JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEc 2. And be it enacted. That all Acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
and that this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 451.
AN ACT for the Creation of a Tuberculosis Commission.

CHAP. 451

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Governor of the State be and is hereby
authorized to appoint a commission, to be known as the
"Tuberculosis Commission," to consist of five persons, three of
whom shall be physicians, whose duty it shall be to investigate
the prevalence, distribution and causes of human tuberculosis
in the State of Maryland, to determine its relations to the
public health and welfare, and to devise ways and means for
restricting and controlling said disease.

Commission
appointed.

SEC. 2. The members of said commission shall serve without
pay, except expenses actually incurred, and shall continue in
office for a term of two years from the date of their appoint-
ment. They shall meet in the city of Baltimore within thirty
days after the date of their appointment, and thereafter as fre-
quently as may be necessary ; they shall till by a majority vote
any vacancy that may occur in their membership, and shall
report the results of their investigations not later than January
1, 1904.

Serve
without pay.

SEC. 3. All hospitals, dispensaries and other institutions
having medical officers, and supported in whole or in part by
public funds of the State of Maryland, or of any city or
county in this State, shall cause to be made upon blanks fur-
nished by the Tuberculosis Commission, records of such facts
as may be available, for the use and purposes of said commip-
sion, concerning every case of tuberculosis coming under the
care of such institution. The records so obtained shall be and
remain the property of the institution where they are made ;
provided only, that said Tuberculosis Commission shall have
free access to and use of such records during the period for
which this Act shall remain operative.

Records of
cases
to be made.

SEC. 4. For the purpose of defraying necessary expenses,
including printing, rent, postage and clerical assistance, the
sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be paid by the Treasurer
of the State, upon warrant of the Comptroller, at such times
and in such sums as may be authorized by the commission.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

Sum
of money
appropriated