CONTENTS Page
FOREWORD ............................................................................... ix

MARYLAND AT A GLANCE ........................................................ 3

MARYLAND GOVERNMENT ........................................................ 6

CAPSULE CHRONOLOGY ............................................................ 9

STATE SYMBOLS ........................................................................ 12

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES

Harry Hughes, Governor ........................................................................ 19

J. Joseph Curran, Lieutenant Governor ...................................................... 22

Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller .............................................................. 24

Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General .......................................................... 24

William S. James, State Treasurer ............................................................ 25

Lorraine M. Sheehan, Secretary of State .................................................... 26

LEGISLATURE

The General Assembly ......................................................................... 29

The Legislative Process ......................................................................... 31

Histories of the 1983 and 1984 Sessions .................................................... 33

Standing Committees ............................................................................ 34

Statutory Committees ........................................................................... 37

Special Joint Committees and Task Forces ................................................. 41

Legislative Agencies ............................................................................. 41

Legislative Districts and Roster of Members ............................................... 44

Biographies of Members of the Senate ...................................................... 79

Biographies of Members of the House of Delegates ...................................... 91

CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Governor .......................................................................................... 129

Lieutenant Governor ............................................................................ 131

Comptroller ....................................................................................... 131

Treasurer .......................................................................................... 135

Board of Public Works ......................................................................... 135

Secretary of State ................................................................................ 137

Attorney General ................................................................................ 139

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Introduction ....................................................................................... 149

Biographies of Department Secretaries ....................................................... 149

Agriculture ........................................................................................ 153

Budget and Fiscal Planning ................................................................... 163

Economic and Community Development .................................................... 167

Education ......................................................................................... 183

Employment and Training ..................................................................... 189

General Services ................................................................................. 195

Health and Mental Hygiene ................................................................... 203

Human Resources ............................................................................... 241

Licensing and Regulation ...................................................................... 251

Natural Resources ............................................................................... 267