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THE EXECUTIVE
THE GOVERNOR

Harry Hughes, Governor

Annette Silverman, Secretary to the Governor

Ejner J. Johnson, Staff Director

Benjamin M. Biaiek, Chief Legislative Officer

James B. Rowland, Executive Assistant to the Governor

Louis G. Panos, Press Secretary

Norm Silverstein, Assistant Press Secretary

Constance R. Beims, Appointments Officer

Frances R. Smith, Deputy Appointments Officer

Mark P. Kane, Assistant Legislative Officer

Frederick R. Millhiser, Assistant Legislative Officer

Jane Nishita, Assistant Legislative Officer

Sylvia M. Ramsey, Executive Assistant, Economic and Community Development, Licensing and

Regulation, Personnel

Jean Tucker Adams, Executive Assistant, Human Resources, Employment and Training
Wayne A. McDaniel, Executive Assistant, Transportation, Public Safety
Ellen Fraites, Executive Assistant, Natural Resources, Agriculture
Sheila M. Tolliver, Executive Assistant, Education
Andrew B. Wigglesworth, Executive Assistant, Health and Mental Hygiene, Aging
F. David Schad, Executive Assistant, National Relations Office, Washington
Wanda M. Schloeder, Executive Assistant, Baltimore Office
Walter Tabler, Director, Health Claims Arbitration Office
John A. Lancaster, Director, Office for Handicapped Individuals
John Kyle, Director, Office for Children and Youth
Douglas B. Sands, Director, Office of Minority Affairs
Philip Holmes, Director. State Coordinating Council/or Residential Placement of Handicapped Children

State House, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-3431
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383^950

Suite 315
444 N. Capitol Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: 383^582
Washington Area: 638-2215

9300 Kenilworth Ave., Greenbelt 20770 Telephone: 474-2500

The Governor is the chief executive officer of the State and the commander in chief of its military
forces. He is elected by popular vote for a term of four years, with his term of office beginning on the third
Wednesday of January following his election. No person may serve as Governor for more than two
consecutive terms. To be eligible for the office of Governor, a person must be at least thirty years of age
and must have been for five years immediately preceding his election a resident and registered voter of the
State. He receives the salary recommended prior to each election by the Governor's Salary Commission
and approved by the General Assembly. Until 1986, the Governor's salary is $75,000 per year (Const.
1867, Art. H, secs. 1, 3, 5, 21, 21A).

The Governor must submit to each annual session of the General Assembly a budget for the next
ensuing fiscal year. The Governor may also inform the General Assembly at any time of the condition of
the State (Const. 1867, Art. II, sec. 19; Art. Ill, sec. 52(3)).

Every bill passed by the General Assembly, except the annual Budget Bill, must be presented to the
Governor before it becomes law. If he approves the bill he may sign it, and if he disapproves he may veto
it. Any bill that he vetoes may be passed without his signature by three-fifths of the total number of
members of each house of the General Assembly, either at the current session or at the session next