ART. 88A] MEETINGS OF BOARD——SECERTARY. 1961

the treasurer of the state is hereby authorized and directed to pay to
the president of said board such sums not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars in the aggregate in any one year as he may demand for such neces-
sary expenses. And the said board shall further be allowed a sum not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars to be used for the printing of
its report and for the purchase of such stationery and supplies as it
may need.

1904, art. 88 A, sec. 4. 1900, ch. 679, sec. 4. 1904, ch. 549, sec. 5.

4. The board shall hold regular meetings quarterly and may hold
adjourned, special or called meetings at any time in such places within
this State as may seem to it convenient and expedient. It shall investi-
gate and consider the whole system of State aid to public and other
institutions receiving aid in this State. To this end it shall have power
to make an investigation at any time into the condition and manage-
ment of any institution financially aided by this State, and may demand
such information, statistical or otherwise, as it may desire from the
officers, directors or employes of such institutions; or it may direct such
an investigation to be made by a committee of its members or by its
secretary. Within one week after the convening of every regular ses-
sion of the general assembly it shall furnish to the chairman of the
finance committee of the senate and the ways and means committee of
the house of delegates a printed report of the condition of all the institu-
tions receiving financial aid from this State, and shall further make such
recommendations as to the appropriations for such institutions as may
seem wise and for the best interests of this State, giving the reasons for
such recommendations as fully as may be practicable.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1900, ch. 679, sec. 6. 1904, ch. 549, sec. 6.

5. The board shall appoint a competent person to act as its secre-
tary, who shall be paid for his services such compensation not exceed-
ing 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 discharge or remove its secretary at any time by a majority
vote of all its members.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1900, ch. 679, sec. 7. 1904, ch. 549, sec. 7.

6. It shall be the duty of the secretary of this board to inform
himself fully as to the condition and conduct of the institutions com-
ing under the supervision of the board, and to report fully to the
board at its regular and special meetings, and to perform such other
duties as may be required of him. During the sessions of the legisla-
ture 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