Prince George's County Planning Board: Roy I.
Dabney, 1987; Margaret S. Yewell, 1987; Edgar
B. Keller, Jr., 1988; Samuel Y. Botts, 1990.

John F. Downs, Jr., Prince George's County
Planning Director; Richard E. Tustian,
Montgomery County Planning Director; Hugh B.
Robey, Prince George's County Parks and
Recreation Director; Donald K. Cochran,
Montgomery County Parks Director

Thomas H. Countee, Jr., Executive Director

6609 Riggs Rd.
Hyattsville 20782 Telephone: 853^800

County Administration Building
Prince George's County
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Dr.
Upper Marlboro 20772 Telephone: 952-3560

Created in 1927, the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission has jurisdiction
over parks and planning in Montgomery and
Prince George's counties (Chapter 448, Acts of
1927). The Commission exercises its authority
over all of the two counties except for certain in-
corporated municipalities.

The Commission is composed of ten members.
Five are residents of Montgomery County, and
five are from 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, in-
cluding 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 Gen-
eral Plan for the physical development of the
Maryland-Washington Regional District. The
Planning Boards make zoning recommendations
to their respective County Councils, sitting as Dis-
trict Councils, for the portion of the district with-
in their county to enact the zoning ordinances and
change the zoning map. The Planning Boards
have exclusive responsibility for subdivision ap-
proval, location and grades of streets, location of
public buildings and utilities, and street naming
and house numbering. The administration and
planning expenses of the Commission are paid
from an administrative tax levied within the re-
gional district.

Commission members serve four-year terms. In
Montgomery County, three members are ap-
pointed by the County Council and confirmed by
the County Executive, and two members are ap-
pointed by the County Executive and confirmed
by the County Council. In Prince George's Coun-
ty, the County Executive appoints all five mem-
bers subject to County Council confirmation. Not
more than three members from each county's
Planning Board may be members of the same po-
litical party. The appointing authority designates
the chairperson of the Planning Board. Chairing
of the Commission alternates on a fiscal year basis
between the two planning board chairpersons. The
alternate becomes vice-chairperson.

The Commission appoints the executive direc-
tor, general counsel, and secretary-treasurer. The
parks director, planning director, and community
relations manager for each county are appointed
by the Planning Boards (Code 1957, Art. 28, sees.
1-101 through 8-125).

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General James F. Fretterd, Adjutant
General

Brigadier General Ernest M. Snyder, Assistant
Adjutant General for Army

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

Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 576-6000

The Maryland Charter of 1632 empowered
Lord Baltimore to raise troops to put down insur-
rection or rebellion and to subdue enemies of the
province. Since that time the training, organiza-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the
Maryland Militia have been an integral part of the
State's functions. The present military establish-
ment of Maryland conforms to Title 32 of the
U.S. Code and regulations issued pursuant there-
to, and to the Militia Law of Maryland (Code
1957, Art. 65).

The Adjutant General is appointed by the Gov-
ernor with the consent of the Senate (Const. 1867,
Art. IX, sec. 2). The Adjutant General is head of
the Military Department and exercises all his
powers and duties under the Militia Law of Mary-
land.

The Military Department prepares all State
forms and records required for militia use and the