THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 173

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 14, 1951.

CHAPTER 82
(House Bill 24)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
2A, 3A(1) and 12 (a) of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "State Department of
Public Welfare", sub-title "Board of Welfare", Section! 2A
thereof having been amended by Chapter 108 of the Acts of
1949, concerning the program of aid to the permanently and
totally disabled in this State, in order to change State laws
to be in accord with Federal laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 2A, 3A (1) and 12 (a) of Article 88A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "State
Department of Public Welfare", sub-title "Board of Welfare",
Section 2A thereof having been amended by Chapter 108 of
the Acts of 1949, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2A. The State Department of Public Welfare shall be the
central, coordinating and directing agency of all welfare
activities in this State, including Aid to Dependent Children,
Old Age Assistance, Public Assistance to the Needy Blind,
General Public Assistance, Aid to the Permanently and Totally
Disabled, Child Welfare Services, and any other welfare
activities financed in whole or in part by the State or Federal
Government. It shall exercise supervision, as hereinafter set
forth, over all public and private institutions having the care,
custody or control of dependent, delinquent, abandoned or
neglected children. All of the activities of the County Boards,
hereinafter provided for, and of the Department of Public
Welfare of Baltimore City, which the State finances, in whole
or in part, shall be subject to the supervision, direction and
control of the State Department of Public Welfare. The
State Department shall also investigate, from time to time,

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill,
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.