98                                Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 96

(b)   The Secretary of Employment and Social Services shall also
have attached to his office such assistants, professional consultants
and employees as are provided for in the State Budget. He may
establish areas of responsibility within his office and designate
assistants to be in charge of such areas. All staff assistants in the
Secretary's office in charge of particular areas of responsibility, and
all professional consultants shall serve at the pleasure of the Secre-
tary. All other employees of the Secretary's office, unless otherwise
provided by law, shall be appointed and removed by the Secretary
in accordance with the provisions of Article 64A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

(c)   The appointment or removal of personnel by an administra-
tion, board, commission, division, or other agency within the juris-
diction of the Department of Employment and Social Services shall
be subject to the approval of the Secretary; however the Secretary
is authorized to delegate this power of approval to the heads or
governing bodies of the boards, commissions, divisions or other
agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department of Employment
and Social Services.

(d)   The Attorney General shall be the legal advisor to the De-
partment of Employment and Social Services. He shall assign to
the Department such number of Assistant Attorneys General as are
now authorized by law to be assigned to the various Departments,
Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, or Units which are herein,
or may hereafter by law be deemed to be part of the Department
of Employment and Social Services; and he shall also assign to the
Department such additional number of Assistant Attorneys General
as may hereafter be authorized by law for such Department. One of
the said Assistant Attorneys General shall be designated by the At-
torney General as Counsel to the Department of Employment and
Social Services. The Counsel to the Department shall have no duty
other than to render, subject to the discretion and control of the
Attorney General, such legal aid, advice and counsel as the Secretary
and the other officials of said Department may require, and the
supervision of the other Assistant Attorneys General assigned to
the Department. After the Attorney General has designated an As-
sistant Attorney General to serve as Counsel to the Department, he
shall not reassign said Counsel without consultation with the Secre-
tary. The counsel to the Department of Employment and Social
Services, and the other Assistant Attorneys General so employed,
shall each perform such legal duties for the Department as the At-
torney General may from time to time assign to them; and the
Attorney General is hereby authorized to assign to them, and each
of them, the performance subject to his discretion and control of
any of the duties with respect to said Department required of him
by law. All such Assistant Attorneys General shall be practicing
lawyers of the State of Maryland, in good standing, and they shall
receive such compensation as shall be provided in the State Budget.
This subsection shall not apply with respect to any agencies or units
of Government within the Department of Employment and Social
Services to the extent that such agencies or units are authorized by
law to employ their own legal advisors or counsel.

(e)   Wherever it is provided by law that an appointment to a par-
ticular office within the Department of Employment and Social
Services is to be made by the Secretary with the approval of the