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MARYLAND MANUAL 167 urer in a Merchandising Fund, and none of this money may be used for any other purpose, operating expenditures excepted (Code 1957, Art. 97, sees. 71-83). Appropriations 1965 1966 General Funds. $8,785 $8,785 Staff: 1. AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD Chairman: Stephen M. Kahoe, Jr„ 1968 Ex officio member: Gordon M. Cairns, State Board of Agriculture. Appointed members: G. Gordon Brittingham, 1966; Walter J. Hahn, 1966; William E. McGuirk, Jr„ 1966; Paul A. Croll, 1967; John D. Foard III, 1967; Y. D. Hance, 1967; Lawrence E. Downey, 1968; Edwin G. Fry, 1968. 29 S. Greene Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 965-7000 The Agricultural Advisory Board, created by Chapter 470, Acts of 1961, was established to formulate and make proposals for the ad- vancement of Maryland agriculture and to serve as an advisory body to the State Board of Agriculture on matters pertaining to agriculture. The Board consists of ten members, nine of whom are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. Five of the members must be farmers, each of whom represents one of the five regions of the State, while two represent the State at large and must be farmers. Two other members represent business or service directly related to agri- culture. The tenth member is an ex officio member of the Board desig- nated by the State Board of Agriculture. The Board selects its own chairman and appoints a Secretary (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 66G, sec. 47A). Library, Archives, and History MARYLAND STATE LIBRARY Library Committee Chairman: Stedman Prescott Chief Judge, Court of Appeals William R. Homey, Associate Judge, Court of Appeals Hall Hammond, Associate Judge, Court of Appeals Nelson J. Molter, Director Court of Appeals Building, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: Colonial 8-3371 The State Library was established by Chapter 53, Acts of 1826. The Library Committee, which is composed of at least three mem- bers appointed by the Court of Appeals (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 166- 69), exercises general supervision over the Library and appoints the Director (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 170). The Library consists of a legal section of approximately seventy-two thousand (72,000) volumes, and a reference section of approximately forty-eight thousand (48,000) volumes. The reference section contains many rare books, maps, and documents, including the subscription edition of the four elephant folio volumes of Audubon's Birds of Amer- ica, the most complete file now in existence of the early issues (1745- |
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