8 TWENTY-EIGHTH 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, addi-
tional responsibilities and duties have been assigned to the Hall of
Records Commission and thus to 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 Assembly at the close of each legislative day. The Hall
of Records Commission acts as the historical agency of the State. It
participates in the planning and conduct of historical celebrations, the
restoration of monuments 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 1962 Cumulative Supple-
ment, Article 41, Secs. 104, 144, 171-81; Article 54, Sec. 52.)

The members of the Hall of Records Commission for fiscal year
1963 and the offices which entitle them to 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