F. S. Robertson, M..D.. ......... ..Baltimore City. ................ ,1943
Hugh H. Young, M..D. .......... .Baltimore City. .............. ..1940
Mrs. Allan L. Carter............. Baltimore City................. 1940

The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints a Com-
misioner 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..

State Department of Public
Welfare

BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
120 West Redwood Street, Baltimore
(Board of State Aid & Charities Abolished)

Name. Postoffice. Term Expires.

W. Wallace Lanahan,

Chairman............................. Baltimore .................................... 1940
Thomas W. Pangborn............. Hagerstown ........................... 1941
Sidney Hollander................ Baltimore .................................. 1942
Mrs. J. Enos Ray. ................ Hyattsville ............................... ..1943
George M. Moffett................ Queenstown ..............................1944
William L. Galvin.................... Baltimore ...................................1945
Lee L. Dopkin...................... Baltimore ................................. 1946

J. Milton Patterson, Director of Public Welfare and Secretary of
Board of Public Welfare.

Governor apoints seven members of Board, one of whom he desig-
nates as Chairman. One member shall be designated by Governor
to serve until June 1, 1940, and the other six, respectively, until the
1st day of June, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946. Thereafter,
each member appointed shall serve for a term of seven years..

By Chapter 99 of the Acts of 1939, the State Department is declared
to be the central, coordinating and directing agency of welfare acti-
vities, including Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance,
Public Assistance to the Needy Blind and General Public Assistance.
The duties of the Department include the investigation and consider-
ation of the system of public and private institutions, organizations
and agencies of a charitable nature in the State, including those which
receive part of their income from the State. Prior to the convening
of every regular session of the General Assembly, the Department,
with the approval of the Board, is to furnish to the Governor a report
of all its activities, and of the condition of all charitable institutions,
organizations or agencies (including hospitals) receiving financial aid
from the State, together with recommendations as to appropriations
for them; and all monies appropriated to them shall be paid on a per
capita basis at the rates and subject to the rules and regulations
established by the State Board of Public Welfare.

The State Department is empowered to issue annual licenses to
institutions, agencies, societies and individuals having the care, cus-
tody, and control of children, with certain exceptions, and it is also
empowered to revoke the same, which revocation is subject to appeal.
It is empowered to license any person or institution maintaining a