ART. 26. ] HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.

pital for the Insane, who shall serve without pay, and hold their
offices as follows: three thereof shall hold their offices for two years;
three thereof shall hold their offices for four years; and three thereof
shall hold their offices for six years; and the governor shall desig-
nate their several terms at the time of their appointment; their
successors shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the ad-

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vice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold their offices for six
years, and until others are appointed in their stead.

Term of office.

2. The president and visitors of the Maryland Hospital are hereby
authorized and directed to transfer by deed all the real estate and
other property belonging to said trust, which may be in their pos-
session, to the managers of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane,
above provided for, and the government of the State Hospital for the
Insane shall be vested in the said board of managers, seven of whom

Id s 2
Transfer of
property of
Maryland Hos-
pital to said
managers.

shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Quorum

3- The said board of managers shall have the general direction
and control of all the property and concerns of the said hospital,
and shall take charge of its general interests, and see that its great
design be carried into effect, and everything done faithfully accord-
ing to the requirements of the legislature, and the by-laws, rules,
and regulations of the said hospital; but said board of managers
shall have no authority or power to mortgage or pledge any of the
property, real or personal, of said hospital.

Id s 3
Powers of
managers.

4. The board of managers shall appoint one of its number, who
shall act as treasurer, who shall give bond for the faithful perform-
ance of his trust, in such sum and in such sureties as the comp-
troller of the State shall approve; they shall also appoint a superin-
tendent, who shall be a well-educated physician, and in addition shall
also appoint as many physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, stewards,
matrons, nurses, servants, and other officers for the administration and
service of said hospital as they may deem necessary, all of whom shall
hold their appointments at the pleasure of the board of managers.

1878, c 341
Appointments
by managers.

5. The board of managers may make, ordain, alter, amend, and
abolish all by-laws, rules, and regulations for the administration and
government of said hospital, and for the admission and discharge of
persons therein and therefrom, which rules and regulations, in so
far as they are within the power of the said board, and are consist-
ent with law, shall be binding on all persons whomsoever.

1876, c 351, s S.
By-laws, rules
and regulations
made by
managers.

6. The said board of managers shall maintain an effective inspec-
tion of the said hospital and grounds, and for this purpose one of
said managers shall visit the same once in every week; two of said
managers once in every month, a majority of the board once in
every quarter, and the whole board once in every year, at the times
and in the manner to be prescribed in the by-laws.

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Visits of
managers

7. The said board of managers may take and hold in trust for
the State, any grant or devise of land, or any donation or bequest
of money, or other personal property, to be applied to the mainte-

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Empowered to
take and hold
property