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land, to assist them in saving important historical buildings. This fund is intended to encourage with gifts or loans those local projects in preservation by assistance to take option on property, or to help get a mortgage or bank loan, or to help meet a matching fund offer, or to launch or promote a drive for local funds. The Maryland Historical Trust has also been granted $30,000 from the General Emergency Fund to conduct a Statewide historic land- mark survey so that the State can participate in the National Preser- vation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). This survey would also be used in the National Register of Sites and Buildings. Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds . $197,395 $18,592 Veterans' Affairs MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION Chairman: David E. Kaiser Claude L. Collegary, Milton L. Dennis, John W. O'Brien, Frank T. Powers, Eugene J. C. Raney, T. Leo Sullivan. Richard C. Manning, State Service and Executive Officer 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3010 The Maryland Veterans Commission was first established by Chap- ter 344, Acts of 1924 and was reorganized by Chapter 803, Acts of 1945. The Commission was further reorganized by Chapter 310, Acts of 1966. It is composed of seven members appointed by the Governor, who designates the Chairman. All members must be veterans. The Commission appoints the State Service Officer, who serves as admin- istrative director of the agency. The State Commanders of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans, the Spanish-American War Veterans, the World War I Veterans, the Catholic War Veterans, and the Jewish War Veterans serve as an advisory committee to the Commission. The Commission administers a fund, appropriated annually to pro- vide the necessities of life to distressed veterans, widows of veterans and their infant children, to provide medical care for those who are ill, and funeral expenses for deceased veterans. The agency also assists veterans and their dependents in securing Federal aid to which they may be entitled. The Commission maintains a permanent registry of graves of all persons who served in the military or naval forces of the country in time of war and are buried in Maryland (Code 1957, 1964 Repl. Vol., 1967 Supp., Art. 96 1/2, sees. 3-7). In addition to its main office, it has information centers located in the following cities: Baltimore: Veterans Administration Building 21201 Cambridge: 115 High Street 21613 Chevy Chase: Recreational Center, 4700 Norwood Drive 20015 Crisfield: Arcade Building 21817 Cumberland: County Building, Union Street 21502 Denton: Court House 21629 Easton: Dover and Harrison Street 21601 Frederick: Winchester Hall 21701 Hagerstown: City Hall 21740 Hyattsville: County Service Building 20781 La Plata: Court House 20646 Laurel: 327 Main Street 20810 |
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