Clerk of the Court of Appeals; Stephen H.
Sachs, Attorney Genera): Willard A. Morris,
State Administrator of Election Laws.

210 Main Street
Annapolis 21401 269-3711

The Board of State Canvassers, originally cre-
ated by Chapter 202, Acts of 1896, had its mem-
bership expanded by Chapter 739, Acts of 1967.
Its membership was reconstituted by Chapter
555, Acts of 1969, and by Chapter 40, Acts of
1976.

The Board meets within thirty days after any
State election to tabulate the votes cast for each
candidate from the certified statements of votes
made by the city and county boards of canvass-
ers. The Board declares who is elected and deliv-
ers a certificate of election to the Administrative
Board. It issues the proclamation ',of election,
keeps the records of the Board, and delivers a
copy to the Governor, who issues a commission
to the persons elected (Code 1957, Art. 33, secs.
18-1, 18-2).

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON THE
CAPITAL CITY

Chairperson: W. Minor Carter, 1981

Ex officio members: Harry Hughes, Governor of
Maryland; James dark, Jr., President of the
Senate; Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of the
House of Delegates; Constance Lieder, Secretary
of State Planning; H. Erie Schafer, John A.
Cade, Aris T. Allen, and Jerome F. Connell,
Sr., State Senators representing Anne Arundel
County; Robert A. Pascal, County Executive of
Anne Arundel County; John C. Apostol, Mayor
of the City of Annapolis; Vice Admiral William
P. Lawrence, Superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy

Appointed members: Warren B. Duckett, Jr.,
1981; William S. James, 1983; Roy N. Staten,
1983; St. Clair Weight, 1983

St. John's College
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-3089

The Maryland Commission on the Capital
City, created by Chapter 202, Acts of 1965, con-
sists of several ex officio and five appointed mem-
bers, the latter of whom serve for four-year terms,
two terms expiring every two years. No member
can serve more than two consecutive four-year
terms. The ex officio members are the Governor

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of Maryland, the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Secretary
of State Planning, the State Senators for Anne
Arundel County, or any portion of it, the Mayor
of the City of Annapolis, the County Executive of
Anne Arundel County, and the Superintendent of
the United States Naval Academy.

The Commission, which is purely advisory, is
to examine means of preserving the colonial and
historic features of Annapolis. At the same time,
it is to plan for the city's orderly growth and de-
velopment. The Commission may also make spe-
cific recommendations on landmark resources, the
needs for governmental activities and community
resources and facilities, the city's physical devel-
opment, and any other community needs (Code
1957, Art. 41, sec. 360).

CAPITAL DEBT AFFORDABILITY
COMMITTEE

Chairperson: William S. James, State Treasurer

Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury;
Thomas W. Schmidt, Secretary of Budget and
Fiscal Planning; Constance Lieder, Secretary of
State Planning; one vacancy

P. 0. Box 666

Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-3533

The Capital Debt Affordability Committee was
created in 1978 pursuant to Chapter 43, Acts of
1978. It consists of the Comptroller, the Treasur-
er, the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning,
the Secretary of State Planning, and one person
appointed by the Governor. The Treasurer by law
is designated chairperson of the Committee.

The Committee reviews the size and condition
of the State debt on a continuing basis. On or be-
fore August 1 of each year it prepares and sub-
mits to the Governor and the General Assembly
its estimate of the maximum amount of new gen-
eral obligation debt that prudently may be autho-
rized for the next ensuing fiscal year. In making
this estimate the Committee considers: 1) the
amount of general obligation debt that will be is-
sued and outstanding during that next fiscal year;
2) the amount of general obligation debt that will
be authorized but unissued during such fiscal
year; 3) the capital program plan for the ensuing
five fiscal years prepared by the Department of
State Planning; 4) projections of school construc-
tion and capital improvement needs for the ensu-
ing five fiscal years prepared by the Interagency
Committee on School Construction; 5) projec-