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years from the date of their appointment. They shall meet in the city of
Baltimore within thirty days after the date of their appointment and
thereafter as frequently as may be necessary; they shall fill by majority

vote any vacancy that may occur in their membership, and shall report the
results of their investigations not later than January, 1906.

An. Code, sec. 197. 1904, sec. 160. 1892, ch. 451, sec. 3.

247. All hospitals, dispensaries and other institutions having medical
officers and supported in whole or in part by public funds in the State of
Maryland, or of any city or county in the State, shall cause to be made
upon blanks furnished by the tuberculosis commission record of such facts
as may be available for the use and purposes of said commission concerning

every case of tuberculosis coming under the care of such institution, and
shall return such records at such times and in such manner as shall be
directed by the tuberculosis commission.

An. Code, sec. 198. 1904, sec. 161. 1892, ch. 451, sec. 4.

248. For the purpose of defraying necessary expenses, including print-
ing, rent, postage and clerical assistance, the sum of two thousand dollars
or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, to be paid
by the treasurer cf the State upon the warrant of the comptroller at such
times and in such sums as may be authorized by the commission.

An. Code, sec. 199. 1906, ch. 308. 1908, ch. 328. 1916, ch. 497.

249. There shall be established in this State, accessible by railroad or
water transportation, an institution to be called the Maryland Tuberculosis
Sanatorium, which shall be under the control of the board of managers here-
inafter provided for. The said board of managers shall consist of the gov-
ernor, state treasurer and comptroller of the treasury, for the time being,
ex officio, and seven other persons who shall be appointed by the governor,
as follows: Two to serve for the term of six years, two to serve for the term
of four years, two to serve for the term of two years, respectively, from, the
first day of May, nineteen hundred and six, and the remaining member to
serve for the term of six years from the first day of May, 1908. The board so
created shall constitute a body corporate under the title of the Maryland
Tuberculosis Sanatorium, and shall have power to make such by-laws, rules
and regulations not inconsistent with the law as they may deem necessary
and proper for the public welfare and best interests of the institution and
its inmates. It shall also have power to appoint necessary officers for con-
ducting said sanatorium, agents and employes who shall be removable at
its pleasure. They shall make a report of its proceedings, receipts and
expenditures, as of the 30th day of September, 1916, and annually there-
after, to the governor of the State, who shall submit the same, with such
recommendations as he may deem proper, to the general assembly at its
next session thereafter. The governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate shall biennially appoint two persons, resident of the State of
Maryland, as managers of said sanatorium for a term of six years dating
from the first, day of May succeeding their appointment. They shall hold