ART. 43] COMMISSIONS—MENINGITIS—TUBERCULOSIS. 1255

Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis in Horses—Commission.

1902. ch. 181, sec. 1.

155. The governor is authorized to appoint a commission
to be known as the commission to investigate the disease in
horses called Cerebro-Spinal meningitis, to consist of not less
than five persons, of whom the pathologist of Johns Hopkins
University and the veterinarian of the Maryland Agricultural
College shall be two, whose duty it shall be to investigate the

cause, origin, treatment, prevention and cure in the State of
Maryland of the disease in horses called Cerebro-Spinal
meningitis.

Ibid. sec. 2.

156. The members of the said commission shall serve with-
out pay, except expenses actually incurred, and shall continue
in office for a term of two years from date of their appoint-
ment. They shall meet in Baltimore city within thirty days
after the date of their appointment and thereafter at such times
and places as may be necessary. They shall fill by a majority
vote any vacancy that may occur in their membership, and
shall report the results of their investigations not later than
January 1, 1904, to the governor of this State.

Ibid. sec. 3.

157. Eor the purpose of defraying necessary expenses,
including printing, rent, postage, traveling' and clerical assist-
ance, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated to be paid by the treas-
urer of the State upon warrant of the comptroller at such
times and in such sums as may be authorized by the com-
mission.*

Tuberculosis Commission.

1902, ch 451, sec. 1 1904, ch. 476.

158. The governor of the State is authorized to appoint
five persons, three of whom shall be physicians, who, by
virtue of such appointment, shall constitute a commission
to be known as the tuberculosis commission, whose duty it
shall be to investigate the prevalence, distribution and causes
of human tuberculosis in the State of Maryland, to determine
its relations to the public health and welfare, and to devise

ways and means for restricting and controlling said disease,

* Commission and unused appropriation continued by Act of 1904, ch 293