1224 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 586

serve for three years. Thereafter the vacancies created
yearly by the retiring two members shall be immediately
filled in the manner hereinafter provided for.

The members of said Board, other than the County Com-
missioner serving thereon, shall be appointed by the Board
of County Commissioners from a list submitted by the
Board of State Aid and Charities, as hereinafter provided.
In order that the initial membership in the County Boards
may be established, the Board of State Aid and Charities
after conference with the Board of County Commissioners
of each county shall submit to the Board of County Com-
missioners of each county in this State a list of twelve resi-
dents thereof, six of whom shall be immediately selected by
the Board of County Commissioners for the terms herein
provided. -

Thereafter, the Board of State Aid and Charities after
conference as aforesaid shall submit yearly to the Board
of County Commissioners of each county a list of four per-
sons, two of whom shall be selected by the Board of County
Commissioners for the terms herein provided.

In case of a vacancy occurring in the membership of any
County Board, the Board of County Commissioners of the
county concerned shall forthwith proceed to appoint the
requisite number or numbers from a list to be submitted
by the Board of State Aid and Charities, which list shall
contain twice the number of persons to be selected. Pro-
vided, however, that a vacancy created in the ex-officio
membership of the County Board shall be filled by the
Board of County Commissioners alone.

Each County Board shall select its own chairman annually.

The County Boards shall in their respective counties ap-
point the personnel necessary for the proper administra-
tion of this Act, which power of appointment shall be sub-
ject to the conditions prescribed in Section 8A of this sub-
title.

8F. The Board of State Aid and Charities is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to accept any and all allotments of
Federal funds and to manage and dispose of such funds in
whatever manner may be required by Federal Act or Acts,
and to take advantage of whatever economic security meas-
ure may be passed by Congress.

8G. The organization, rights, powers, duties, obligations
and functions of the Department of Welfare of Baltimore
City as prescribed in Section 117A of the Charter of Balti-
more City shall not be affected by this Act, except as here-