This unit is responsible for studying and
coordinating State-wide telecommunications,
including radio and telephone services, and
for adapting modern techniques to eliminate
duplicate and overlapping telecommunica-
tion systems.
Staff: 1975, 3; 1976, 4; 1977, 4.
PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS
Kenneth B. Webster, Manager of Printing
and Publications
301 W. Preston Street,
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3261
The Division of Printing and Publications
provides central management for all print-
ing. publications, graphic arts and other
activities related to printed materials in the
State service. Also provided are centralized
duplicating services to agencies located pri-
marily in the Baltimore area. Typewriter
repair service is furnished not only to agen-
cies located in the State Office Building
complex in Baltimore, but also to hospitals
and institutions and agencies located
throughout the State.
Staff: 1975, 28; 1976, 32; 1977, 32.
HALL OF RECORDS COMMISSION
Chairman: Robert C. Murphy, Chief fudge,
Court of Appeals
Vice Chairman: Richard D. Weigle,
President, St. John's College
Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the
Treasury; George R. Lewis, Secretary of
General Services; Leonard C. Crewe, Jr.,
President, Maryland Historical Society;
Richard Franko Goldman, President, The
Peabody institute; Steven Muller, President,
The Johns Hopkins University.
Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist,
Archives Division
Philip Schneider, Records Administrator,
Records Management Division
Hall of Records,
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3915
Archives Division
Hall of Records,
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3915 |
Records Management Division
Treasury Bldg„
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3023
The Hall of Records Commission, an ex
officio body, originally created by Chapter
18, Acts of 1935, had its membership al-
tered by Chapter 97, Acts of 1970. The
Commission supervises and controls the
Hall of Records and appoints the Archivist,
who manages the building and its contents.
All papers, records, relics and other me-
morials connected with the early history of
Maryland not required for the necessary
operations of any other office are under the
supervision of and belong to the Hall of
Records Commission.
State agencies, counties, cities and towns
in Maryland are authorized to offer for
deposit at the Hall of Records all files,
documents, and records not in current use.
All records which are in the courthouses
of the State and which were created prior
to April 28, 1788, the date of ratification
of the United States Constitution by Mary-
land, must be deposited at the Hall of Rec-
ords. The Records of all State agencies,
boards, and commissions which are abol-
ished or otherwise cease to function must
also be transferred to the custody of the
Hall of Records Commission.
All current deeds, mortgages, and re-
leases recorded in the courthouses of the
State are microfilmed and preserved at the
Hall of Records for security purposes. Lim-
ited facilities are available for the filming
of records of State agencies.
By several Acts of Assembly, the Hall of
Records has been designated as an official
depository for the publications of State
agencies (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art.
40, sec. 53) and for all codes published by
local governments, both county and mu-
nicipal (Code 1957, 1973 Repl. Vol., Art.
25, sec. 32A; Art. 25A, sees. 7 and 9A;
Art. 25B, sees. 7, 12). Since 1967, the Hall
of Records has been a depository for meas-
ures changing the charters of municipal
corporations (Code 1957, 1966 Repl. Vol.,
1975 Supp., Art. 23A, sees. 17A and 19).
The Hall of Records Commission also
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