STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE 3199

and of the condition of all charitable institutions, organizations or agencies
(including hospitals) receiving financial aid from the State; and the State
Department 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, 1924, 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. 1939, chs. 99 and 240, sec. 5.

5. No member of the Board of Public Welfare nor any of the em-
ployees of the State Department of Public Welfare shall be directly or
indirectly interested in any contract for building, repairing or furnishing
in whole or in part, or be financially interested in any contract with any
institution coming under the supervision of this Department, nor shall
any officer, secretary or employee of any such institution be eligible to
appointment on the Board of Public Welfare.

1935, ch. 586, sec. 5. 1939, chs. 99 and 240, sec. 6.

6. The State Department may, with the approval of the Board, desig-
nate organizations within the State as its agents as may be required for
the purposes of this Article; and the State Department may, with the
approval of the Board, prescribe rules and regulations necessary for the
execution of the purposes of this Article, provided such regulations be not
inconsistent therewith, and the Board shall determine the policies of said
State Department.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1912, sec. 4A. 1916, ch. 705, sec. 4A. 1933, ch. 222, sec. 5.
1935, ch. 586, sec. 6. 1939, chs. 99 and 240, sec. 7.

7. To enable the State Department of Public Welfare to discharge
properly the duties imposed upon it, the said State Department may
of its own motion, or by the direction of the Governor shall cause charges
to be formulated against any corporation, association, institution or agency
engaged in charitable or social welfare activities, receiving financial assis-
tance from the State or with which the State has contracts and cause a
copy of such charges to be served on such corporation, association, insti-
tution or agency; and shall have power to issue summonses for witnesses
and documents, which summonses shall he duly served, as are other simi-
lar writs, by any sheriff to whom the same shall be directed, and to admin-
ister oaths, and take testimony which it shall cause to be transcribed'and
included in its report. The Governor, with the approval of the Board of
Public Works, is hereby authorized and empowered to withhold, in whole
or in part, further payments to any such institution or agency out of
current or future appropriations, upon recommendation of the State
Department of Public Welfare if in its judgment the facts warrant, and
by budget amendment to transfer any part of such appropriation so with-
drawn to any other institution or agency of a like nature, upon recom-
mendation of the State Department of Public Welfare.

The State Department of Public Welfare shall have further power to
visit any State-aided institution, organization, or agency engaged in wel-
fare activities, and thoroughly to inspect the management, buildings and
equipment thereof; but such visits and inspections shall be made at
reasonably convenient hours and with reasonable regard to the established
discipline, regulations and customs of the said institution, organization
or agency.