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MARYLAND MANUAL. 49 BOARD OF MENTAL HYGIENE. Commissioner of Mental Hygiene: Dr. George H. Preston, 330 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Members of the Board: Name. Address. Term Expires. Thomas P. Sprunt, M. D Baltimore City 1941 Robert V. Seliger, M. D Baltimore City 1941 Dr. J. Albert Chatard Baltimore City 1937 Dr. Henry M. Thomas, Jr Baltimore City 1937 Dr. Hugh H. YoungBaltimore City 1940 Mrs. Allan L. Carter Baltimore City 1940 The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints a Commis- sioner of Mental Hygiene and six associate members of the Board. The Commissioner is appointed upon the recommendation of the Associate Members and for no specified term of office. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES BOARD OF STATE AID AND CHARITIES. 407 Union Trust Building, Baltimore. Director of Charities and Chairman, Samuel E. Shannahan. Name. Postoffice TermExpires. Governor Harry W. Nice, Ex-Officio Annapolis 1939 Thomas B. FinanCumberland 1939 Sidney HollanderBaltimore 1937 William L. GalvinBaltimore 1937 Samuel F. Shannahan Easton 1937 Lee L. Dopkin Baltimore 1939 Morris A. RomeBaltimore 1939 Dr. Robert H. Riley, Director State Department of Health. Chief Clerk, Harriette S. Kearfott. Supervisor of Social Welfare, Anita J. Faatz, Baltimore. Governor appoints six members of the Board of State Aid and Charities for terms of four years each. The Governor is a member of the Board. The duties of this Board are to investigate and consider State aid to public and private institutions. It investigates all applications of institutions for aid from the State and submits to each Legislature a report showing the condition that it finds at each of the institutions so applying, together with recommendations concerning them. Old Age Pensions and Emergency Relief are administered by this Board. It is the official representative of the State in regard to charitable matters and has the administration of the laws regarding the placement of children in this State by out-of-State agencies, and the supervision of the law prohibiting the separation of babies from their mothers during the first six months after birth. The Board is empowered to issue annual licenses to Institutions, Associations, Agencies and Individuals having the care, custody and control of children with certain exceptions. It also is empowered to revoke same. Under Chapter 586, Acts of 1935, the Board of State Aid and Charities is declared to be the central, co-ordinating and directing |
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