18 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION.

10. (a) BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

The administration of this Act is hereby placed under
the direction and supervision of the Board of Public Works,
which Board consists of the Governor, the Comptroller and
the Treasurer of Maryland. The Board shall appoint a
chief executive director, at an annual salary of $6, 000, and
two associate executive directors, at an annual salary of
$5, 000 each, within thirty days after the passage of this
Act, or after any vacancy occurs among said directors.
Such directors shall serve at the pleasure of the Board,
and shall devote their full time to their duties. Any two
directors shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy shall
impair the right of the remaining directors to exercise
the powers delegated to them by the Board.

(b) The Board shall establish two coordinate divisions:
The State of Maryland Reemployment Service Division
created pursuant to section 12 of this Act, and the Unem-
ployment Compensation Division. Each division shall be
responsible for the discharge of its distinctive functions.
Each division shall be a separate administrative unit with
respect to personnel, budget, and duties, except insofar
as the Board may find that such separation is impracticable.

ADMINISTRATION.

11. (a) DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD.

It shall be the duty of the Board to administer this Act;
and it shall have power and authority to adopt, amend,
or rescind such rules and regulations, to employ such per-
sons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make
such investigations, and take such other action as it deems
necessary or suitable to that end. Such rules and regula-
tions shall be effective upon publication in the manner,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, which the
Board shall prescribe. The Board shall determine its own
organization methods of procedure in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, and shall have an official seal which
shall be judicially noticed. Not later than the 1st day
of February of each year, the Board shall submit to the
Governor a report covering the administration and opera-
tion of this Act during the preceding calendar year and
shall make such recommendations for amendments to this
Act as the Board deems proper. Such report shall include
a balance sheet of the moneys in the fund in which there