to permit an unfit applicant to operate a car in the State, but in addi-
tion he holds the power of suspension for a stated period or the abso-
lute revocation of a driver's permit. This without regard to the action
of the Courts in cases tried before them.

Appeal to the Courts from the action of the Commissioner, in sus-
pending, refusing or revoking licenses, is provided in the law, however.

THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT

Office, 516 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md.

Commissioner (Term Expires 1935) •

Swepson Earle Baltimore
Chief Clerk:

H. H. Johnson Baltimore
Assistant Chief Clerk;

C. E. Ebberts Arbutus
Engineer:

H. E. Collins Crisfield
Stenographers:

M. C. Rafferty Baltimore

Agnes M. Lochte . Baltimore
Junior Account Clerk:

Evelyn E. Morck Baltimore
Deputy State Auditor for Oyster Packing Houses

Milton C. Greer, Jr . Baltimore

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
District No. I:

Robert S. Harrison . Sherwood, Talbot County
District No. 2:

John T. Handy . Crisfield, Somerset County
District No. 3:

Herman A. Woodfield Galesville, Anne Arundel County
The Governor appoints the Conservation Commissioner for a term of
four years from the first Monday in May (Ch. 29, 1922), and the mem-
bers of the Advisory Committee for a, term of four years from June 1
(Ch. 369, 1027).

CONSERVATION

The Conservation. Department succeeded the Conservation Commission
of Maryland, which was organized in 1916, when the Legislature
consolidated all the various commissions and boards which had any-
thing to do with the conservation of the natural resources of the State
waters and wild fowl and upland game. At that time there were in
existence the Maryland Shellfish Commission, the State Game Warden,
the State Fishery Force, the Board of Fish Commissioners, each of which
had some integral part of the above resources under supervision. The
Conservation Commission when first organized was composed of three
commissioners, but in 1922, it was reduced to a one-man commission.

Conservation is no longer an experiment, for it has been demon-
strated in the past few years that oysters, fish and crabs are reassuming
their rightful places in the State's seafood industries. Reports from
all sections of the State indicate that the supply of each has never been
as plentiful as it is at present or can be reasonably looked for during
the immediate coming years.

When oysters become re established, as crabs have been, the work
of conservation for future years should be very much easier as the best