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	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the General As-	Power to re-
	sembly of Maryland may, at any time, repeal, alter	peal.
	or amend this act.
	SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.

	CHAPTER 314.
	AN ACT to enable the Board of Managers of the
	Maryland Hospital for the Insane to purchase a
	tract of land in Baltimore county.
	WHEREAS the greater convenience of the hospital
	in charge of the Board of Managers of the Maryland
	Hospital for the Insane requires that some adjoining
	tract of land should be acquired by said board of
	managers in order to obtain a sufficient supply of	Preamble-
	good and pure water for said hospital, and also
	facilities for the accommodation and treatment of
	convalescent patients at some short distance from
	the hospital proper and under the immediate super- vision of the hospital physicians ; therefore,
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the Board of Managers of
	the Maryland Hospital for the Insane be authorized to purchase, at such fair and reasonable price as they
	can agree on with the owner or owners, not exceed-
	ing fifteen hundred dollars per acre, including all improvements and appurtenances thereto belonging,	Purchase tract of land.
	a tract of land containing not more than ten acres, and immediately adjoining the land in Baltimore
	county now owned by said board of managers and
	occupied by said hospital ; provided said board
	of managers shall be satisfied that the tract of land
	so to be purchased by them shall be suitable and
	necessary for the purposes aforesaid.
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