to inspect public and private institutions for the insane and to advise
their Boards of Managers. The Act of 1949 abolished not only the
Board of Mental Hygiene but also the separate governing boards of
the State mental hospitals and gave to the new department full and
plenary powers over, and supervision of, all matters relating to the
custody, care, and treatment of persons of unsound mind. The Depart-
ment supervises and licenses all institutions, public, private, or cor-
porate in which mental patients are detained (Code 1957, 1962 Supp.,
Art. 59).

The Department is directed by a Commissioner, certified in psychia-
try by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and ap-
pointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the State Board
of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Commissioner is responsible for
discharging the functions assigned by the State Board of Health and
Mental Hygiene, and for the administration of the Department.

The Commissioner appoints, with the approval of the State Board
of Health and Mental Hygiene, Superintendents of Spring Grove State
Hospital, Springfield State Hospital, The Eastern Shore State Hos-
pital, Crownsville State Hospital, Rosewood State Hospital, Henryton
State Hospital, The Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital, as well as any
other hospitals which may come within his administration. Each Su-
perintendent except the Superintendent of Rosewood State Hospital
must be a trained psychiatrist. The Superintendent of Rosewood must
be a physician, preferably qualified in psychiatry or pediatrics and
with experience in the field of mental retardation (Code 1957, 1962
Supp., Art. 59, sec. 19).

Division of Medical Services

The Division of Medical Services advises, consults with and directs
the staffs of the several State institutions concerning psychiatric
services, psychiatric education and training, nursing, rehabilitation,
and social work. The Director of the Division of Medical Services, who
is also the Assistant Commissioner, is appointed by the Commissioner
of Mental Hygiene (Chapter 130, Acts of 1961).

Division of Administration and Finance

The Division of Administration and Finance advises, consults with
and directs the staffs of the several State institutions concerning per-
sonnel, public relations, budget and accounting, procurement, food
services, farm management, engineering and maintenance.

This Division also establishes maintenance rates of patients, and
fixes liability and collection procedures (Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art.
59, sec. 5). The Chief of the Division of Administration and Finance is
appointed by the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene.

Appropriations 1963 1964

General Funds $743,459 $839,716
Staff, 1963: 98; Staff, 1964: 105.

MENTAL HOSPITALS
CROWNSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
Charles S. Ward, M.D., Superintendent
Crownsville (Anne Arundel County) Telephone: Mitchell 7-5200

Crownsville State Hospital, established by Chapter 250, Acts of 1910,
as the Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland, was opened to
patients in 1911. It adopted its present name by Chapter 187, Acts of