1688 ARTICLE 44.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 12.

14. There shall be appropriated, and the treasurer of the State, upon
the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay to the managers of the Maryland
hospital for the insane, annually, in equal quarterly payments, on the first
days of January, April, July and October in each and every year, the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars for the support of said hospital.
See art. 19, secs. 41 and 42. See notes to sec. 2.

An. Code, see. 15. 1904, sec. 15. 1888, sec. 15. 1886, ch. 205, sec. 14.

15. The said board of managers shall erect and maintain in safe and
proper repair a substantial and sufficient fence and enclosure of the height
of at least seven feet, constructed of palings not less than six inches in width,
with proper gates, securely fastened and guarded at all times, around the
said hospital and hospital grounds; and shall adopt and enforce all other
reasonable and necessary safeguards to prevent lunatic patients, who may
be confined or under treatment in said hospital, from escaping or wandering
beyond the limits of said grounds and enclosure.

Springfield State Hospital.

An. Code, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1894, ch. 231, secs. 1 and 2. 1900, ch. 70, sec. 16A.

16. There shall be established in this State accessible by railroad or
water transportation an institution to be called the Springfield state hos-
pital, which shall be under the control of the board of managers hereinafter
provided for. The said board of managers shall consist of the governor, for
the time being, ex officio, state treasurer, comptroller of the treasury and
six 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
and two to serve for the term of two years each from the first day of May,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the board so created shall constitute
a body corporate under the title of Springfield state hospital, and shall
have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent
with law as they may deem necessary and proper for the public welfare and
the best interests of the institution and its inmates, and shall also have power
to appoint the necessary officers and agents, who shall be removable at their
pleasure, and shall make an annual report of their proceedings to the gov-
ernor 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.

An. Code, sec. 16A. 1918, ch. 288.

17. The said Board of Managers of Springfield State Hospital shall
have power, whenever in their judgment it is advisable, to sell and convey
any unproductive farm lands belonging to the Springfield State Hospital,
and to purchase with the proceeds of the sale of such unproductive farm
lands such additional productive farm lands as they may deem advisable.
See art. 27, sec. 704.