the purpose of giving him advice on any and all matters pertaining
to the administration of the Maryland Securities Act, particularly
the adoption, amendment or repeal of rules, regulations or forms.
(Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art. 32A, sec. 39).

DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE
Carl N. Everstine, Director
City Hall, Baltimore 2 Telephone: 752-2000

The Department of Legislative Reference was originally created by
Chapter 565, Acts of 1906 to serve the City of Baltimore; the scope
of the Department was enlarged to serve the State as well by
Chapter 474, Acts of 1916. The Department collects, compiles, and
indexes information on all questions of proposed legislation. It inves-
tigates 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