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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION Chairman: George A. Avery, District of Columbia Vice Chairman: Solomon Liss, Maryland Commissioner: H. Lester Hooker, Virginia Melvin E. Lewis, Executive Director Russell W. Cunningham, General Counsel Charles W. Overhouse, Chief Engineer William H. McGilvery, Chief Clerk 1815 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209 Telephone: OX 7-7234 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission was estab- lished in 1961 for the purpose of regulating transportation facilities in the District of Columbia metropolitan area. The Commission was created by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact which was drawn up between Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. Maryland ratified the Compact with the adop- tion of Chapter 613, Acts of 1959. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District, also created by the Compact, embraces the District of Columbia, the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church and Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. The Commission is composed of three members. One member is appointed by the Governor of Maryland, one by the Governor of Virginia, and one by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Each Commissioner serves a term coincident with his term of office on the agency from which he is selected. Maryland is at present represented by the Chairman of the Public Service Commis- sion. The Commission selects its own officers annually. The Commission regulates and plans for mass transit in the District of Columbia metropolitan area. It has the power to prescribe fares, regulations and practices of transportation companies and taxicabs in the area. Traffic and Highway Board Members from Maryland Jerome B. Wolff, Chairman-Director, Maryland State Roads Com- mission; Joseph C. Kordella, Director, Public Works, Montgomery County; J. H. Marburger, Prince George's County Department of Public Works; George N. Lewis, Jr., Maryland State Roads Com- mission; Ben Smith, Traffic Engineer, Prince George's County; Jesse Baggett, County Commissioner, Prince George's County; John R. Jewell, Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles. The Traffic and Highway Board of the Commission was also estab- lished by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Com- pact to assist the Commission in the regulation and improvement of mass transit in the Washington Metropolitan area. Expenses of the Commission are allocated annually in proportion to the population of each signatory in the metropolitan area. Mary- land's share is thirty-nine percent (Code 1957, 1965 Repl. Vol., Art. 41, sees. 257-307). Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds - . $78,330 $82,320 |
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