WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1885

who may be ordered placed and maintained therein by the
County Commissioners of Allegany County.

(B) The said County Infirmary and Nursing Home for the
Aged and Indigent shall be controlled and managed by the
Board of County Commissioners and the County Physician.
The said Board of County Commissioners and County Physi-
cian shall in a body be required to visit and inspect said
County Infirmary and Nursing Home at least twice a year.
The said Commissioners may make and enforce all reasonable
rules and regulations for the management of said Home, and
for the conduct and discipline of those therein, and shall seek
fully and completely to set up and maintain the requisite
standards set up for such or similar institutions in Maryland
by any provisions of law. It shall keep a monthly report of
the number of inmates in the Home and their periods of resi-
dence in the Home. The said Board shall annually file a
written report on the condition and operation of said Home.

(C) The Board of County Commissioners shall have the
power to name and employ a Superintendent of said Home and
to engage and employ such keepers, physicians and other help
needed to properly conduct and carry on the said County
Infirmary and Nursing Home and in connection therewith to
fix their wages or salaries and the length of their service or
employment.

(D) The County Commissioners of Allegany County shall
keep detailed and accurate account of all monies disbursed for
the support and the maintenance of said County Infirmary
and Nursing Home and may make such rules and regulations
with reference to all expenditures in connection with said
Home or the incurring of any financial obligation connected
therewith as will assure them of complete control at all time.
Upon their approval of any bills, and accounts against said
Home, they shall be paid in the usual manner by checks drawn
upon the County Treasurer, and the County Commissioners
of Allegany County are hereby authorized to levy annually
such a sum upon the taxable property in Allegany County as
may be necessary to meet the running expenses of said County
Infirmary and Nursing Home.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, (A) That the Board of
County Commissioners of Allegany County is hereby author-
ized and empowered at any time hereafter to borrow money
upon the faith and credit of Allegany County to an amount
not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.) and to use such amount for the purpose of acquir-
ing, erecting and equipping the County Infirmary and Nursing
Home described and authorized by Section 1 hereof, and for