vides for the care and training of mentally retarded children from
all parts of the State. The budget is predicated upon a population
of 2,212 for the fiscal year 1956.57.

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds .....................$3,087,413 $3,436,520
Staff: 729

SPRINGFIELD STATE HOSPITAL

Robert E. Gardner, M.D., Superintendent
Sykesville (Carroll County) Telephone: Sykesville 194

The Springfield State Hospital, established by the General As-
sembly of 1894, opened for patients in 1896. The hospital provides
for the care of mentally ill patients from Baltimore City, Baltimore
County, and the counties of Western Maryland, although patients
from other areas may be admitted as necessary. The budget is pre-
dicated upon a population of 3,540 for the fiscal year 1956-57.

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds ..................$4,752,702 $5,010,668
Staff: 1,095

SPRING GROVE STATE HOSPITAL
Isadore Tuerk, M.D., Superintendent
Catonsville 28 (Baltimore County) Telephone Ridgeway 7-4400

Spring Grove State Hospital was established in 1797. It provides
for the hospitalization of mentally ill patients from Baltimore City,
Baltimore County, and the counties of Southern Maryland, although
patients from other areas may be admitted as necessary. The budget
is predicated upon a population of 2,940 for the fiscal year 1956-57.

Appropriations 1957 1958

General Funds ......................$4,039,383 $4,244,421
Staff: 897

INSTITUTION FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE
Jessups, Maryland

A building to be established for the treatment and rehabilitation
of the criminally insane was authorized by the General Assembly of
1953. An appropriation of $2,000,000 was made from the General
Construction Loan for study, planning and construction of an institu-
tion for 239 patients (Laws 1953, chap. 270). The estimated date of
completion for this building is December, 1958.

Conservation of Natural Resources

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chairman: John P. Tawes, Chairman, Commission of Tidewater

Fisheries
Ex Officio Members:

Ernest A. Vaughn, Director, Department of Game and Inland
Fish; Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Director, Department of