exercise franchises granted by the counties or by the cities, the right to
fix rates for service, fix standards for service and general supervisory and
regulatory powers.

In the matter of permitting the companies to exercise franchises and
to issue securities, they are required in all cases to advertise the fact
that the Commission will hear their application upon a certain date.
This done in order that any person, or persons, opposed to the exercise
of the franchise or the issuance of securities may have an opportunity to
be heard and submit to the Commission their reason, for believing that
the Commission should withhold the order permitting the things to be
done under the application filed.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PENITENTIARY.

(Board abolished by Act creating the State Board of Penal Con-
trol. Ch. 556,1916.)

STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.

Name. Postoffice. Term Expires.
Wm. C. Powell.. ............... .Snow Hill ................. .1917
H. Lionel Meredith.............. Hagerstown. . . . ...........1918
Ephraim Bacon................ .Baltimore ................. 1919
David R. Millard.. ............. .Mt. Washington ........... .1920
J. Fuller Framer................ Baltimore ................. 1921
Ephraim Bacon, Ph. G., Secretary. .. .30th & Calvert Sts., Baltimore

The Governor appoints five, one annually for a term of five years.
Two shall be residents of Baltimore City and three residents of the
counties. (Ch. 179,1902.)

This Board is for the purpose of examining all candidates that
might present themselves for an examination, either as Pharmacists or
Assistant Pharmacists.

The Board keeps a record of all registered Pharmacists and regis-
tered Assistant Pharmacists of Maryland.

Any information pertaining to pharmacy in Maryland should be ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Board, who can supply a copy of any
pharmacy law of Maryland.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ST. MARY'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
FOR BOYS.
(Terms Expire 1918.)

Name. Postoffice.
William A. Dickey, Jr............................... Roland Park
Joseph J. Janney. ................................... .Baltimore
Charles R. Wilcox. ................................... .Baltimore
John R. King. ...................................... .Baltimore
John W. T. Webb. ..................................... .Vienna