tion. Included in the law also are important provisions relating to
fiscal control by the Board of Public Works. These controls are con-
cerned with power to reduce budget items if the same are found to be
in excess of needs; also approval of lump sum appropriations to State
Agencies which must be budgeted in detail. The Board of Public
Works is also authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing
the business administration of State Agencies. All leases for the
rental of office space must be approved by the Board of Public Works
and authority is given that Agency to designate the location of all
State Agencies. The budget functions are performed by the Budget
Bureau, the head of which is appointed by the Director of the Depart-
ment. The Director of the Department has the authority to make
proper investigations into the necessity for expenditures and is re-
quired also to study the operations and functions of various State
Agencies. He is further required to study the various sources of
revenue of the State.

The Director of the Department is also an ex-officio member of the
Board of Trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System and of
the State Employees' Standard Salary Board. The present incumbent
acts as the Secretary of both of these Boards.

Included in the Department also is the Purchasing Bureau, the
head of which is appointed by the Director of the Department. This
Bureau is charged with the purchase of all supplies, materials and
equipment for the use of State Agencies.

A warehouse is maintained for the storage of supplies, paid for out
of a Revolving Fund of $100,000.00. An accounting system has been
developed by means of which, through debit and credit entries, funds
are transferred from budget appropriations of Using Agencies to
reimburse the Revolving Fund. Supplies are withdrawn from the
warehouse with a consequent lessening in the amount of clerical labor
on the part of the Using Agencies in the payment of invoices.

Monthly meetings are held with the Superintendents of the various
State Institutions and other State Agencies, at which time samples
are examined and contracts awarded. These monthly meetings fur-
nish a good opportunity for the heads of the various State Agencies
to meet and exchange advice with reference to the conduct of their
Departments and Institutions.

Every advantage is made of the facilities which the State has for
the testing of materials, supplies and equipment, determining those
commodities most suitable for use. Advice is also sought of the var-
ious scientific Agencies of the State to determine the composition of
commodities offered for purchase and, subsequently, to determine the
comparison of delivered articles and samples submitted.

DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION

State Office Building
Annapolis Maryland

Telephone: 2304
Board of Parole and Probation:

F. Murray Benson, Chairman .. ... Baltimore
William Curran .. ..... ... .. .............. Baltimore
The Attorney General

William L. Stuckert.. .. . .... Baltimore
Chief Probation Officer, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City