1124 ARTICLE 88A.

that a vacancy created in the ex-officio membership of the County Board
shall be filled by the Board of County Commissioners alone.

Each County Board shall select its own chairman annually.

The County Boards shall in their respective counties appoint the per-
sonnel necessary for the proper administration of this Article, which power
of appointment shall be subject to the conditions prescribed in Section 8A
of this sub-title.

1935, ch. 586, sec. 8F.

8F. The Board of State Aid and Charities is hereby authorized and
empowered to accept any and all allotments of Federal funds and to
manage and dispose of such funds in whatever manner may be required
by Federal Act or Acts, and to take advantage of whatever economic
security measure may be passed by Congress.

1935, ch. 586, sec. 8G.

8G. The organization, rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
of the Department of Welfare of Baltimore City as prescribed in Section
117A of the Charter of Baltimore City shall not be affected by this
Article, except as hereinbefore provided, but said Department of Welfare
is hereby vested with all the rights, powers and functions "which are vested
in the County Boards under this Article. ¹

Maryland Rehabilitation Corporation.

1935, ch. 416, sec. 9A.

9A. There is hereby created a corporation to be known as "Maryland
Rehabilitation Corporation, " whose incorporators shall constitute the orig-
inal Board of Directors, and shall consist of the following State and
Federal officials, by virtue of their respective offices or positions: The
State Emergency Relief Administrator, the Regional Field Representative
of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Regional Director
of the Land Policy Section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administra-
tion, the Director of the Agricultural Extension Service of the State of
Maryland, and three members of the Board of State Aid and Charities, to
be selected by the Chairman thereof. At its first meeting the Board shall
elect a chairman from among its membership. Said corporation shall
have the right to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, and to exercise
all powers granted to it by the provisions of this sub-title, and said
corporation shall be a public agent and trustee for the State of Maryland.
The members of the Board shall receive no salary, but shall be entitled
to receive necessary and proper expenses for traveling and otherwise, out
of any money available therefor in the hands of the corporation. The
Board may appoint, discharge at pleasure, and fix the compensation of, or

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 586 of acts of 1935 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent
of such inconsistency.