446/Maryland Manual

GOVERNOR'S MANSION TRUST

Chairperson:
Earl F. Seboda, Secretary of General Services

Hilda Mae Snoops, designee of Governor; Catherine
I. Riley, designee of Senate President (Thomas Patrick
O'Reilly, alternate); Charles J. Ryan, designee of
House Speaker; J. Rodney Little, Director, Maryland
Historical Trust.

Nonvoting members: Wendy Cooper, designee of
Director, Baltimore Museum of Art; Barbara W.
Sarudy, Acting Director, Maryland Historical Society;
Joseph Anderson, designee of Executive Director, St.
Mary's City Commission; Georgia Adler, Director,
Talbot County Historical Society; William Johnston,
designee of Director, Walters Museum of Art; Jean
Woods, Director, Washington County Museum of
Fine Arts; Dr. George Callcott, designee of Chair-
person, History Department, University of Maryland
College Park; Elaine Reed, designee of Horticulturist,
William Paca Gardens.

Secretary: Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist

State Archives
350 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-3867

The Governor's Mansion Trust originated in
1980 as Government House Trust (Chapter 267,
Acts of 1980). In 1988, the Trust was reorganized
as the Governor's Mansion Trust (Chapter 494,
Acts of 1988).

The Trust supervises and directs the renovation,
design, and furnishing of the seven State rooms of
the Governor's Mansion, the official residence of
the Governor. The State rooms include the center
hall, the conservatory, the private reception room,
the State dining room, the State drawing room, the
State parlor, and the State reception room. The
Trust also is responsible for landscaping the Man-
sion grounds; conserving and restoring objects in
the State rooms; and carrying out the maintenance
of the State rooms. An inventory of furnishings in
the Governor's Mansion is maintained by the De-
partment of General Services.

On behalf of the State, the Trust may receive and
accept gifts and loans of property for use in the State
rooms of the Governor's Mansion. No improve-
ment, alteration, addition, removal, or other
change in the internal design or furnishings of any
State room of the Governor's Mansion is author-
ized unless approved by the Trust. In performing its
duties and responsibilities, the Trust consults with
and seeks the advice of the Commission on Artistic
Property, and the Board of Trustees and Council of
the Maryland Historical Society

The Trust consists of thirteen members. Five
voting members include the Governor, the Senate

President, the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
the Secretary of General Services, and the Director
of the Maryland Historical Trust, or their designees.
Eight advisory nonvoting members also serve on
the Trust. The Secretary of General Services serves
as chairperson (Code State Government Article,
secs. 9-601 through 9-606).

GOVERNOR'S SALARY
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Charles O. Fisher, Sr.

Appointed by Senate President: Richard J.
Davidson; Lillian E. Dorsey; Jay E. Yospy.

Appointed by House Speaker: Tessa Hill; Thomas
J. Hutchison.

Terms expire 1988.
Ex officio: Lucille Maurer, State Treasurer
Staff: William S. Ratchford II

Department of Fiscal Services
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401 841-3761

The Governor's Salary Commission was created
by Constitutional Amendment ratified at the gen-
eral election ofNovember 1976 (Chapter 543, Acts
of 1976).

The Commission recommends to the General
Assembly the salaries of the Governor and the
Lieutenant Governor. These recommendations are
presented as a legislative joint resolution and must
be introduced no later than the fifteenth day of the
regular session every fourth year. The General As-
sembly may adopt or reduce the Commission's
recommendations, but may not increase the salaries
proposed. If the General Assembly fails to adopt or
amend the joint resolution within fifty calendar days
following its introduction, the salaries recom-
mended by the Commission shall apply Salaries
recommended by the Commission and endorsed by
the General Assembly go into effect at the begin-
ning of the next term of the Governor. If the
Commission fails to provide salary recommenda-
tions, no salary changes can be made.

For Fiscal ^ear 1989, the Governor's salary is
$85,000 and the Lieutenant Governor's salary is
$72,500.

The seven-member Commission is comprised of
the State Treasurer, three appointees of the Senate
President, and three appointees of the House
Speaker. Members serve four-year terms (Const.,
Art. II, secs. 1A, 21, 21A).