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child welfare services and to control illegitimacy, and its recom-
mendations for their improvement, through the annual report of the
State [Department] Administration to the Secretary of Employment
and Social Services and the Governor prior to the convening of each
[regulation] regular session of the General Assembly, as prescribed
in Section 3 (g) of this article.

5.

The State [Board] Director is hereby authorized and empowered
, SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES AS SET FORTH IN
ARTICLE 41 OF THIS CODE, OR ELSEWHERE IN THE LAWS
OF MARYLAND, to adopt from time to time such rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary to carry out any of the duties imposed
upon [it] him by law, and when adopted , AND AFTER AP-
PROVAL OR REVISION THEREOF BY THE SECRETARY OF
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES, such rules and regu-
lations shall have the force and effect of law. [It] He shall likewise
adopt rules and regulations covering the custody, use and preserva-
tion of the records, papers, files and communications of the State
Administration and local departments concerning applicants and
recipients of social services and public assistance. The use of such
records, papers, files and communications by any other agency or
department of government to which they may be furnished shall be
limited to the purposes for which they are furnished.

14.

(c)  The other members of the local board shall be appointed
by the local governing authority from lists submitted by the State
[Department, after approval by the State Board,] Administration
which lists shall contain twice the number of persons to be selected.
In formulating such lists, the State [Department] Administration
shall consult with THE STATE BOARD AND the local governing
authority and seek out and nominate persons with a high degree of
interest, capacity and objectivity, and who in the aggregate give a
county-wide representative character to the local board.

Effective July 1, 1967 members of the local board shall be ap-
pointed for three-year terms, to expire on June 30 of the respective
years of expiration, or until their successors are appointed. Upon
the expiration of two consecutive three-year terms the appointee
shall be ineligible, for one year thereafter, for reappointment. On
July 1, 1967, the six members of each local board who are serving
six-year terms shall continue in office until June 30 of the respective
years of expiration of their terms and they shall be ineligible, for
one year thereafter, for reappointment. Effective July 1, 1967 a new
member shall be added to each local board and effective July 1, 1968
another new member shall be added to each local board, each ap-
pointed for a three-year term as hereinabove provided. Any vacancy
occurring for any reason during any six-year term or any three-year
term, as the case may be, shall be filled by appointment for the
remainder of the unexpired term.

(d)  Any member of any of the local boards who shall fail to
attend at least fifty percent of its meetings during any period of
twelve consecutive months may be considered to have resigned, and
the chairman of the board shall forward or cause to be forwarded