PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 204.

AN ACT to authorize, empower and direct the State Board of
Health of Maryland to 'provide for the treatment of indi-
gent persons exposed to the contagion of hydrophobia and
to appropriate a sum of money for this purpose.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the State Board of Health is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to provide for the treatment of per-
sons exposed to the contagion of hydrophobia who are unable
to pay the usual charges for the treatment known as the "Pas-
teur Treatment."

SEC. 2. The State Board of Health of Maryland shall pre-
pare or purchase or keep on hand sufficient antirabic virus for
the treatment of persons exposed to the contagion of hydro-
phobia, and shall administer such treatment to such persons
in the City of Baltimore; provided, that if the said board is
able to provide, by contract at reasonable rates, with compe-
tent and reliable individuals or institutions for the adminis-
tration of the Pasteur Treatment, the said board is authorized
and empowered to enter into contracts with such individuals or
institutions in lieu of preparing or keeping on hand antirabie
virus and administering the said Pasteur Treatment.

SEC. 3. The said board shall provide for the Pasteur Treat-
ment to such indivivduals as may present themselves to the
said board in the City of Baltimore with a written statement
from the Commissioners of the county in which they reside
or the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be,
stating that such individuals are unable to pay the usual cost
of such Pasteur Treatment.

SEC. 4. For the purpose of making effective the provisions
of this act a sum of $2,500.00 per annum, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, payable by the
Treasurer of the State upon warrant of the Comptroller, at
such times and in such sums as may be authorized by the State
Board of Health upon presentation oi the proper vouchers.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.