8 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT

HALL OF RECORDS COMMISSION

The Hall of Records Commission is an ex officio body created by
Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1935 to collect and preserve the historical
records of Maryland and to encourage research and investigation in the
history of the Province and State. Since passage of this act, additional
responsibilities and duties have been assigned to the Hall of Records
Commission and the staff of the Hall of Records. They administer the
Records Management Program for State and county governmental
agencies; they compile and distribute the Maryland Manual; and they
manage the microfilming of current land records for use by the Land
Office and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. The
Hall of Records has been made a depository for all publications of State
agencies, and its staff microfilms the Proceedings of the General As-
sembly at the close of each legislative day. The Hall of Records Com-
mission acts as the historical agency of the State. It participates in the
planning and conduct of historical celebrations, the restoration of monu-
ments and houses and the search for historical data necessary for the
conduct of the State's business. (Annotated Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, 1957 and 1961 Cumulative Supplement, Article 41,
Secs. 104, 144, 171-81; Article 54, Sec. 52.)

The members of the Hall of Records Commission for fiscal year
1961 and their offices by virtue of which they held membership were
as follows:

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland:

HONORABLE FREDERICK W. BRUNE. Chairman.........Baltimore

President of St. John's College:

DR. RICHARD D. WEIGLE. Vice Chairman...........Annapolis

Governor of Maryland:

HONORABLE J. MILLARD TAWES..................Annapolis

Comptroller of the Treasury:

HONORABLE Louis L. GOLDSTEIN .......... Prince Frederick

President of the Maryland Historical Society:

HONORABLE GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE................Baltimore