64 MARYLAND MANUAL
Employment:
Maintenance ....................................... 66
Idle ............................................... 25
Incapacitated ...................................... II
Total ....................................... 102
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
120 West Redwood Street, Baltimore
(Board of State Aid & Charities Abolished)
Name. Postoffice. Term Expires.
W. Wallace Lanahan,
Chairman................... Baltimore .................... 1947
Thomas W. Pangborn......... Hagerstown .................... 1941
Sidney Hollander.............. Baltimore .................... 1942
Mrs. J. Enos Ray. ............ Hyattsville .................. .1943
George M. Moffett. .......... .Queenstown ................. .1944
William L. Galvin. .......... .Baltimore ................... .1946
Lee L. Dopkin............... .Baltimore ........................ 1946
J. Milton Patterson, Director of Public Welfare and Secretary of
Board of Public Welfare.
The Governor appoints seven members of Board, one of whom he
designates as Chairman, to serve, respectively, until the 1st day of
June, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1947. 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 activ-
ities, 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
home in which two or more persons beyond the age of 65 shall be cared
for and for which a charge is made, except with respect to persons
caring for relatives. 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
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