EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1569

make up any deficiency between the cost of running said office
and the fees collected by him in the conduct of his said depart-
ment, as provided by Chapter 805 of the Acts of 1914; to the
Board of State Aid and Charities for salaries and expenses,
fifty-one hundred dollars; to the Advisory Board of Parole for
salaries and expenses, the sum of twelve thousand dollars to be
expended in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 500 of
the Acts of 1914; to the Public Service Commission for salaries
and expenses as provided in Article 23 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, as amended, the sum of
ninety-five thousand dollars, out of which sum the People's
Counsel shall be paid additional compensation of eighteen hun-
dred dollars for his services in connection with the investiga-
tions of the United Railways & Electric Company, the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company and the Baltimore
County Water and Electric Company, now pending before the
Commission; to the State Board of Health for the examination
and analysis of food and drugs as provided in Section 175, Arti-
cle 43 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; for the support and ex-
penses of the bureaus of communicable diseases, bacteriology,
chemistry, sanitary engineering and vital statistics, as provided
in Sections 24 to 32 inclusive of Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, the sum of twenty thou-
sand dollars; for the further expenses of the bureau of com-
municable diseases provided by Chapter 512 of the Acts of
1912, the sum of ten thousand dollars; for the Pasteur treat-
ment for hydrophobia and the purchase of diphtheria anti-
toxin and other similar serums for the treatment of infections
diseases, the sum of two thousand dollars; for the better
preservation of the public health by preserving the purity of
the waters of the State and for the supervision and control
over water and ice supplies, sewerage, trade wastes and refuse
disposal as provided by Chapter 810 of the Acts of 1914, the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; for the maintenance of
the Deputy State Health Officers in the various sanitary dis-
tricts of the State as provided by Chapter 675 of the Acts of
1914, the sum of forty thousand dollars; for the salary and
expenses of the Bacteriologist to the State Board of Health as
provided in Section 67, Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, three thousand dollars;
for the chemical examination of suspected articles of food
and drink as provided in Section 156 of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, two
thousand five hundred dollars; for the expense of the State
Board of Health as provided in Section 22 of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, two
thousand dollars; for the registrar of. vital statistics as pro-

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