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Motor Vehicle Administration against uninsured
motorists (Code Transportation Article, sees.
17-101 through 17-110).
The Fund is governed by an eleven-member
Board of Trustees. Five members of the Board are
appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate and serve at the Governor's
pleasure. Five members are appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile
Insurance Association. The Executive Director of
the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund serves
ex officio (Code 1957, Art. 48A, sec. 243M). The
chairperson is selected by the Board, and the posi-
tion alternates, for each successive term, between
industry and government appointees. The Board
advises the Executive Director and formulates
policy for the Fund.
Appointed by the Board of Trustees, the Execu-
tive Director is responsible for the exercise of all
duties conferred on the Fund, except those re-
served to the Board of Trustees.
BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES
OF MARYLAND
Board of Trustees
Chairperson: Joyce Ann Burman, 1987
James P. Fox, 1987; William F. Melville, Jr.,
1987; Edward Hartmann, 1988; Constance
McCraw, 1988; Remo dela Pena, 1988; Thomas S.
Saquella, 1988; Elizabeth Mossovitz, 1989;
Stanley Penn, 1989; Ellsworth (Skip) Sharpe,
1989; Jane M. Storrs, 1989.
Frederick L. Dewberry, President
2901 Strickland St.
Baltimore 21223 Telephone: 233^567
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
originated in 1908 as the Maryland Workshop for
the Blind (Chapter 566, Acts of 1908). It adopted
its present name in 1973 (Chapter 164, Acts of
1973). Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
is a quasi-public, statewide multi-service organiza-
tion that provides rehabilitation and educational
programs, vocational training, and employment
services to blind and severely multi-handicapped
blind Marylanders. Its general supervision and
control are vested in eleven trustees appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate for three-year terms.
The purpose of Blind Industries and Services of
Maryland is to establish and operate centers for
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the training, rehabilitation, and employment of
the adult blind of Maryland. In addition, the
agency operates other service programs designed
to teach adult blind persons the skills necessary to
live in society in mutual interdependence with
their sighted peers.
To carry out these programs. Blind Industries
and Services of Maryland currently operates five
divisions—Vending, Industries, Headquarters,
Services, and Training—all based at 2901 Strick-
land St., Baltimore.
The Vending Division serves as the nominee
agency for all locations through a contract from
the State Department of Education's Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation and under authority of
the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act. The Division
locates, builds, and staffs with trained blind man-
agers snack bars, cafeterias, and sundry shops in
publicly owned buildings and in private business-
es. There are currently 102 vending facilities
throughout Maryland. The Industries Division
provides meaningful employment to blind and se-
verely multi-handicapped blind adults in the man-
ufacturing of more than seventy products for fed-
eral and state governments and commercial and
private businesses. The Industries Division oper-
ates plants at 322 Paca Street, Cumberland, and
at the Northwood Industrial Park, Salisbury. The
Training Division provides, free of charge, in-
struction in alternative techniques for blind peo-
ple, including Braille, independent cane travel,
cooking, and remedial education. The Services Di-
vision provides social service, information and re-
ferral, and community outreach programs. Aids
and appliances are sold at cost at all three loca-
tions (Code 1957, Art. 30, sees. 3-10, 30A).
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS
Winfield M. Kelly, Jr., Secretary of State: Louis
L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury; Lucille
Maurer, Treasurer of the State; Alexander L.
Cummings, Clerk of the Court of Appeals; J.
Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General; Gene M.
Raynor, State Administrator of Election Laws.
P.O. Box 231
11 Bladen St.
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 974-3711
The Board of State Canvassers was created in
1896 (Chapter 202, Acts of 1896).
Within thirty-five days after any State election,
the Board meets to tabulate the votes cast for
each candidate from the certified statements of
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