1826.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 225.

plead and be impleaded, and to make, have and use, a common
seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and
generally to do all acts and things which may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this supplement.

Permanent con-

tributors

2. And be it enacted. That any person who hath at any one
time contributed, or shall hereafter contribute, to the said insti-
tution, the sum of fifty dollars, shall be considered, and is here-
by declared to be, a permanent contributor, and as such entitled
himself, or his proper representative, to give one vote for every
fifty dollars so contributed, at all annual elections for directors
and attending physicians to the said Second Dispensary, to re-
commend indigent sick to the care of the institution, and per-
manently to enjoy all the rights and privileges to which annual
contributors are or shall be entitled, under this supplement, and
tinder such by-laws as the directors shall from time to time make
and establish; and any person who hath contributed, or shall
contribute, to the use of said institution, the sum of five dol-
lars, shall be deemed a contributor within the meaning of this
supplement, for the term of one year next after the time of
paying such contribution, and entitled to all the rights and pri-
vileges as such during said term.

Election of di-

rectors-their pow-

ers

3. And be it enacted, That the contributors to the Baltimore
Second Dispensary, shall annually, on the first Monday in May,
at such place and in such manner as the president and directors
shall by their by-laws direct and appoint, elect twelve of the
contributors to act as directors of the Second Dispensary, and
the persons so elected shall be entitled to hold their office until
a new election shall take place; and the directors, for the time
being, shall have the power of filling all vacancies in their own
body, occasioned by death, resignation, refusal to serve, or re-
moval from the city or its precincts, of any director; to appoint
their own president, and all other officers of their own institu-
tion, except the apothecary and attending physician, who shall
be annually elected by the contributors, as the by-laws shall
provide; to fix the salaries of the apothecary and attending phy-
sician, and prescribe their duties; to remove or displace any of-
ficer of the institution whom they may adjudge guilty of mis-
conduct or neglect of duty, and appoint a person to fill the va-
cancy occasioned thereby, until the next annual election; to re-
gulate the expenses, and manage the funds of the said instituti-
on ; to make such rules and by-laws as may be necessary to car-
ry into effect the provisions of this supplement in the most full
and beneficial manner, or as they may think necessary for the
promotion, regulation, government or convenience, of the said
Second Dispensary, the came not being contrary to the laws and
constitution of this state, or of the United States; and generally
to do air acts and things which may appertain to diem to do.

Interest only of
investments to be

used

4. And be it enacted, That the amount already invested by
the directors of the Second Dispensary, in property or annuities
shall continue as a permanent fund, and the interest theredf
shdl alone be employed for the use of the said institution ; and
such sums as shall remain in the hands of the treasurer, after
the debts of the institution have been paid together with all