Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
RICHIE APPOINTS
NEW STATE BOARDS.
AImShouse, Motor and EIec-
ton Laws Commissions
Named by Governor.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 15.-Gov
Richie has announced the appoint
ments of the almshouse commission for
the Eastern Shore, the almshouse COM
mission for the Western Shore, the
commission to recommend uniform mo-
tor vehicle laws and trafic regulations
for Maryland, Virginia and the District
Of Columbia and the commission to
recommend changes In the election
laws.
The commissions were all provided
for by the last Legislature, and the APP
pointmentS, together with a brief ex-
PLANTATION of their duties, follow:
Motor vehicle uniform laws commits
sion-The Legislature of 1929, by joint
resolution No. z, provided that the
governor should appoint a commission
to confer with commissions already APP
pointed in the State of Virginia and the
District of Columbia for the purpose of
recommending to the General Assembly
of 1881 uniform laws relating to motor
vehicle and traf1c regulations in Mary
land, Virginia and the District Of Co
lumbia
Commission members appointed: H.
M. Lucius, secretary Automobile Club
Of Maryland, Baltimore; Col. A. B. Bar
Der. transportation expert, United
States Chamber Of Commerce, and
president Montgomery County Civic
G. Sasscer, Upper Marlboro.
Election Laws Board,
Election Laws CommiSsion.-The Leg
islature of 1929. by joint resolution No.
8, provided that the governor should
appoint a commission Of nine persons
to examine all the laws of the State
relating to elections and recommend to
the governor and the General Assembly
election laws as the commission deems
Commission members appointed: Ber-
nard j. Flynn, Willis r. Jones, j. Craig
McLanahan and John NJ. Requardt,
Baltimore; S. Scott Beck, Chestertown;
Fuller Barnard, jr., Cumberland; j.
Frank Ridenour, Hagerstown; Leo
Weinberg, Frederick, and Benjamin
Hance, Prince Frederick.
County AlmshouSe COMMISSIONS
The. Legislature of 1929. by joint res
pointment by the governor of two COM
missions. one from the Eastern Shore
and the other from the Western Shore,
whose duty 1t should be to investigate
the present system of county aims
houses and the needs of dependent
aged and inflrm residents and report
to the General Assembly Of 1891 as to
the advisability Of establishing a home
and irfirmary for the dependent aged
and inf1rm on the Eastern Shore and
a similar institution on the Western
Shore.
Eastern Shore Board.
Members of County Almshouse Com
mission for the Eastern Shore: Caro-
line County, Arthur w. Brumbaugh,
Greensboro; Cecil County, George E. L.
A. Baker, East New Market; Kent
County, Howard Turner, Betterton;
Queen Anne County, Judge w. Hop
per Gibson, CeEterville; Somerset Coun-
ty, Cassius NJ. Dashiell, Princess Anne;
Talbot County, Mrs. James Dixon,
Easton; Wicomico County, M. Clifford
Smith, Salisbury; Worcester County,
Archie H. Hardesty, Berlin.
Members Of County Almshouse Com
mission for the Western Shore: Ale
gany County, Mrs. A. NJ. Lichtenstein,
Cumberland; Anne Arundel County,
Mrs. Caroline D. Hunt. Cumbersome;
Baltimore County, George Jessop, jr.,
Cockeysville; Calvert County, Mrs.
Clarence e. Davis, SolomonS; Carroll
County, Alonzo b. Seliman, Mount
Airy; Charles County, Miss Bessie
Gavit, La Plata; Frederick County, DR..
Charles e. Wehler, Frederick; Garrett
County, Stuart r. Hamill,. Oakland;
Hartford County, DR.. p Bird Hopkins,
Bel Air; Howard County. DR.. Frank o.
Miller, Ellicott City; Montgomery
County, Lacy Shaw, Silver Spring;
Prince Georges County, Mrs. J. Enos
Ray, Chillun; St. Marys County, Mrs.
Maude S. Gardiner, Chaptico; Wash
ington County, Mrs. Sara M, Stouffer
Hagerstown.