The Commission is further authorized, for the purpose of providing
higher education for war orphans of Maryland Veterans to expend
from the funds under its control, an amount not to exceed $150.00
annually for each war orphan of Maryland, after reaching the age of
eighteen years; and further, the said Commission is authorized to
appoint a "State Service Officer" with the approval of the Governor,
and assistants, to administer the disbursal of such direct Relief Funds,
as the budget may provide; and to prepare in proper form and present
and prosecute the claims of service men and women and their de-
pendents before the United States Veterans' Administration and other
Federal agencies, and to secure action on said claims, to the end that
no veterans or their dependents may be neglected; and further, to
make and prepare a permanent registry of the graves of all persons
who served in the military or naval forces of the United States in
time of war and who are buried in the State of Maryland.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

709 Union Trust Building
Charles J. Butler, Director.
Board of Welfare

Henry Stockbridge, 3d.. ...... ......... .Baltimore, Md. 1943
Dr. Eldridge Baskin ...Baltimore 1943
Charles J. Butler, Chairman Easton, Md 1939
Robert E. Vining Baltimore, Md. 1940
Mrs. Ethel Mae Lauterbach........ ... Mt. Airy, Md. .......1940
Mrs. George W. McCreary Baltimore, Md. .. 1941
Mr. E. T. Foreman.. Baltimore, Md. .. - 1941
Mr. Harold E. Donnell .. ... .. Superintendent of Prisons
Mr. Robert D. Case Secretary and Treasurer, Board of Welfare

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
political affiliation. It is provided by law that one associate member
shall always be a woman. The associate members are so classed that
the terms of office of two expire every two years. The term of office
of each associate member is six years. The term of the director is
four years.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY.
Baltimore, Md.
Patrick J. Brady, Warden.

Population September 30th, 1938:

White 413
Colored Men 714
Colored Women 1

Total 1128

Employment:

State Use 289
Work of Institution 226
Attending School 136
Idle 477

Total 1128