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and there shall be thereafter at all times maintained in a prominent posi-
tion in said building a proper tablet dedicated to the perpetual memory
of those who died in the service of their country in said war.

1927, ch. 411, sec. 9.

157. Said Board of Governors shall have power and shall be its duty
to maike all rules and regulations deemed necessary from time to time for
the operation and maintenance of said Hospital, but it shall at all times
maintain a sufficient number of free beds and wards in said Hospital to
care for and provide proper medical service and attention for such number
of persons as may reasonably be forseen, who shall 'apply therefor, and
bona fide residents of the City of Cumberland and Allegany County shall
be preferred as to admittance over other applicants, provided, however,
that this provision shall not apply to oases of extreme emergency.

1927, ch. 411, sec. 10.

158. Said Board of Governors shall have the power from time to time
to regulate charges for hospitalization and the collection of the same, and
to employ and fix the salaries of superintendents and such other persons
as may be needed in carrying on the work of a general public hospital,
and rules and regulations covering the conduct of employees, nurses,
physicians and surgeons in attendance therein, and the entrance, conduct,
course of study and graduation of student nurses therein, and all other
general rules and regulations pertaining to the management, maintenance
or operation of said Hospital.

1927, ch. 411, sec. 11.

159. In the operation of said Hospital all moneys received shall be
deposited in the name of said Board of Governors in such proper financial
institution as they shall order, and said Board of Governors shall have
power to make all proper expenditures for the operation of said Hospital,
said expenditures shall be made only by proper vouchers signed by the
Chairman of said Board and the Treasurer thereof. Proper books and
accounts shall be kept and maintained of all receipts and expenditures
by said Board of Governors in the operation of said Hospital, and shall be
audited not less than once in each year by the City Auditor or a duly
qualified certified public accountant appointed by the Mayor amd City
Council of Cumberland. Said Board of Governors shall have power from
time to time in the maintenance and operation of said Hospital and from
the funds thereof to make such repairs as may be required upon said
buildings, and to purchase such supplies and equipment as may be neces-
sary in such operation and maintenance, but shall not have authority,
without the consent of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, to
make any addition thereto, or increase the capital account thereof, unless
such addition or increase of capital account shall be by donation of indi-
viduals to said Board of Governors. If, in the opinion of the Board of
Governors, there shall be an amount of money in excess of such amount