3446 ARTICLE 16.

mission of Montgomery County," and by that name and style shall have
perpetual succession, with power to have a common seal, and to change the
same at pleasure, to make contracts, and to sue and to be sued, and by
that name and style shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding and
conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation, but
all properties so acquired or the proceeds thereof, shall belong to Mont-
gomery County, and shall be held in trust for said county.

1916, ch. 628, sec. 2.

481. The said Otis M. Linthicum shall serve for a term of six years;
the said Asa M. Stabler, four years; and the said Alexander G. Carlisle,
two years, from the first Monday in May, 1916, or until their successors
shall have been appointed and have qualified. In 1918 and biennially
thereafter the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall
appoint one member of the said Board, who shall serve for a term of six
years from the first Monday in May next after his appointment, or until
his successor shall have been appointed and have qualified. Vacancies
in said appointive members of said Board shall be filled by the Governor
for the unexpired term.

1914, ch. 456, sec. 2. 1916, ch. 628, sec. 3.

482. The saiid Tuberculosis Commission of Montgomery County shall
have the right to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, a suitable site with or
without buildings in said county for a county tuberculosis camp or hos-
pital, and to erect thereon necessary buildings and provide equipment and
shall employ competent persons to take charge and conduct same, and
shall, so far as practicable, conduct the same after the manner of the
Municipal Tuberculosis Hospital in Baltimore City. Provided that said
hospital shall not be located on the Almshouse farm or any part thereofr
nor on the land commonly known as "Stormont."

1914, oh. 456, sec. 3.

483. No person shall be admitted to said hospital except upon certifi-
cate of a member of-the Montgomery County Medical Society that the
person is suffering from advanced tuberculosis and upon presenting the
said Commission with the written statement of two reputable taxpayers,
of Montgomery County that he or she is unable to pay for treatment.
Provided, however, that the said Commission shall have the right to reject
any case, for any reason it sees fit, and shall have the further power to
make any further rules of admission it may find necessary or expedient.*

1914, ch. 456, sec. 5.

484. The said County Commissioners of Montgomery County are
hereby authorized in their discretion to raise, by levy upon the taxpayers
of the said Montgomery County, such sums as they may deem necessary
to carry out the provisions of this Act.

*Sec. 4, ch. 456, 1914, appropriated $11,000 out of the State funds for the hospital,
and sec. 4, ch. 628, 1916, appropriated $1,500.