Ill/Maryland Manual

Annual Report to General Assembly on Equity Participation Investment Program due Jan. 1.

Annual Report to Joint Budget & Audit Committee on use ofnonbudgeted or dedicated funds for capital
construction projects due Jan. 10.

Annual Report to Joint Budget &Audit Committee, Department of Budget & Fiscal Planning, &
Department of Fiscal Services on anticipated federal aid and requested increases due Aug. 15.

Annual Report to Records Management Division of Department of General Services on forms management due
July 31.

Annual Report to Secretary of General Services on personal records.

Annual Report to Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, Senate Finance Committee, House Appropriations
Committee, & House Economic Matters Committee on Industrial & Commercial Redevelopment Fund due
Dec. 31.

Annual Report of Advisory Commission on Sports u Governor, General Assembly, and Secretary of Economic &
Employment Development.

Annual Report of Governor's Employment & Training Council to Governor & General Assembly.
Annual Report of Maryland Energy Financing Administration to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 1.

Annual Report of Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority to Governor, General Assembly, &
chairperson of Joint Budget &Audit Committee.

Annual Report of Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to Governor.

Annual Report of Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to General Assembly due Jan. 1.

Annual Report of Private Sector Advisory Council to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 1.

Quarterly Report to Secretary of Personnel on part-time positions.

Quarterly Report of Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to Senate Budget e?" Taxation
Committee, Senate Finance Committee, House Appropriations Committee, & House Economic Matters
Committee.

Quarterly Report of Partnership for Workforce Quality Advisory Board to Governor's Employment & Training
Council.

Report to Secretary of Budget &Fiscal Planning &Legislative Auditor on account examinations of private
care providers under State contract due periodically.

Semi-annual Report to Senate Budget & Taxation Committee & House Appropriations Committee on
delinquency & default rates for Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority, Maryland
Industrial Development Financing Authority, &Day Care Loan Program.

Semi-annual Report to State Treasurer on anticipated debt duringnext seven-month period due Jan. 1 &Jutyl.

ORIGIN & FUNCTIONS

Maryland's continuing commitment to develop economic and employment opportunities began in
1884 with the creation of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of the Industries of the State (Chapter
211, Acts of 1884). To guide development, government needed to know the agricultural, mineral and
industrial output of the State, what commerce was moving through Maryland, and whether transportation
networks functioned. In the late nineteenth century, with farm labor scarce and the labor reform movement
gaining momentum, the Bureau also collected informadon on labor problems and abuses and reported
annually to the General Assembly

Chapter 29, Acts of 1892, enumerated more clearly the information sought by the Bureau: statistics
on labor, particularly wages and strikes; any information about agriculture calculated to attract immigra-
tion; and data on mineral products, manufacturing, transportation, shipping, and commerce. The Bureau
also was to receive reports from all officers and institutions of the State, publish the information in book
form, and annually revise and republish. In 1902, operation of a free State employment agency was added
to the Bureau's responsibilities (Chapter 365, Acts of 1902).

Since labor and the status of the economy interlink, at the end of the nineteenth century as Maryland
professed a shortage of labor, the State aggressively sought a new force of workers from Europe. In 1896,
the Bureau of Immigration was formed to attract European immigrants (Chapter 295, Acts of 1896). The