2528 ARTICLE 78.

ARTICLE 78.

PURCHASING BUREAU.1

1. Created; members of. 2. Purchasing agent; appointment, sal- ary, etc. 3. Rules, regulations, standards, etc. 4. Invoices; approval of purchasing agent before payment.

5. Purchasing agent not to be interested in contract; rebates, gifts, etc., pro- hibited; penalty. 6. General assembly; supplies, printing, etc. 7. Report. 8. Repeal of inconsistent laws.

1920, ch. 184, sec. 1.

1. There is hereby created the Central Purchasing Bureau, the mem-
bers of which shall be the Governor, who shall be Chairman; the Secretary
of State, the 'Comptroller of the Treasury, the Treasurer, the Chairman of
the State Roads Commission, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the
Chairman of the State Board of Prison Control, the Chairman of the State
Board of Health, the State Superintendent of Public Schools, the President
of the Maryland State College of Agriculture, and the superintendent or
managing heads of the following institutions: Crownsville State Hospital,
Eastern Shore State Hospital, Rosewood State Training School, Spring
Grove State Hospital, Springfield State Hospital, the Maryland Tubercu-
losis Sanitarium, the Maryland State School for the Deaf, at Frederick,
the Maryland Industrial Training School for Girls and the Maryland

Training School for Boys.
See art. 41, sec. 92.

1920, ch. 184, sec. 2.

2. On or before October 1st, 1920, the Chairman of the Central Pur-
chasing Bureau shall appoint a Secretary, who shall be known as the
Purchasing Agent, who shall not be a member of the Bureau, and who
shall receive the salary fixed by the Bureau. The Purchasing Agent shall
perform the duties prescribed by the Bureau. He may, with the approval
of the Bureau, appoint such clerical and other assistants and incur such
expenses, including rent, as may be necessary to carry on the work of the
Bureau, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor by the
General Assembly. Should any deficiency in the amount appropriated for
the salaries and expenses of the Bureau occur, the using authorities shall
contribute, with the approval of the Governor, to the maintenance of the
Bureau from the appropriations for expenses made to them in the Budget
Bill.

1 The article formerly numbered 78 relating to the public printer was repealed by
ch. 184 of acts of 1920 and 442 of acts of 1922...