and to place this officer in control of the military department of the
State. This provision in the present Militia Law is in line with the
best thought and progressive acts of many of the States. The authority,
prerogatives and duties heretofore held and performed by the
Adjutant General have, by the present law, been transferred to the
ranking line officer who 18 responsible only to the Governor, acting for
and by his direction in all matters pertaining to the Military De-
partment of the State..

CONTROL, OF STATE ARMORIES.

By Act of the General Assembly of 1922 (Art. 65, P. G. L.. Md.)
the State Armory Commission was abolished and the direct control of
all State Armories placed with the Adjutant General of the State, to
whom all applications should be made for the use of any armory,
provided, however, that when applications are disapproved by the
Adjutant General they shall be subject to review and approval of the
Board of Public Works, the Adjutant General and the commanding
officer of the unit occupying the armory concerned.

CENTRAL PURCHASING BUREAU,
22 Light Street, Baltimore.

State Purchasing Agent;

Walter IT. Kirkman.......................................................Halethorpe
Assistant Purchasing Agent;

Robert A. Atkinson...........................................................Baltimore
Senior Typist (Assistant Buyer) :

Mrs. Helen B. ParsonB......................................................Baltimore
. Senior Typist (Assistant Buyer) :

Michael A. Noppinger..................................................................Baltimore ....
Senior Clerk (Assistant Buyer) :

Kenneth M. BurnB..........................................................BaltimoTe
Senior Stenographers:

Miss Mary Gold...............................................................Baltimore

Miss Ida H. Marmer.......................................................Baltimore

Senior Typist:
Miss Sadie E. Berkowitz............................................Baltimore

Senior Clerk:
Mias Margaret McConnell............................................Baltimore

This Bureau consists of the Governor, who is Chairman thereof,
Secretary of State, Comptroller of the Treasury, State Treasurer,
Chairman of the State Road Commission, Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, Chairman of the State Board of Prison Control, Chairman
of the State Board of Health, State Superintendent of Public Schools,
President of the State College of Agriculture, and the Superintendent
or managing heads of the following institutions: Crownsville State
Hospital, Eastern Shore State Hospital, Rosewood State Training
School, Spring Grove State Hospital, Springfield State Hospital/
Maryland Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Maryland State School for the