162 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 99

6. The State Department may, with the approval of the
Board, designate organizations within the State as its agents
as may be required for the purposes of this Article; and the
State Department may, with the approval of the Board, pre-
scribe rules and regulations necessary for the execution of the
purposes of this Article, provided such regulations be not in-
consistent therewith, and the Board shall determine the pol-
icies of said State Department.

7. To enable the State Department of Public Welfare to
discharge properly the duties imposed upon it, the said State
Department may of its own motion, or by the direction of
the Governor shall cause charges to be formulated against any
corporation, association, institution or agency engaged in
charitable or social welfare activities, receiving financial
assistance from the State or with which the State has con-
tracts and cause a copy of such charges to be served on such
corporation, association, institution or agency; and shall have
power to issue summonses for witnesses and documents, which
summonses shall be duly served, as are other similar writs, by
any sheriff to whom the same shall be directed, and to admin-
ister oaths, and take testimony which it shall cause to be
transcribed and included in its report. The Governor, with
the approval of the Board of Public Works, is hereby author-
ized and empowered to withhold, in whole or in part, further
payments to any such institution or agency out of current or
future appropriations, upon recommendation of the State
Department of Public Welfare if in its judgment the facts
warrant, and by budget amendment to transfer any part of
such appropriation so withdrawn to any other institution or
agency of a like nature, upon recommendation of the State
Department of Public Welfare.

The State Department of Public Welfare shall have further
power to visit any State-aided institution, organization, or
agency engaged in welfare activities, and thoroughly to in-
spect the management, buildings and equipment thereof; but
such visits and inspections shall be made at reasonably con-
venient hours and with reasonable regard to the established
discipline, regulations and customs of the said institution,
organization or agency.

8. All monies, appropriated to charitable institutions, or-
ganizations or agencies (including hospitals), shall be paid to
them on a per capita basis at the rates and subject to the rules
and regulations established by the State Board of Public
Welfare.

8A. The Director of Public Welfare may appoint such em-
ployees as a proper performance of its duties may require, as