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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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purchase or program of purchases leading to a cumulative position
in a security, the making of a loan, any proposed sale or program
of sales leading to the elimination of a position in a security,
or the sale or prepayment of a loan all have been completed and
release of the information would not have an adverse effect on
the negotiation or the market price of the security or
securities.

Article 88A - Social Services Administration
1.

(a)  There is hereby created and established a State
Administration, to be known as the "Social Services
Administration", hereinafter referred to as the "State
Administration" or as the "State Department".

(b)  The State Director of Social Services may prescribe the
number, [salaries] and minimum qualifications of all of the
personnel engaged in the administration of the activities of the
State Administration and of the local departments of social
services (hereinafter referred to as "local departments"),
created or continued under the provisions of § 13 of this
article, as are financed in whole or in part by the State
Administration.

(c)  The exercise of all authority, duties, and functions
vested in the Social Services Administration or the State
Director of Social Services by the provisions of this article or
by any other laws of this State shall be subject to the authority
of the Secretary of Human Resources as set forth in Article 41 of
this Code or elsewhere in the laws of Maryland.

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry
11.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to do all in his
power to promote the voluntary arbitration, mediation and
conciliation of controversies and disputes between employers and
employees, and to avoid resort to lockouts, boycotts, blacklists,
discriminations and legal proceedings in or arising out of such
controversies and disputes and matters of employment. In
pursuance of this duty, the said Commissioner may, whenever he
deems advisable, but subject to the approval of the Governor,
appoint boards of arbitration for the consideration and
settlement of such controversies and disputes, and provide for
the necessary expenses of such arbitration boards and for such
reasonable compensation to the members serving thereon as the
said Commissioner may deem proper, not exceeding, however, the
sum of five dollars per day for each member for each day during
which such member is engaged in work upon said arbitration
boards. The said Commissioner shall prescribe rules of procedure
for such arbitration boards, and the said arbitration board shall
have the power to conduct investigations and hold hearings, to
summon witnesses, and enforce their attendance through the