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powers as herein specified; said six persons with their respect-
ive terms, being as follows: two, namely, Hugh H. Young and
Thomas Parran, who shall serve for the term beginning with
the date of the passage of this Act and ending on the first day
of May, 1912; two, namely, John T. Daily and William L. Mar-
bury, who shall serve for the term beginning with the date of
the passage of this Act, and ending on the first day of May,
1914; and two, namely, J. Harry Covington and Henry P.
Mann, who shall serve for the term beginning with the date
of the passage of this Act, and ending on the first day of May,
1916.
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SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That upon expiration of each of the terms of office
of the several members of the Board of Managers of the "Hos-
pital for the Negro Insane of Maryland," as hereinbefore
named, 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
after the date of their appointment, until their successors
shall have duly qualified, and shall appoint from time to time
during the continuance of said institution, the "Hospital for
the Negro Insane of Maryland," as said terms expire, two per-
sons, residents as aforesaid, for a full term of six years, so
that the Board of Managers shall be divided in three classes,
one-third of whom shall go out of office every two years; and
the Governor shall have power, in the case of any vacancy oc-
curring in any of said classes from death, resignation, re-
moval from State, failure to qualify within thirty days after
the first day of May, following their appointment, or from any
cause whatever, to appoint a person or persons to fill such va-
cancy or vacancies for the balance of the term of said class.
SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Board of Managers of the "Hospital for
the Negro Insane of Maryland," as named in Section 10, be
and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
purchase a tract or tracts of land to comply with the provi-
sions and restrictions contained in Section 9; and upon which
tract or tracts the said Board of Managers of the "Hospital for
the Negro Insane of Maryland" shall immediately proceed to
the erection, construction and equipment of suitable buildings
to care for such of the negro insane of the State of Maryland
as may be sent and duly committed to the said hospital, from
time to time, in accordance with the general provisions of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, relative to the care
and treatment of the insane of the State.
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