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MARYLAND MANUAL 39 It was also found desirable to provide for the functioning of the ranking tine 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, hy 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’ Relief 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 Lieutenant George G. Neumann Annapolis Seventy-five 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 injured 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, ChairmanBaltimore City 1935 Dr. Charles R. Austrian Baltimore City 1935 Dr. Frederick H. Vinup ..Baltimore City 1935 Dr. Lewellys F. Barker Baltimore City 1937 Mrs. Margaret M. Brown Baltimore City 1937 John T. DailyBaltimore City 1940 Mrs. Elizabeth T. Kent Baltimore City 1940 Robert D. Case, Secretary and Treasurer, Baltimore. Flarold B. 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 |
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