State Government, 1927

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
State House, Annapolis.
Baltimore Office 603 Union Trust Building

Governor:
Albert C. Ritchie Annapolis

Secretary of State.
David C. Winebrenner, 3d Frederick

Executive Secretary:
Kenneth M. Burns Annapolis

Stenographers
Miss Virginia Dinwiddie Ellinger Baltimore
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Smith Baltimore

Clerks:
Murray G. Hooper Annapolis
Raymond M. Lauer Annapolis
Chas. Burton Woolley Annapolis

The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years
from the second Wednesday in January ensuing his election. The Sec
retary 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
lie 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 Seers
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.