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ernor shall have power, in the case of any vacancy occurring
in any of said classes from death, resignation, removal from
State, failure to qualify within thirty days after the first day
of May, following their appointment, or from any cause what-
ever, to appoint a person or persons to fill such vacancy or
vacancies for the balance of the term of said class.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the board of managers of the "Eastern
Shore State Hospital," as named in section 10 of this act, be
and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
purchase a tract or tracts of land on the Eastern Shore of the
State of Maryland to comply with the provisions and restric-
tions contained in section 9 of this act; and upon which tract
or tracts the said board of managers of the "Eastern Shore
State Hospital" shall immediately proceed to the erection, con-
struction and equipment of suitable buildings to care for such
white insane of the State as may be duly committed or sent
to the said hospital, from time to time, in accordance with the
general provisions of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, relative to the care and treatment of the insane of
the State.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That all proper expenses incurred by the said
board of managers of the "Eastern Shore State Hospital," as
hereinbefore provided, in having plans and specifications made
for the erection, construction and equipment of the "Eastern
Shore State Hospital" shall be payable out of the funds to be
provided in the loan herein authorized.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That this act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 188.

AN ACT to regulate the salaries of school teachers in Anne
Arundel county, Maryland, and to provide for the levy by
the County Commissioners of said county of the funds neces-
sary to provide for the payment of the salaries of such
teachers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of County School Commissioners of Anne