72 MARYLAND MANUAL

its Board of Managers. The Governor appoints nine members for
staggered terms of six years, so arranged that the terms of at least
three members expire every two years (Code 1951, Art. 88A, sees.
32-37).

	Appropriations	— 1955
	General	Local	Federal
	Fund	Fund	Fund	Total
State Department
Administration ....	.. $148,158	$............	$ 58,084	$ 206,242
Local Department
Administration ....	.. 1,634,685	555,197	673,953	2,863,835
Child Welfare Bureai	a 96,131			96,131
Old Age Assistance,	.. 1,136,544	945,048	3,559,296	5,640,888
Aid to Dependent
Children .................	.. 1,800,640	504,000	3,697,380	6,002,020
Public Assistance to
Needy Blind .........	13,540	99,500	171,288	284,328
Aid to Permanently	&
Totally Disabled ...	.. 484,534	480,534	1,368,012	2,333,080
General Public
Assistance ............	647,664	647,664		1,295,328
General Public
Assistance to
Employables .........	38,689	38,689		77,378
Boarding Care for
Children .................	943,968	943,968		1,887,936
Totals .............	$6,944,553	$4,214,600	$9,528,013	$20,687,166
	Approprii	itions — 1956
	General	Local	Federal
	Fund	Fund	Fund	Total
State Department Administration ....	$162,802	$............	$74,635	$ 237,437
Local Department
Administration ....	1,609,821	619,162	866,826	3,095,809
Child Welfare
Bureau ..................	95,482			95,482
Old Age Assistance	1,218,288	964,812	3,573,372	5,756,472
Aid to Dependent
Children ................	2,170,944	540,000	4,774,776	7,485,720
Public Assistance to
Needy Blind ........	17,352	101,280	170,820	289,452
Aid to Permanently &
Totally Disabled ..	594,540	594,540		2,827,440
General Public
Assistance ............	715,176	715,176		1,430,352
General Public
Assistance to
Employables ........ Boarding Care for	65,000	65,000		130,000
Children ................	1,062,528	1,062,528		2,125,056
Totals ....	$7,711,933	$4,662,498	$11,098,789	$23,473,220
Staff: State Office	............	58

Local Welfare Departments...... 818