178                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 126

three years. Members of the Advisory Board of Juvenile Services
shall be representative of the State Department of Education (1),
the State Department of Health (1), the State Department of Mental
Hygiene (1), the Department of Maryland State Police (1), the State
Department of Public Welfare (1), the Judiciary of the State (3),
voluntary child welfare agencies (1), and three (3) members of the
public at large who shall be selected on the basis of their experience
and interest in minors and juvenile problems. Any member who has
served two consecutive terms on the Advisory Board of Juvenile
Services is ineligible to succeed himself for the term immediately fol-
lowing the second of the two terms. In case of a vacancy on the Board
for any reason, the Governor shall appoint a member for the re-
mainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as he appointed
the original member.

(b) The Governor shall designate one member of the Advisory
Board to serve as Chairman. The Board shall meet regularly on
the call of the Chairman, not less often than once in every three (3)
months. One of the members of the Board shall serve as secretary,
upon designation by the Chairman, and shall keep and preserve
full and accurate minutes of the meetings. The members of the
Advisory Board shall receive no compensation for their services,
but shall be paid the reasonable expenses necessary for the discharge
of their official duties. The Secretary shall receive an additional
$500 per year for his addition work. The Advisory Board shall
act in a general consultative and advisory capacity to the Director
of the Department of Juvenile Services with regard to the several
aspects of the State's program of juvenile services. Included in
this responsibility is the duty to recommend to the Director of
the Department of Juvenile Services policies and programs to im-
prove the State's juvenile services. The Advisory Board also shall
participate in interpreting the objectives of the Department to the
public and in planning for the development and utilization of all
available resources for the promotion of needs of the Department.

4.

No member of the Advisory Board and no officer or employee of
the Department may be directly or indirectly interested in any
contract for building, repairing, equipping, or furnishing material
or supplies of any kind to, or be financially interested in any con-
tract (other than a contract for his own employment) with the
Department.

5.

(a)  The State Department of Juvenile Services is the central,
coordinating administrative agency for juvenile investigation, pro-
bation and after-care services and for State juvenile, diagnostic,
training, detention, and rehabilitation institutions as hereinafter
more specifically provided.

(b)  It shall provide such services as are requested by the
juvenile courts as are described in this Article and in Sections
57, 59, and 61 of Article 26 of this Code (1957 Edition, as amended)
and judges sitting in other equity courts who are dealing with
persons under the age of 18 years.

(c) Any juvenile court judge may commit any neglected, de-

linquent, dependent, or feeble minded child to any of the several