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said. In all such cases, a record of such exemptions and ad-
vances, showing the reasons therefor, shall be kept in the Comp-
troller's office, and shall be open to public inspection. Every
department, institution or governmental agency shall forward
to the Comptroller the receipted bills or vouchers, or dupli-
cates thereof, for all purchases paid for by it.

SEC. 7. Every department, institution or other govern-
mental agency shall monthly account for to the Comptroller
and pay to the Treasurer all fees, revenues, collections and
income of every kind received by it, and the same shall be

credited by the Comptroller, in a special account, to such de-
partment, institution or governmental agency, unless a special
account is already by law prescribed for such receipts; and
such receipts shall become available to and be used by such
department, institution or governmental agency, only upon
warrant of the Comptroller, in accordance with law, and if
not so used, or if not otherwise dedicated by law, the same
shall revert in due course to the general treasury; provided,
however, that the Comptroller, with the approval of the Gov-
ernor, shall have the power and it shall be his duty to exempt
from the operation of this section such fees, revenues, collections
and income of any department, institution or other govern-
mental agency as he may, from time to time, determine should,
in the public interest, be so exempted. In all such cases, a rec-
ord of such exemptions, showing the reasons therefor, shall be
kept in the Comptroller's office, and shall be open to public
inspection. The Comptroller shall have the power, from time
to time, with the Governor's approval, to cancel such exemp-
tions.

III.

The Department of Law.

SECTION 1. The head of the Department of Law shall be
the Attorney General, exercising the rights, powers, duties, obli-
gations and functions now or hereafter conferred by law upon
him or upon his department.

SEC. 2. On and after the taking effect of this Act, Section 4
of Article 32A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Volume
IV, is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as
to reduce the number of Assistant Attorneys General from four
to three, said section as amended to read as follows: