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Maryland Manual, 1965-66
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MARYLAND MANUAL 91
In each county there is a County Welfare Board, constituting an
administrative department of the local government, which adminis-
ters under the supervision and control of the State Department
the welfare activities within each county, including the care of neg-
lected, dependent, and delinquent children. Each County Board con-
sists of six persons appointed for six-year terms by the Board of
County Commissioners or County Council and one County Commis-
sioner or County Council member chosen yearly by the Board of
County Commissioners (Code 1957, Art. 88A, sees. 13, 14.)
The Department investigates the public and private institutions, or-
ganizations, and agencies of a charitable nature in the State of Mary-
land, including those which receive part of their income from the
State, but excepting those placed by law under the supervision of
another State agency. Each year before the General Assembly con-
venes, the Director reports to the Governor on activities of the
Department and the conditions of all charitable institutions, organi-
zations, and agencies (excepting hospitals) that receive financial
aid from the State, and recommends appropriations (Code 1957,
Art. 88A, sec. 3). All monies appropriated to institutions, organi-
zations, and agencies, excepting hospitals, are paid on a per capita
basis at the rates and subject to regulations established by the
State Board of Public Welfare (Code 1957, Art. 88A, sec. 10).
The Department is authorized to establish a central registry of
records for the purpose of locating deserting or absent parents of
children who are likely, or liable to be, recipients of public assistance
or foster care (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 88A, sec. 5A).
The Department administers the child care laws that regulate
child placement in Maryland. It licenses agencies and institutions
having the care and custody of minors (Code 1957, Art. 88A, sees.
19,32).
The Department supervises the four State training schools. In devel-
oping the program within each training school, including provisions
for after-care supervision, the Department establishes regulations,
standards of care, policy of admissions, transfer and discharge, and
may order changes in policy or management. Subject to these limita-
tions three of the schools are under the general management of Boards
of Managers, while the fourth school operates under direct manage-
ment of the Department and is served by an Advisory Board of nine
members. The Governor appoints the nine members of each Board for
terms of six years, so staggered that the terms of at least three
members expire every two years (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 88A,
sees. 33-38A).
The Department also administers and supervises the four Forestry
Camps for delinquent boys. These Camps have a single advisory board
made up of eight members appointed by the Governor from the geo-
graphical area in which the camps are located. The Superintendent of
the Gamp and a district forester are ex officio members. The Depart-
ment is authorized by law to transfer to these Camps boys from
either Boys' Village, Victor Cullen, or the Maryland Training School
for Boys who, in its judgment, may benefit from such care (Code
1957, Art. 88A, sec. 39).
In addition the Department administers the Maryland Children's
Center, opened in 1959, which is a facility for short-term detention
and study of boys judged delinquent by the Courts. An Advisory
Board, composed of nine members appointed by the Governor for six-
year staggered terms, assists the Department of Public Welfare in
presenting the objectives of the Center to the public and generally
advises the Department and the superintendent of the Center (Code
1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 88A, sees. 39A, 39B).

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