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tration 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.
SEC. 13. Be it enacted, That the Hospital for the
Insane, which was heretofore located and built on
its present site, at or near Catonsville, in Baltimore
county, in this State, by and under the authority of	Hospital for
the laws of this State, and which is now under the	the insane
general direction and control of the Managers of the
Maryland Hospital for the Insane, is hereby declared
to have been built and established on its said site by
the authority and direction of this State ; the Board
of Managers of the Maryland Hospital for the In-
sane are a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Board of Managers of the Maryland Hospital	Corporation
for the Insane, and shall by that name have per-
petual succession ; may sue and be sued in any court
of this State, and may have and use a common seal,
and may, at their pleasure, alter and change the
same ; the said corporation shall have and exercise
all the rights and powers heretofore vested in the
Board of Managers of the Maryland Hospital for the
Insane ; the said Board of Managers of the Mary-
land Hospital for the Insane, as such corporation, is
hereby declared to be a public agency of this State
for the administration of one of the charities thereof;
and the hospital aforesaid, located as aforesaid, is
hereby declared to be one of the means adopted by
this State for the administration of one of its public
charities.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1878.