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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be
admitted to said hospital except upon certificate of a member
of the Montgomery County Medical Society that the person is
suffering from advanced tuberculosis and upon presenting the
said Commission with the written statement of two reputable
taxpayers of Montgomery County that he or she is unable to pay
for treatment. Provided, however, that the said Commission
shall have the right to reject any case, for any reason it sees fit,
and shall have the further power to make any further rules of
admission it may find necessary or expedient.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this Act, the sum of $5,000 be
and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Treasury of the State of Maryland not otherwise appropriated
for the erection of said Hospital, and the further sum of $3,000
or so much thereof as may be payable under the conditions here-
inafter named, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1915,
and $3,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1916, and
that the Comptroller be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant upon the Treasurer for the payment of the said sum
only, when the said Tuberculosis Commission herein created shall
have satisfied him of its organization and of the fact that it has
raised by bona fide subscriptions, or by an appropriation from
the County Commissioners of the said Montgomery County, a
sum equal to twice that provided for in the above appropriation
from the State Treasury.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said County Com-
missioners of the Montgomery County be, and the same are
hereby authorized in their discretion to raise, by levy upon the
taxpayers of the said Montgomery County, such sums as they
may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 13th, 1914.
CHAPTER 457.
AN ACT to add one new Section to Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Montgomery County," sub-title
''Roads," said Section to come after Section 167-A and to
be known as Section 167-B, providing for levy by the Board
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