3 78'/Maryland Manual

The Commission is composed of ten members.
Five are residents of Montgomery County and five
of Prince George's. The five members from each
county make up the county's planning board.

Within the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan
District the Commission is empowered to acquire,
develop, maintain, and operate parks systems with
recreational facilities, the expense of which, includ-
ing debt service, is paid from a separate park tax
levied within the district.

Taking into account all factors of urban, subur-
ban, rural, and regional planning, the Commission
is empowered to make, adopt, and amend a
General Plan for the physical development of the
Maryland-Washington Regional District. The
Planning Boards make zoning recommendations to
their respective County Councils, sitting as District
Councils, for the portion of the district within their
County to enact the zoning ordinances and change
the zoning map. The Planning Boards have exclu-
sive responsibility for subdivision approval, loca-
tion and grades of streets, location of public
buildings and utilities, and street naming and
house numbering. The administration and plan-
ning expenses of the Commission are paid from an
administrative tax levied within the regional dis-
trict.

Not more than three members from each Coun-
ty's Planning Board may be members of the same
political party. In Montgomery County members
are appointed by the County Council and con-
firmed by the County Executive. In Prince
George's County the Executive appoints and the
Council confirms. Members serve four-year terms.
The appointing authority designates the chair-
person of the Planning Board. Chair of the Com-
mission alternates on a fiscal year basis between
the two board chairs. The alternate becomes vice-
chairperson.

The Commission appoints the executive director,
general counsel, and secretary-treasurer. The parks
director, planning director, and community rela-
tions manager for each county are appointed by
the Planning Boards (Code 1957, Art. 28).

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Warren D. Hodges, Adjutant
General and Ranking Line Officer

Brigadier General James F. Fretterd, Assistant
Adjutant General for Army

Brigadier General Donald B. Barshay, Assistant
Adjutant General for Air

Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 728-3388

The Maryland Charter of 1632 empowered Lord
Baltimore to raise troops to put down insurrection
or rebellion and to subdue enemies of the province.
Since that time the organization, maintenance, and
administration of the Maryland Militia have been
an integral part of the State's functions. The
present military establishment of Maryland con-
forms to Title 32, U.S. Code and regulations issued
pursuant thereto, and to the Militia Law of
Maryland (Code 1957, Art. 65).

The Adjutant General is appointed by the
Governor with the consent of the Senate and serves
until his successor is appointed and qualified or
until he is removed from office as a result of
sentence imposed by courts martial (Const. 1867,
Art. IX, sec. 2). The Ranking Line Officer (at the
present time also the Adjutant General) is head of
the Military Department and exercises all his
powers and duties under the Militia Law of
Maryland.

The Military Department prepares all State
forms and records required for militia use and the
reports and returns required by the Federal Gov-
ernment. It maintains the service records of all
officers and enlisted persons who have or are
serving in the Maryland National Guard.

The Ranking Line Officer is the custodian of all
State and federal property used by the Organized
Militia. He apportions and provides for the proper
application of funds for the military establishment.
He also maintains all State-owned armories located
in Maryland and all other properties that may be
occupied, purchased, or leased by the Military
Department. The Ranking Line Officer makes all
regulations for the use of such facilities; applica-
tions for their use should be made to him. In
addition, he is responsible for the administration,
training, and supply of approximately 8,800 Na-
tional Guardsmen, including 1,220 full-time em-
ployees (200 State-paid and 1,020 federally paid).

The Governor, as commander in chief of the
militia, has the power to organize and maintain
additional military forces, known as the Maryland
State Guard, which are separate and distinct from
the National Guard. Such forces are composed of
officers, commissioned or assigned, and all able-
bodied citizens of the State who volunteer and are
accepted for service. They may be ordered to active
duty in the State by the Governor whenever the
National Guard has been called into the military
service of the United States. Members of the State
Guard are uniformed as prescribed by the Gover-