SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          761

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 4A(a) of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume), title "State Department of Public
Welfare," subtitle "In General," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows :

4A.

(a) The Department shall have an advisory council on child
welfare composed of one member of the State Board of Public
Welfare appointed by its chairman, one person representing the
State Department of Health appointed by the Commissioner, one
person representing the State Department of Mental Hygiene
appointed by the Commissioner, one person representing the State
Department of Employment Security appointed by the State Director,
one person representing the State Department of Education
appointed by the State Superintendent of Schools, one person
representing the State Department of Juvenile Services appointed
by the Director, one person representing the courts appointed by the
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, and six additional persons
representing voluntary child welfare organizations and the public
appointed by the Governor who shall designate one of said six persons
to serve as chairman. Each member of the council shall serve thereon
at the pleasure of the official by whom he was appointed, and shall
receive no compensation for his service, but shall be paid the
reasonable expenses necessary for the discharge of his official duties.
The Director of Public Welfare shall serve as executive secretary to
the advisory council.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 385
(Senate Bill 237)

AN ACT to add new Sections 21 to 27, inclusive, to Article 49B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and
1966 Supplement), title "Interracial Commission," to follow im-
mediately after Section 20 thereof and to be under the new subtitle
"Discrimination in Housing," prohibiting certain forms of dis-
crimination in this State based upon race, color, religion, RE-
LIGIOUS CREED, national origin or ancestry with respect to
housing and generally prohibiting discrimination in the sale, lease,
rental or financing of housing units or housing accommodations,
and in other respects; giving the enforcement of these prohibi-
tions to the Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 21 to 27, inclusive, be and they are hereby added
to Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume and 1966 Supplement), title "Interracial Commission,"