1270 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 592

in the event of enactment of said bill, the County Welfare
Boards created pursuant thereto shall be and constitute the
Local Boards provided for by this Act; and in such event,
the Department of Old Age Pensions and Relief provided
for by this Act shall not be created, nor the Board of Old
Age Pensions and Relief appointed, but all duties, powers
and functions of said Department and said Board shall
devolve upon and be exercised by the Board of State Aid and
Charities. The Administrator of Pensions and Relief shall
in such event be appointed by and subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the Board of State Aid and Charities.

17. The Local Board of each County and the Depart-
ment of Welfare of Baltimore City are charged with the
execution of this Article within their respective jurisdic-
tions. The County Commissioners of each County shall
constitute the Local Board therein unless otherwise provid-
ed by this Article or by other legislation passed by the
General Assembly either before or after the passage of
this Act. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as
preventing or prohibiting the Local Board of any County
or the Department of Welfare of Baltimore City from
maintaining a department or system of investigation at the
exclusive expense of said County or Baltimore City as the
case may be; and such expense shall in no case be a charge
upon the contribution which under this Article is to be
made by said County or Baltimore City, as the case may
be, to the creation or maintenance of the fund out of which
pensions are paid hereunder, but shall be in addition to
said contribution.

18. Each year a report of the total number of applica-
tions for pensions, the number granted, the number denied,
the number cancelled and the total amount expended for
pensions, shall be submitted by the Local Boards and the
Department of Welfare of Baltimore City to the Adminis-
trator of Pensions and Relief, who shall co-ordinate and
correlate the information included in said reports and shall,
after consultation with the Board of Old Age Pensions and
Relief, report thereon and on the activities of the Board to
the Governor. The report of each Local Board and the
Department of Welfare of Baltimore City shall be sub-
mitted on or before December 1 in each year and shall cover
activities during the preceding State fiscal year from Octo-
ber 1 to September 30 inclusive.

19. The Board of Old Age Pensions and Relief shall
from time to time prescribe and promulgate rules and