EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

State House, Annapolis.

Baltimore Office 603 Union Trust Building.
Governor:
Albert C. Ritchie...............................................................Baltimore City

Secretary of State:
Philip B. Perlman........................................................................Baltimore

Executive Secretary:
William K. Conway......................................................................................Baltimore

Chief Clerk:
Carl Hardy ................................................................................................Annapolis

Stenographers:

Miss Virginia Ellinger.................................................................... Baltimore
Mrs. Bettie Smith.....................................................Baltimore

Clerks:

Murray G. Hooper...............................................................................Annapolis
Raymond M. Lauer..........................................................Annapolis
Charles B. Woolley.............................................................Annapolis

The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years
from the second Wednesday in January next ensuing his election
( Constitution, Art 2, Sec. 2 ); * The Secretary of State is appointed by
the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, to hold office during the
term of the Governor; all other officers are appointed by the Governor
to hold office during his pleasure.

Under the State Reorganization Law, which became operative Janu-
ary 1, 1923, the Executive Department was reorganized and enlarged to
include, besides the Secretary of State, the following: Parole Commis-
sioner. The Commissioner of the Land Office, The Superintendent of Pub-
lic Buildings, The Department of Legislative Reference, The Commis-
sioners for Uniform State Laws, The State Librarian.

The Secretary of State, in addition to his statutory duties, is the
General Secretary to the Governor. The statutory duties of the Secre-
tary are briefly as follows. His attestation of the Governor's signa-
ture to all public documents, commissions, pardons, warrants, procla-
mations and the many other papers and certificates is required; he is
the custodian of the records of the Executive Department; Certificates
of Nomination of certain political candidates are required to be filed
in his office and their names certified by him to the Election Super-
visors for placement upon the ballot; he is a member of the Board of
State Canvassers and prepares that Board's minutes and certifications
in addition to keeping the records of their meetings and of the election
returns; employees of legislative counsels and agents are required to
certify to him, under oath, whatever expenses have been incurred by
them in connection with their activities for or against legislation be-
fore the General Assembly; he is the custodian of the Great Seal of
the State; railroad leases are filed in his office and he exercises gen-
eral supervision over the detail work of the entire Executive Depart-
ment which consists of the office of the Governor and Secretary of
State.

*Under the Constitutional Amendment of 1922 providing for quadrennial
elections the Governor elected in 1923 will only serve for three years.