EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That a majority of all the trustees

Quorum.

shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and

said Board may appoint from their number a president, vice-

president, treasurer, secretary, and such other officers as said

Board may deem necessary, in the manner, at the time, and for

the term to be prescribed in the by-laws. Every trustee of

said corporation before proceeding to act shall qualify by tak-

ing the test oath required by the Constitution and laws of the

State of Maryland, a certificate of which qualification shall be

recorded on the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of

Trustees.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Board of Trustees

Authority to

be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to enter

enter into
contracts.

into contracts with the County Commissioners of Washington

County, and the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, providing

for the receipt of revenues, in perpetuity, in aid of said hospital.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the real and personal estate

Real and per-

authorized by this Act to be held by the said "The Washing-ton

sonal estate.

County Hospital Association" for the uses and purposes herein

provided for, shall be exempt from all state, county and muni-

cipal taxes so long as the same shall be used for the purposes

herein mentioned.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect from

and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904

CHAPTER 383.

AN ACT to create a new Election District in Allegany County,

to be known and designated as the Twenty-eighth Election

District of Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

New election

land, That a new Election District be formed and laid out of

district.

the Twenty-sixth Election District of Allegany County, to be

known and distinguished as the "Twenty-eighth Election Dis-

trict of Allegany County," that precinct one of the Twenty-sixth

Election District to be known hereafter as the Twenty-sixth

Election Pistrict of Allegany County; and precinct two'of the

Twenty-sixth Election District be known hereafter as the Twen-

ty-eighth Election District of Allegany County.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1901.