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shall not apply with respect to any agencies or units of Government
within the Department of General Services to the extent that such
agencies or units of Government are authorized by law to employ
their own legal advisers or counsel.

231B.

The following functions, Boards, Commissions, Bureaus, Offices
and Agencies shall be included within the Department of General
Services: the duties and functions previously performed and exer-
cised by the Department of Public Improvements; the Board of
Architectural Review; the Office of the Superintendent of Annapolis
Public Buildings and Grounds; the Office of the Superintendent of
Baltimore Public Buildings and Grounds; the Hall of Records Com-
mission; the War Memorial Commission; the Washington Ceme-
tery Board of Trustees; THE COMMISSION ON ARTISTIC
PROPERTY; the Purchasing Bureau, and such other functions,
agencies, commissions, boards, committees, councils or units of
government as may hereafter pursuant to law be declared to be part
of the Department of General Services. The Department of General
Services shall not have a Board of Review,, and Section 3C of this
Article shall be inapplicable to the Department of General Services.

231C.

(a). The Secretary of General Services shall be responsible for
the budget of his office and for the budgets of the other boards,
offices, and agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department of
General Services.

(b). The Secretary of General Services shall be responsible for
promulgating rules and regulations for his office. He shall review
and shall have the power to approve or disapprove or revise the rules
and regulations of all of the boards, offices, divisions, commissions,
or other agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department of Gen-
eral Services.

(c). The Secretary of General Services may, in his discretion,
create such advisory boards of such size as he deems appropriate.

(d). The Secretary shall be responsible for planning activities
of the Department of General Services, and he shall be authorized to
review and approve, disapprove or modify any plan, proposal or
project of any agency within the Department of General Services.

(e). All divisions, commissions, boards, and other agencies of
the Department of General Services shall report to the Secretary of
General Services.

(f). The Secretary of General Services may in his discretion
exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility or function
which any of the divisions, boards, commissions, offices or other
agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department of General Serv-
ices are authorized to exercise or perform.

(g). The Secretary of General Services shall have a seal for
purposes of authentication of copies of records or papers in his
office.