SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        805

4. Powers and duties of the Board.

The Board shall have the following powers and duties:

(a)    To establish and maintain an office and appoint a secretary,
clerks and such other employees and agents as may be necessary,
such employees to be subject to the provisions of Article 64A, titled
Merit System, and prescribe their duties.

(b)    To adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind suitable rules
and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
Article, including rules for the approval of attorneys' fees for rep-
resentation before the Board or before the court upon judicial re-
view as hereinafter provided.

(c)    To request from the State's Attorney, State Police, county
or municipal police departments such investigation and data as will
enable the Board to determine if, in fact, a crime was committed
or attempted, and the extent, if any, to which the victim or claimant
was responsible for his own injury.

(d)  To hear and determine all claims for awards filed with the
Board pursuant to this Article, and to reinvestigate or reopen cases
as the Board deems necessary.

(e)    To direct medical examination of victims.

(f)    To hold hearings, administer oaths or affirmations, examine
any person under oath or affirmation and to issue summons requir-
ing the attendance and giving of testimony of witnesses and require
the production of any books, papers, documentary or other evidence.
The powers provided in this subsection may be delegated by the
Board to any member or employee thereof. A summons issued under
this subsection shall be regulated by the Maryland Rules of Pro-
cedure.

(g)    To take or cause to be taken affidavits or depositions within
or without the State.

(h) To render each year to the Governor and to the legislature
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL a written report of its activities.

5. Eligibility.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, the
following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this Article.

(1)    a victim of a crime;

(2)    a surviving spouse or child of a victim of a crime who died
as a direct result of such crime; and

(3) any other person dependent for his principal support upon
a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime.

(4) any person who is injured or killed while trying to prevent
a crime or an attempted crime from occurring in his presence or
trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his
presence or had, in fact, committed a felony.

(5) A SURVIVING SPOUSE OR CHILD OF ANY PER-
SON WHO DIES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF TRYING TO
PREVENT A CRIME OR AN ATTEMPTED CRIME FROM