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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cial aid from this State, and shall further make such recom-

To make

recommenda-

mendations as to the appropriations for such institutions as

tions.

may seem wise and for the best interests of this State, giving

the reasons for such recommendations as fully as may be

practicable.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the board shall appoint

Appointment
of secretary.

a competent person to act as its secretary, who shall be paid

for his services such compensation not exceeding eighteen

hundred dollars in any one year, as may be agreed upon by

the board. The secretary shall also be allowed the reasonable

rental of an office not to exceed four hundred dollars a year

and his reasonable traveling expenses in attending to his duties ;

provided, that in no case shall the total expenditure of the

board and its secretary exceed the amount appropriated to it

each year. The said board shall have the power to dis-

charge or remove its secretary at any time by a majority

vote of all its members.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

General duties
of secretary.

secretary of this board to inform himself fully as to the con-

dition and conduct of the institutions coming under the super-

vision of the board, and to report fully to the board at its

regular and special meetings, and to perform such other du-

ties as may be required of him. During the sessions of the

Legislature he shall be in attendance upon and subject to the

joint control and direction of the Finance Committee of the

Senate and the Ways and Means Committee of the House of

Delegates and shall perform such duties in the line of his

employment and make such investigations and reports as may

be imposed upon him by these committees.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the sum of three thousand

Moneys ap-

five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

propriated.

is hereby appropriated out of any funds not otherwise appropri-

ated for each of the fiscal years ending respectively on the thir-

tieth day of September, 1905, and the thirtieth day of Septem-

ber, 1906, for the payment of all the salaries and other ex-

penses made necessary by this Act, and the Treasurer of the

State shall, upon warrant of the Comptroller of the Treasury,

pay the said sums of money herein appropriated for the ob-

jects and purposes hereinbefore specified to or upon the order

of the president of said board.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.