it was also found desirable to provide for the functioning of the
ranking line officer of the National Guard on active duty pay status
and to place this officer in control of the military department of the
State. The authority, prerogatives and duties heretofore held and per-
formed by the Adjutant General have, by the present law, been trans
ferred to the ranking line officer who is responsible only to the Governor,
acting for and by his direction in all matters pertaining to the Military
Department of the State

MARYLAND VETERANS' COMMISSION

Chapter 344 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, Ses-
sion of 1924, as amended by the Acts of 1929, creates a Soldiers' Belief
Fund Commission, with the Adjutant General of the State as Chairman,
and two members to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor has
appointed as members of this Commission:

Colonel James E. Abbott . . . Annapolis
Mr. George G. Neumann Annapolis

Fifty thousand dollars per year has been made available by the
Maryland Legislature, which is in the nature of an emergency fund to
be used to assist Maryland Veterans of all wars, or the widows and
infant children of such veterans as are sick, disabled or indigent, and
who are without means to pay for said necessities or for proper care)
and for the purpose of providing the necessary funeral expenses of such
veterans, and for the further purpose of providing reasonable compen-
sation to members of the Maryland National Guard who are insured
in line of duty, and in case any such members are killed in line of
duty, then to the widows and infant children of such members, such
sum as the Board provided above shall deem proper; and for the further
purpose of providing higher education for war orphans of Maryland,
the Board, above named, in its discretion, is authorized to expend not
to exceed $150 per year for each war orphan.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

709 Union Trust Building.
Stuart S. Janney, Director.

Board of Welfare

Stuart S. Janney, Chairman Baltimore City 1931
Dr. Charles R. Austrian . Baltimore City . 1935
Dr. Frederick H. Vinup . . . Baltimore City . 1935
Dr. Lewellys F. Barker Baltimore City 1931
Mrs. Margaret M. Brown Baltimore City 1931
John T. Daily . Baltimore City .. 1934
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Kent Baltimore City . 1934
Robert D. Case, Secretary and Treasurer, Baltimore.
Harold E. Donnell, Superintendent of Prisons.

The head of the Department of Welfare is the Board of Welfare,
consisting of the Director of Welfare, who also serves as Chairman of
the Board, and six associate members, appointed without regard to po-
litical affiliation, it is provided by law that one associate member shall