STATE AID AND CHARITIES. 1119

ARTICLE 88A.

STATE AID AND CHARITIES.

	1. Board; appointment; number. 2. Supervision of local welfare boards. 3. Reports and recommendations. 4. Members and employees not to he interested in contracts under supervision of Board. 5. May designate organizations as agents; regulations. 6. Investigation of charges against in- stitutions receiving state aid; power to summon witnesses, etc.; revocation of licenses; inspec- tion. 7. Appropriations on per capita basis. 35. Executive Secretary; employees. 8A. Personnel of local boards. 8B. Institutions having custody of minors; licenses; investigation. 8C. Selection of agencies for care of children. 8D-8E. County Welfare Boards; ap- pointment; number. 8F. Authorized to accept Federal funds.	8G. Department of Welfare of Balti- more City. Maryland Rehabilitation Corporation. 9A-9G. Board of Directors; powers; issue of stock. Volunteer Firemen. 17-20A. Disabled firemen; pensions; ap- propriations. Mothers' Belief. 21. Persons entitled to aid; application; age of children. 22. Investigation; payments; tax levy. 23-25. Duty of County Commissioners and Department of Welfare. 26. False representation; penalty; not to affect jurisdiction of Courts. 27. Not to affect jurisdiction of Courts in regard to infants. 28-31. Repealed. Prohibited Acts. 32. Sale of vegetable produce by penal or reformatory institutions pro- hibited.

An. Code. 1924, sec. 1. 1912, sec. 1. 1904, sec. 1. 1900, ch. 679, sec. 1. 1904, ch. 549,
sec. 2. 1916, ch. 705, sec. 1. 1933, ch. 222, sec. 1. 1935, ch. 586, sec. 1.

1. There shall be a Board of State Aid and Charities, consisting of

eight persons, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The
Governor and the Director of Health shall be ex-officio members of said
Board, and the Governor shall biennially appoint three members of said
Board, who shall serve for a period of four years from the first Monday
in May next after their appointment, and shall continue in office until
their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Of the six
members so appointed not more than three shall be residents of any one

county or city. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unex-
pired term in accordance with the terms of this Section.

Nothing herein shall affect the tenure of office of the present members
of said Board.

As to the Veterans' Relief Fund, see art. 65, secs. 57-60.
As to old age pensions, see art. 70A.