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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. Frank 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, 1924, sec. 68. 1912, sec. 64. 1912, ch. 187, sec. 11.

69. 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
appointment, until their successors shall have duly qualified, and shall
appoint from time to time during the existence of said institution, as
said terms expire, three persons, residents as aforesaid, for a full term
of six years, so that the board of managers shall be divided into three
classes, one-third of whom shall go out of office every two years; and the
Governor shall have power, in the case of any vacancy occurring in any
of said classes from death, resignation, removal from State, failure to
qualify within thirty days after the first day of May, following their
appointment, or from any cause whatever, to appoint a person or persons
to fill such vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term of said class.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 69. 1912, sec. 65. 1912, ch. 187, sec. 12.

70. The board of managers of the "Eastern Shore State Hospital,"
as named in section 68, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
purchase a tract or tracts of land on the Eastern Shore of the State of
Maryland to comply with the provisions and restrictions contained in
section 67; and upon which tract or tracts the said board of managers of
the "Eastern Shore State Hospital" shall immediately proceed to the
erection, construction and equipment of suitable buildings to care for such
white insane of the State as may be duly committed or sent to the said
hospital, from time to time, in accordance with the general provisions of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, relative to the care and
treatment of the insane of the State.