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252 MARYLAND MANUAL Jerry A. Moore, Jr. and Polly Shackleton, District of Columbia, Alternate Directors Gladys N. Spellman, and Rose C. Kramer, Maryland, Alternate Directors Jackson Graham, General Manager Warren Quenstadt, Deputy General Manager Schuyier Lowe Executive Officer and Comptroller Delmer Ison, Secretary-Treasurer John R. Kennedy, General Counsel Roy T. Dodge, Chief of Engineering and Operations 950 South L'Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20024 Telephone: 484-2700 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a govern- mental agency created by an interstate Compact entered into by and between the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia with the consent of Congress. Maryland ratified the Compact by Chapter 869, Acts of 1965. The Authority was created to plan, finance, and develop a regional rapid transit system for the national capital region. The Authority is controlled by a six-member Board of Directors (and six alternate directors), two each appointed by the three signa- tories to the Compact. The members from Maryland are appointed by the Washington Suburban Transit Commission; the members from Virginia by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the members from the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia City Council. The chief administrative officer of the Authority is the General Manager, and subject to policy direction by the Board, is responsible for all activities of the Authority (Code 1957, 1965 Repl. Vol., 1968 Supp., Art. 41, sees. 317-1.317-86). WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION Chairman: George A. Avery, District of Columbia Vice Chairman: William O. Doub, Maryland Commissioner: H. Lester Hooker, Virginia Melvin E. Lewis, Executive Director Douglas N. Schneider, Jr., General Counsel Charles W. Overhouse, Chief Engineer William H. McGilvery, Chief Clerk 1625 I Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006 Telephone: 382-4865 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 Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Each Commissioner serves a term coincident with his term of office |
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