1120 ARTICLE 88A.

The members of said Board shall receive no compensation for their
services, except such compensation as may be provided in the State Budget,
but the actual expenses incurred by them in attending the meetings of the
Board or in performance of their duties shall be paid.

1035, ch. 586, sec. 2.

2. In order to effectuate the purposes of this Article the Board of
State Aid and Charities shall be the central, co-ordinating and directing
agency of the welfare activities included within this Article. All of the
activities of the County Boards, hereinafter provided for, and of the De-
partment of Welfare of Baltimore City, which the State finances in whole
or in part through such Board or Department, shall be subject to the
supervision, direction and control of said Board of State Aid and Char-
ities. The said Board shall also investigate, study and consider the
whole system of public and private institutions, organizations and agencies,
of a charitable nature in the State, including those which receive part of
their income from the State.

1935. ch. 586, sec. 3.

3. Prior to the convening of every regular session of the General As-
sembly it shall furnish to the Governor a printed report of all its activities
and of the condition of all the institutions receiving financial aid from
the State on recommendation of the Board; and shall further make such
recommendations as to appropriations for such institutions as may seem
wise and for the best interests of the State, giving the reasons for such,
recommendations as fully as may be practicable.

An. Code, 1934, sec. 2. 1912, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1900, ch. 679, sec. 5. 1904, ch. 549.
sec. 3. 1933, ch. 222, sec. 2. 1935, ch. 586, sec. 4.

4. No member of said Board nor any of its employees shall be directly
or indirectly interested in any contract for building, repairing or furnish-
ing in whole or in part, or be financially interested in any contract with
any institution coming under the supervision of this Board; nor shall
any officer, secretary or employee of any such institution be eligible to
appointment on this Board.

1935, ch. 586, sec. 5.

5. The Board may, with the approval of the Governor, designate organ-
izations within the State as its agents as may be required for the purposes
of this Article; and the Board may, with the approval of the Governor,
prescribe regulations necessary for the execution of the purposes of this
Article, provided such regulations be not inconsistent therewith.

An. Code, 1924. sec. o. 1912, sec. 4A. 1916, ch. 705, sec. 4A. 1933, ch. 222, sec. 5.

1935, ch. 586, sec. 6.

6. To enable the Board of State Aid and Charities to discharge prop-
erly the duties imposed upon it, the said Board may of its own motion, or
by the direction of the Governor shall cause charges to be formulated