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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

before the payment of any sum of money ap-
propriated by this act, the Dean of the Faculty
of the Baltimore Medical College shall furnish
to the Comptroller a statement and satisfac-
tory certificate that the provisions of this act
have been complied with.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Mary-
land General Hospital shall be required to ad-
mit, maintain and treat in said Maryland Gen-
eral Hospital, without any charge, each and
every year of this appropriation, one patient

Patients ad-
mitted.

from each county of this State, upon the per-
mit of the respective Boards of County Com-
missioners, and two patients from each Legis-
lative District of Baltimore city, upon the
permits of the committing Justices of said
city, to be endorsed by a reputable physician,
that the applicant is in need of free hospital
treatment for a curable, acute or chronic med-
ical or surgical disease; and the said Maryland
General Hospital shall receive, maintain and
treat, free of charge, the patients so appor-
tioned and sent to them by said authorities,
and shall furnish to the Comptroller satisfac-
tory evidence that it has so received, main-

Statement to
Comptroller.

tained and treated all patients, free of charge,
sent to them under the provisions of this act,
in consideration of the sum of money hereby
appropriated and payable; it being under-
stood that in case any of said counties or leg-
islative districts shall fail to send its propor-
tion of patients, then said college shall be paid
pro rata for such patients as have been treated
in accordance with this act.

Approved April 22, 1886.