842 ARTICLE 65.

poses, including salaries, for the purpose of providing the necessities of
life for such Maryland veterans of the World War or of any other war,
or the widows and infant children of such veterans as are sick, disabled or
indigent, and who are without means to pay for said necessities or for
proper care, and for the purpose of providing the necessary funeral ex-
penses of such veterans, and for the further purpose of providing reason-
able compensation to members of the Maryland National Guard who are
injured in line of duty, and in case any such members are killed in line
of duty, then to the widows and infant children of such members. Such
"Veterans' Relief Fund" shall be distributed to such persons of the above
classes and in such amounts as the Commission provided for in Section 58
in this Article shall deem proper. The provisions of this sub-title shall
cover the death of any member of the Maryland National Guard killed in
line of duty subsequent to July 2, 1921, and the child of any such deceased
member.

The Governor shall appoint a Commission known as the "Maryland
Veterans Commission, " to be composed of either the Adjutant General or
Assistant Adjutant General, or a Maryland veteran, as Chairman, in the
discretion of the Governor, and four other members, representative of the
four major national veterans' organizations. The members of the Com-
mission shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

The members of the Commission as thus constituted shall serve without
pay; except that the Chairman may be paid a salary, to be fixed by the
Governor, out of the appropriation made in the Budget for the adminis-
tration of the Maryland Veterans Commission; members of the Commis-
sion shall be paid actual traveling expenses necessitated by their duties,
when authorized and approved by the Commission.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 58. 1924, ch. 344, sec. 2. 1929, ch. 11. 1935, ch. 481, sec. 58.

58. The Maryland Veterans Commission shall make such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary for administration and disbursement
of such Veteran Relief Funds as are provided for in the budget, and the
Chairman shall approve all bills and vouchers before payment by the
Comptroller.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 57. 1924, ch. 344, sec. 1. 1927, ch. 67. 1329, ch. 430.
1935, ch. 481. sec. 59.

59. The Maryland Veterans Commission shall have the power and
authority in its discretion, to expend from the funds under its control,
not to exceed One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150. 00) annually for
each War Orphan of Maryland after reaching the age of eighteen (18)
years, for the purpose of attending a secondary school, college or uni-
versity, or pursuing a course of vocational training.

193. 5, ch. 481, sec. 60.

60. The Maryland Veterans' Commission shall assist Maryland ex-
service men and women and veterans or their dependents, who are residents