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of any such witness shall be deemed perjury, and shall be punished
as such.

(f) Said Board shall have full power and authority to make,
repeal or amend such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
law OR APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF OTHER
STATE AGENCIES, for the maintenance, OPERATION, discipline
and conduct of the Institution, the inmates, staff and employees, by
this Article placed under its supervision or control, as may be neces-
sary or convenient for the proper administration of the power and
discretion conferred upon it by this Article.

(g) The Board shall have control of the financial affairs of said

Institution, and no bill against said Institution shall be paid until it

has been approved by someone designated by the Board or by the
Chairman of said Board.

(h) The title to the possession of all the property, real and per-

sonal appertaining to said Institution shall vest in and be held by

said Board as trustee for the State. Said Board shall have power to

purchase or otherwise acquire on behalf of the State, any real prop-

erty, or interest in real property, with the consent first obtained of

the Board of Public Works, that may be appropriate to the need of

said Institution, and the said Board shall have power to purchase or
otherwise acquire, on behalf of the State, to sell or otherwise dis-
pose of personal property, whenever such purchase of acquisition,
sale or disposal, may be appropriate to the needs of said Institution,

or to the discharge of any of the official duties of said Board. The

said Board shall not borrow any money that may be needed for the

maintenance of said Institution, without the consent first obtained
of the Board of Public Works; and the said Board shall not execute

or make any mortgage or deed of trust, of any property, real or

personal, held by it.

(i) Said Board shall have power to make any and all contracts

appropriate to the needs of the said Institution, subject, when re-

quired, to the approval of the Board of Public Works, or of the

Department of Public Improvements, or of the Department of Budget
and Procurement.

(j) Those officers and employees of said Institution who shall be

bonded to the State of Maryland for the faithful performance of

their duties and the penalty of such bonds respectively, shall be de-

termined from time to time by the State Comptroller, and inability

of such officer or employee to obtain, or refusal to execute, such

bond, shall warrant the prompt discharge of such officer or em-

ployee by said Board, any provision of the Merit System Law not

withstanding.                                                                   

(k) Any contractor with the said Board may be required to fur-

nish a bond to the State of Maryland, in such amount as the Board

shall fix, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such contract.

With the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Board may

rescind any contract upon breach thereof by the contractor and, in

the name of the State to the use of Patuxent Institution, institute
suit on said bond to enforce its provisions.

(l) (G) (1) No member of said Board, or the Advisory Board here-
inafter created, or any officer, member of the staff or employee of
Patuxent Institution shall be directly or indirectly concerned or in-