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SIXTY-NINTH; CONGRESS. ·S¤s¤;:I2’ 58. 1926. 299 secretary, who shall sovarallzy discha Ahn duties usual to suqh oiiices and shizll servo for terms of onetgzamorg until their successors are  » The board shall hold not lcssthmi nine mfxln monthly maetmgs dllfillf each your. Special meetings may bo cld upon the call of thb msu, or, ifelnbo absent or incapacitated, upon the call of the vacockairmauuulakogxon the csll,,in writing, of not lem than thrcmmambors. {Tho boa shall have Authority to make m%¤\¤•· ·¤¤·» ¤¤¤>¤r· all no$ry rules, regulations, and aiministmt-iw orders gave ` ` tha. orgumzqmnrof its work smd;tho_‘discha,1go of its ,du,t1oq ww pnomotp aiHcm1cy·of service and economy afro _&ti0l1.` _ . Sno. 5. That t.he-Gommissionars, of the of Columbia., w§*gg*<¤ ¤f v¤w¤ upop the nomination of the are hereby autborizedfo appoint omcé mm? .p. a director of public welfare, wluch position is hereby authorized °°x°"”°'“"‘“° ""°" aud.;;·ggtod,lwhorsha1l bo the chief executive oihoorrof the board and shall be charged, mbjoct to its rgeneral suporvisionrwithl thc gocutigvo lxlmmistratigf duges provided for in this got. gihc Q“°“°°°“°“°· rec r ~a..pc1·so11l suc tran} ` ,le¤: 'oncc an ca G as will esgeciully qualify or box; to iqchapsga thoidutios tbz ohioo. `T e# director of public welfare may be discharged b the Commissioners of the Dxstriot of Columbia} upon? reoommemlvttion of take board. All other employees of the board shall be appointed °“""’ “'”’*°’°'* and discharged in like manner as in tho case of thodircctor. 4'1`ho °°“"’°“’°*‘°"· director of public welfare and other mcessary. employees shall receive compensation in accordance with the rates established by the Clgssification Act of 1923. Q; - · r ~ _ A i ` Sm. 6. That tlwboard shall have complete and exclusive control ,,},§§‘§§,'},§f,‘{‘§,§b°§,‘§ and management of the following institutions of the District of Columbia: S:) The workhouse at Oocoqum in the, State of Vir- ginia; (b) 1; o roformatory at Lorton in the State of Virginia; (c) _ the lwnshington Asylum and Jail; (d) the National. Training School for irls, in the District of Columbia and at Muirkirk in the State of Maryland; (e)· the Gallingr Municiyilal H ital; §f) the Tuberculosis Hospital; (g) the cme for t o Ag§) and niirm; (h) the Municipal Lodging House; (Q)! the Industrial Home School; (j) the Industrial Home School or Colored Chil- d1·on· (k) Distnct Training School in Anno Arundel County, in the étuto of Maryland. ‘ ·. ~ · - r Src. 7. That the superintendents md all othoromplqyees now Boggolwfggglgtigfuw on d in the oiegmtion of the institutions enumerated 111 section ° °°' 6 hereafter subject to the supervision of the board. Each superintendent shall have the management and oontrol of ` the institution to which he is appointed and shall be subordinatato Ammmm ctc tho director of public welfare. The superintendent and all other ' ` employees of each of the institutions enumerated in section 6 shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia upon nomination by the board amd~_sho,l1 be subject to discharge by the commissioners upon recommendation of the board. . U d d b- Sm. 8. That the unexpondod balance of ul1‘a,ppmpriutions·hcm— m§°¥£°l¤$:»¤¤1$g§ tofore made for the institutions enumerated in section 6* shall be “"‘“‘“"‘°· available for their use after the of this Act in like manner as before, under the direction o the ard. r Mmmm of mr Sync; 9. That it shall be the duty of the board to make such rules mmxmom to, me my and regulations relating to the admission of persons to, and the §’,j§§‘,§T§{§"{,°°§;,{i°“$** administration of, the institutions horoinbeforo referred t0,· as will promote disciflino and goodconduct ofinmates and employees and eillciency an “ economy ” in the operation of these mstithtzions. Under the authority herein granted, the board 'ma.y· prescribe forms of record keeping to secure accurac%_ andoomploteness in the ro istrution of persons under care and t e services rendered in their iehalf. The board may recommend to the Comptroller 43s92·-27--14