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Maryland Manual, 1977-78
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Personnel and Training
John E. Murphy, Director
State Income Tax Building,
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-3696
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201
Telephone: 383-3947
Retail Sales Tax Division
Henry A. Heinmuller, Jr., Chief
Henry Blondheim, Assistant Chief
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201
Telephone: 383-3838

5 Public Square, Hagerstown 21740
Telephone: 797-5470
Penn Silver Building, Suite 204
5408 Silver Hill Road, Suitland
Telephone: 568-0222
Admissions Tax Unit
Romeo L. Valianti, Chief
State Treasury Building, Annapolis 21404
Telephone; 269-3001
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201
Telephone: 338-3821

The Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury was established in 1851. The Comp-
troller is elected by popular vote for the term of four years. (Const. 1867, Art. VI, sec. 1),
at the general election, not a presidential election. There is no limitation on the number of
terms he may serve. He receives such salary as may be fixed by law. For Fiscal Year
1977, he will receive a salary of $44,856. He must give his bond and keep his office at
the seat of government. He qualifies on the third Monday in January following his election,
but his qualifications to hold office are not stated either in the Constitution of 1867 or in
the Code. The Constitution enumerates his duties, beginning with the broad mandate to
exercise "general superintendence 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 col-
lection of all taxes and revenues." The Comptroller receives the Legislative Auditor's re-
ports and contacts various departments to follow the Auditor's recommendations. Jointly
with the Treasurer he exercises supervision over the Central Payroll Bureau. The Comp-
troller, 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 Abandoned Property and Dormant
Bank Account Laws, collects taxes on the deposits of savings banks, on the gross receipts
of certain utility companies and rolling stock of persons other than railroads. Revenues
collected by the Maryland Racing Commission as well as the motor vehicle revenues
are distributed to political subdivisions by the office of the Comptroller.
The Comptroller, through the Alcoholic Beverages Division, controls and regulates
the manufacture, sale, transportation, and distribution of alcoholic beverages into, within,
and out of the State of Maryland; issues licenses to manufacturers, wholesalers, airlines,
railroads, and steamboats; and issues permits to nonbeverage dealers, nonresident dealers,
transportation companies, transporters, and for public individual storage. The Maryland
Alcohol Tax Enforcement Unit is charged with the specific enforcement of certain of the
alcoholic beverages laws.
The office of the Comptroller prescribes the form of all licenses required by the State
licensing laws which are issued through the Clerks of the Courts of the various counties.
The License Bureau enforces the State license laws. Each month the Comptroller collects
license revenues, State property transfer taxes, death taxes, and real and personal prop-

 
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