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Cambridge and Dorchester County Business and Industrial Develop-
ment Committee. It is also analyzing the impact of the basing-point
decisions on Maryland's economy.

Expenditures Appropriations

1949 1950
General funds --.............--$ 55,407.15 $ 62,068.00

Hospital Survey .................... 780.86

$ 56,188.01
Staff: 14.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

John B. Funk, Chief Engineer, 1951
James J. O'Donnell, Assistant Chief Engineer
Garrett 0. Billmire, Assistant Chief Engineer
Lawrence P. Sangston, Principal Architect
Albert P. Backhaus, Principal Building Engineer
S. Virginia Lewis, Executive Secretary
200 "W. Franklin St., Baltimore 1 Telephone: Plaza 2530

The Department of Public Improvements was created by the General
Assembly in 1947. The director of the Department is the Chief Engi-
neer, who is appointed by the Governor for a term of four years
(Code 1947 Supp., Art. 78A, sees. 8C,8D). The Department provides
the necessary technical assistance to the Board of Public Works which
is charged with the administration of the Capital Improvements pro-
gram. The Department also acts as approving agency under the Hill-
Burton Act, which provides Federal aid for hospital construction. The
Department of Public Improvements prepares the specifications for all
buildings being constructed under its supervision, appoints the archi-
tect and supervises and approves the architectural drawings and
designs. In cooperation with the Maryland Planning Commission, the
Department has organized site-planning panels at many of the State
institutions where construction is in progress or contemplated. Through
these individual planning committees, the sites of buildings and other
improvements may be selected with the thought of the maximum
growth and development of the institution. The Department also
maintains a record drawing of each institution showing water supply
lines, sewage disposal systems and public utilities locations. These
drawings will show all changes made and thus provide at all times
accurate and complete information regarding all building sites. An
inspection division is also maintained by the Department to insure
that the standards and specifications established are observed. In
addition to these continuing functions, the Department is preparing
the State building code which will be presented to the General Assem-
bly (Code 1947 Supp., Art. 78A, sees. 8G-8I).

Board of Architectural Review

Chairman: Laurence Hall Fowler, 1951

James R. Edmunds, Jr., 1951; T. Worth Jamison, Jr.,1951;

Henry Powell Hopkins, 1951; Lucius R. White, 1951; Paul L.
Gaudreau, 1951; Richard W. Ayers, 1951.