1158 HOSPITAL——MARYLAND. [ART. 44

this State; the board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the
insane are a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Board of
Managers of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane," and shall by that
name have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued in any court of
this State, and may have and use a common seal, and may, at their
pleasure, alter and change the same; the said board of managers of the
Maryland hospital for the insane, as such corporation, is hereby
declared to be a public agency of this State, for the administration of
one of the charities thereof; and the hospital aforesaid, located as afore-
said, is hereby declared to be one of the means adopted by this State
for the administration of one of its public charities.

The property of the Maryland hospital for the Insane belongs to the state,
and the corporation is not liable to assessment for the cost of opening a
public road. Baltimore County v. Maryland Hospital for Insane, 62 Md. 127.
Object of the law in establishing the Maryland hospital. Maryland Hos-
pital v. Foreman, 29 Md. 530.

1904, art. 44, sec. 3. 18SS, art. 44, sec. 3. 1860, art. 44, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 351-

sec. 2. 1888, ch. 468.

3. The president and visitors of the Maryland hospital are hereby
authorized and directed to transfer by deed all the real estate and other
property belonging to said trust, which may be in their possession, to
the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, above provided
for; and the government of the State hospital for the Insane shall be
vested in the said board of managers, five of whom shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
See notes to sec. 2.

Ibid, sec, 4. 1888, art. 44, sec. 4. 1860, art. 44, sec. 3. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 3.

4. The said board of managers shall have the general direction and
control of all the property and concerns of the said hospital, and shall
take charge of its general interests, and see that its great design be
carried into effect, and everything done faithfully according to law,
and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the said hospital; but said
board of managers shall have no authority or power to mortgage or
pledge any of the property, real or personal, of said hospital.

See notes to sec. 2.

As to the lunacy commission, see art. 59, sec. 12, et seq,

Ibid. sec. 5. 1888, art. 44, sec. 5. 1860, art. 44, sec. 4. 1876, ch. 351,
sec. 4 1878, ch. 341.

5. They shall appoint one of their number as treasurer, who shall
give bond for the faithful performance of his trust in such sum and in
such sureties as the comptroller of the State shall approve; they shall
also appoint a superintendent who shall be a well-educated physician;
and, in addition, shall also appoint as many physicians, surgeons, apothe-
caries, stewards, matrons, nurses, servants and other officers for the
administration and service of said hospital as they may deem necessary;
all of whom shall hold their appointments at the pleasure of the board
of managers.

See notes to sec. 2.