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44 MARYLAND MANUAL
Gasoline Tax Division, John K. Coleman, Chief Leonard L. Brown, Assistant Chief State Office Building, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 268-3371 Nights and holidays Telephone: 263-5731 General Accounting Division, Michael J. Potthast, Chief T. Herbert Taylor, Assistant Chief State Treasury Building, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 268-3371 Income Tax Division, Benjamin F. Marsh, Chief State Treasury Building, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 268-3371 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3010 9 Market Street, Cumberland 21502 Telephone: PArkview 4-3223 Shipping Place and Dunmanway, Dundalk 21222 Telephone: ATwater 4-8400 Masonic Building, Easton 21601 Telephone: TAlbot 2-3640 5 Public Square, Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 733-2620 211 N. Washington Street, Havre de Grace 21078 Telephone: WEstmore 9-4600 Odd Fellows Building, Salisbury 21801 Telephone; Pioneer 2-1256 Woodmoor Shopping Center, Building 10, 10111 Colesville Road, Silver Spring 21901 Telephone: JUniper 5-8446 1319 F Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20004 Telephone: STeriing 3-6680 License Bureau, Edward J. Dyas, Chief License Inspector 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3010 Retail Sales Tax Division, Edward F. Engelbert, Chief Henry A. Heinmuller, Jr„ Assistant Chief (Cigarette Tax Unit, John A. Cooney, Jr., Chief) 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3010 The Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury was established in 1851, The Comptroller is elected by popular vote for the term of four years (Const. 1867, Art. VI, sec. 1). The Constitution enumerates his duties, beginning with the broad mandate to exercise "general super- intendence over the fiscal affairs of the State, preparing plans for the improvement and management of revenue, for the support of the public credit". More specifically, he is to "preserve all public accounts, and decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts"; to "grant, under regulations prescribed by law, all warrants for money to be paid out of the Treasury"; and to "superintend and enforce the prompt collection of all taxes and revenues." The Comptroller receives the State Auditor's reports, contacts various departments to follow up the Auditor's recommendations, and jointly with the Treasurer he exer- cises supervision over the Central Payroll Bureau. The Comptroller, or his deputies, countersigns all checks drawn by the Treasurer upon the deposits of the State. The Comptroller prescribes the formalities for the transfer or other evidence of the State debt and countersigns such papers. He administers and collects the following specific taxes: the income tax, both personal and corporate; the retail sales and use taxes; the admissions tax; the motor vehicle fuel tax; the road tax on motor carriers; the State tobacco tax; the Maryland estate tax; excise taxes on beer, wine and liquor; and certain franchise taxes. The Comptroller also administers the Dormant Bank Account Law, col- lects taxes on the deposits of savings banks, on the gross receipts of certain utility companies and rolling stock of persons other than rail- |
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