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98 MARYLAND MANUAL committees informed on State and national activities, a monthly news- letter goes out to each member in the State. Each year the committee sponsors and poster contests among high school juniors and seniors as a means of arousing public awareness of the issues inherent in the rehabilitation program for Maryland's disabled citizens. An annual Awards program recognizes outstanding employees, citizens, and handicapped individuals in the State. Appropriations 1965 1966 General Funds .......................................... $17,064 $17,691 MARYLAND COMMISSION ON INTERRACIAL PROBLEMS AND RELATIONS Chairman: William C. Rogers, Sr., 1969 Vice Chairman: Israel M. Goldman, 1969 Charles Edward Hicks III, 1967; Mrs. John B. Ramsay, 1967; Richard H. Thomas, 1967; Edward N. Wilson, 1969; Vacancy, 1971; P. K. Foster, 1971; William M. Plummer, 1971. Vacancy, Executive Secretary Mrs. Lane K. Berk, Intergroup Relations Representative Ronald Blavatt, Intergroup Relations Representative Barry E. Greenstein, Intergroup Relations Representative Jerome Mitchell, Intergroup Relations Representative Gertrude Green, Clerk-Typist Geraldine Macer, Clerk-Typist Alice 1. Thomas, Secretary 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 837-9000 The Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations was created by Chapter 548, Acts of 1951, to supersede the Governor's Commis- sion on Problems Affecting the Negro Population. The Commission consists of nine members appointed by the Gov- ernor with the advice and consent of the Senate for six-year terms so staggered that three terms expire every two years. The Governor designates the Chairman of the Commission. The Executive Secretary is appointed by the Commission. By Chapter 650, Acts of 1963, new appointments to the Commission were required to be made according to residence requirements. One member must represent Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's or Talbot counties; one member must represent Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester, or Somerset counties; three mem- bers must represent Baltimore City; one member must represent Alle- gany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery or Washing- ton counties; and two members must represent Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's or St. Mary's counties. The Commission is empowered to administer and enforce the Mary- land Public Accommodations and Fair Employment Practices Laws. The Commission also makes surveys and studies of problems affecting the Negro population of the State and the betterment of interracial relations. The Commission submits an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly together with recommendations, if any, for additional legislation (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 49B, sees. 1-3). Appropriations 1965 1966 General Funds .......................................... $55,167 $63,298 Staff: 9. |
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