LUNATICS AND INSANE. 2117

Eastern Shore State Hospital.

An. Code, sec. 62. 1912, ch. 187, sec. 9.

66. There shall be established on the Eastern Shore, in the State of
Maryland, an institution for the detention and care of such white insane
persons of the State as may be duly committed or sent to said institution
or hospital, which shall be called the " Eastern Shore State Hospital"
and which shall be under the control of the board of managers as herein-
after provided.

An. Code, sec. 63. 1912, ch. 187, sec. 10.

67. The said Board of managers of the " Eastern Shore State Hos-
pital " shall consist of the Governor, ex officio, State Treasurer, Comp-
troller of the Treasury, for the time being, and nine other persons, one from
each county of the Eastern Shore, and the board so created shall constitute
a body corporate under the title of the " Eastern Shore State Hospital,"
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 the best interests of the institution and its inmates,
and shall have the 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 Governor of the State, who shall submit the same,
with such recommendations as he may deem proper, to the General As-
sembly at its next session thereafter; and provided, however, so that the
intents and purposes of the act of 1912, ch. 187, for which the said board
of managers of the " Eastern Shore State Hospital" is now created, and
that such purposes may be promptly commenced and carried out with the
least delay, the following named persons are hereby designated as such
other nine members, who, together with the Governor, Comptroller of the
Treasury and Treasurer of the State, shall constitute and are hereby named
as the first board of managers of the " Eastern Shore State Hospital,"
with all the rights and powers as herein specified; said nine persons with
their respective terms being as follows: Three, namely J. Erank Harper,
Louis M. Milbourne and Richard S. Dodson, who shall serve for the term
beginning with the date of the passage of said act and ending on the first
day of May, 1914; three, namely, John P. Moore, William W. Beck and
Edward E. Goslin, who shall serve for the term beginning with the date
of the passage of said act, and ending on the first day of May, 1916; three,
namely Jesse D. Price, J. Hooper Bosley and William T. Warburton, who
shall serve for the term beginning with the date of the passage of said
act, and ending on the first day of May, 1918.

An. Code, sec. 64. 1912, ch. 187, sec. 11.

68. Upon the expiration of each of the terms of office of the several
members of the board of managers of the " Eastern Shore State Hospital,"
as hereinbefore named, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint three persons, residents of this State, from
the county or counties from which the vacancy occurs for the term of six
years from the first day of May next ensuing after the date of their