HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 909

land, and three members of the Board of State Aid and
Charities, to be selected by the Chairman thereof. At its
first meeting the Board shall elect a chairman from among
its membership. Said corporation shall have the right to
use a common seal, to sue and be sued, and to exercise all
powers granted to it by the provisions of this sub-title, and
said corporation shall be a public agent and trustee for the
State of Maryland. The members of the Board shall re-
ceive no salary, but shall be entitled to receive necessary
and proper expenses for traveling and otherwise, out of
any money available therefor in the hands of the corpora-
tion. The Board may appoint, discharge at pleasure, and
fix the compensation of, or make contracts for the services
of, an executive secretary or administrator, and such other
administrative or clerical assistants as from time to time
in its judgment may be necessary in the administration of
the corporate affairs, none of whom shall be selected from
among the members of the Board. The Board may require
any employee to give bond with surety approved by, and
in a sum to be fixed by, the Board. The Board shall have
the power to make and adopt such by-laws or other rules
governing its procedure as may seem necessary and appro-
priate, and to amend, alter or repeal the same from time
to time.

9B. The corporation is hereby designated by the State
of Maryland as the representative and agency of the State
for receiving from the government of the United States,
or any agency or agent thereof, or from or through this
State, or any agency or agent thereof, grants of money or
other financial aid for rehabilitation purposes. The cor-
poration and its property and assets be and they are here-
by exempted from all State, county or municipal taxes.

9C. The corporation is hereby specifically authorized
and empowered in addition to the general powers herein
conferred:

(a) To rehabilitate individuals and families as self-
sustaining human beings by enabling them to secure sub-
sistence and gainful employment from the soil, from co-or-
dinate and affiliated industries and enterprises and other-
wise, in accordance with economic and social standards of
good citizenship;

(b) To receive grants of money and financial and/or
other aid from the Board of State Aid and Charities or the
Emergency Relief Administration of the State of Mary-
land, out of grants extended to it by the Federal Emer-