FRANK BROWN, ESQURE, GOVEBNOB,

CHAPTER 231.

AN ACT to establish an additional hospital for the insane of
the State of Maryland, and to appropriate a sum of money
therefor.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That there shall be established in the State of
Maryland, accessible by railroad or water transportation, an in-
stitution to be called the "Second Hospital for the Insane of
the State of Maryland," which shall be under the control of
the board of managers hereinafter provided for.

Hospital for
Insane.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said board of managers
shall consist of the Governor, for the time being, ex-officio,
State Treasurer, Comptroller of the Treasury and six other
persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor, as follows :
Two to serve for the term of six years, two to serve for the
term of four years and two to serve for the term of two years
each, from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-
four; and the board so created shall constitute a body corporate
under the title of the "Board of Managers of the Second Hos-
pital for the Insane of the State of Maryland," and shall have
power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations not incon-
sistent with law as they may deem necessary and proper for
the public welfare and the best interests of the institution and
its inmates, and shall also have power to appoint the necessary
officers and agents, who shall be removable at their pleasure,
and shall make an annual report of their proceedings to the
Governor of the State, who shall submit the same, with such
recommendations as he may deem proper, to the General As-
sembly at its next session thereafter.

Board of
managers.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That upon expiration of each
of the terms of office of the board of managers hereinbefore
provided for, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint two persons, residents of this
State, for the term of six years from the first day of May next
ensuing their appointment, until their successors and qualified,
and shall appoint from time to time during the continuance of
said institution, as said terms expire, two persons, residents as
aforesaid, for a full term of six years, so that the board of
managers shall be divided into three classes, one-third of
whom shall go out of office at the end of every two years; and
the Governor shall also have power in the case of any vacancy

Terms of
office.