EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1355

Commissioners of the Counties of this State to carry out
the provisions of this Act in their respective Counties, and
providing for the levying of a tax for carrying out the pro-
visions of this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, There is hereby created a Board to be known as the Board
for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City, to consist of three
members, not more than two of whom shall be of the same sex,
to be appointed by the Mayor of Baltimore City for a term of
four years as hereinafter provided and until their successors
have been appointed and qualified. The Board for Mothers'
Relief shall sit at such times and as often as the business before
it justifies and if any member shall absent himself or herself
from five (5) consecutive meetings without giving a satisfactory
excuse to the Board, his or her office shall become vacant and
the Mayor shall make an appointment to fill such vacancy.
The salary of the members of the Board shall be five dollars
($5) per day for each member, for each and every day the
Board shall sit, and in addition, the necessary expenses incurred
in the discharge of his or her duties.

Within thirty days after the passage of this Act the Mayor
of Baltimore City shall appoint one member for a period of
two years, one for a period of three years, and one for a period
of four years, and thereafter as these terms expire, the Mayor
shall make such appointment for a term of four years. The
Board shall choose from among its members a Chairman, a
Vice-Chairman and a Treasurer.

The Board shall have the power to employ a Secretary, and a
Stenographer. The salary of the Secretary shall be Twelve
Hundred dollars ($1, 200) per year and that of the Stenogra-
pher One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000) per year.

The duties of the Secretary and Stenographer shall be to
conduct the correspondence of the Board, keep a record of its
business, assist in investigations of applications, and keep on
file applications and such other business as the Board may
direct. The Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City shall
have an office alloted it in the City Hall of Baltimore City, in
the Court House of Baltimore City or in such other municipal
building as may be obtained.

It shall be the duty of the Board for Mothers' Relief for Bal-
timore City to investigate every application for relief, to hear
all witnesses for applicants and to carry out the provisions of