The reading room is open to the public daily, where any of the
volumes in the Library may be consulted.

Members of the Library Committee are: Carroll T. Bond, Chief
Judge, Court of Appeals, Judge T. Scott Offutt (inactive). Judge
Benjamin A. Johnson, Judge D. Lindley Sloan and Herbert T. Tif-
fany, Reporter of the Court of Appeals.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Annapolis

Name. Postoffice.
Superintendent:
R. Chester Cromwell................ Brooklyn R.F.D. No. 9,

Anne Arundel County, Md.

The Superintendent and all employees in this department are ap-
pointed by the Governor. (Ch. 551, 1906.)

The Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds is the custo-
dian of the State Capitol, Court of Appeals Building Government
House and State Office Building in the City of Annapolis.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
(Union Trust Building, Baltimore)

Board consists of the Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and
State Treasurer:
Governor:

Herbert R. O'Conor. ............................ .Annapolis
Comptroller of the Treasury:

J. Millard Tawes ................................ .Crisfield
State Treasurer:
Hooper S. Miles. ................................ Salisbury

Secretary:
Joseph O'C. McCusker. .......................... .Pikesville

The Board of Public Works, as constituted under Article XII of the
Constitution, and Section 94 of Article 41 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, exercises such powers and duties as may be dele-
gated to it from time to time in regard to the creation of State debt,
the fixing of interest thereon, the terms and conditions thereof, the
preparation of certificates of indebtedness and the advertising and sale
thereof. All contracts for the expenditure of the proceeds of loans
authorized by Act of the General Assembly are subject to the approval
of said Board before the same are executed.

The Board supervises the expenditure of all sums appropriated for
the acquisition of land, buildings, equipment, new construction and
other capital expenditures, except in connection with State roads,
bridges and highways, whether made through the medium of a budget
bill, a supplementary appropriation bill or a State bond issue bill, and
all contracts for the expenditure thereof shall be subject to the ap-
proval of said Board before the same are executed, after review by
the Director of Budget Procurement.