EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1309

years, from the first Monday in May, 1916, or until their suc-
cessors shall have been appointed and have qualified. In 1918
and biennially thereafter the Governor, by and with the con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint one member of the said Board,
who shall serve for a term of six years from the first Monday
in May next after his appointment, or until his successor shall
have been appointed and have qualified. Vacancies in said
appointive members of said Board shall be filled by the Gov-
ernor for the unexpired term.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Tuberculosis
Commission of Montgomery County shall have the right to ac-
quire by purchase, or otherwise, a suitable site with or without
buildings in said county for a county tuberculosis camp or
hospital, and to erect thereon necessary buildings and provide
equipment and shall employ competent persons to take charge
and conduct same, and shall, so far as practicable, conduct the
same after the manner of the Municipal Tuberculosis Hospital
in Baltimore City. Provided that said hospital shall not be
located on the Almshouse farm or any part thereof, nor on
the land commonly known as "Stormont. "

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this Act, the sum of $2, 500, 00 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
$1, 500. 00 or so much thereof as may be payable under the con-
ditions hereinafter named, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1917, and $1, 500. 00 for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1918, and that the Comptroller be, and he is hereby author-
ized 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 ap-
propriation from the County Commissioners of the said Mont-
gomery County, a sum equal to that provided for in the above
appropriation from the State Treasury.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said County
Commissioners of Montgomery County be and the same are
hereby directed to raise, by levy upon the tax payers of said
Montgomery County, such sums as they may deem necessary
to carry out the provisions of this Act, not exceeding the sum
of $2, 500. 00 for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1917, for the