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years, or until their successors are appointed, and the said seven
Directors, after taking oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Charles County that they will administer the affairs of said
hospital truly, justly and to the best of their ability, shall be
known as the Board of Directors of the Southern Maryland
Emergency Hospital.

SEC. 4. The Board of Directors of the Southern Maryland
Emergency Hospital shall have the power to hold title to such
lands as may be necessary for the purpose of erecting and main-
taining the aforesaid hospital upon the same, and shall be em-
powered to receive bequests and devises subject to the General
Laws of the State of Maryland, for the purpose of operating and
maintaining said hospital.

SEC. 5. The said Board of Directors of the Southern Mary-
land Emergency Hospital shall have the power and authority to
employ competent persons to draw plans, to build and equip said
hospital, to employ and discharge such agents and servants as
they shall deem necessary for the maintaining and operating of
said Southern Maryland Emergency Hospital, and to pass such
rules and regulations as they may see fit for the receiving and
discharging of patients, and the amount to be charged for the
care of the same, and the operation and government of said
hospital.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the sum of Three Thou-
sand Dollars shall be paid by the Treasurer of the State of
Maryland out of such funds as may be available in quarterly
installments, from the time that the said hospital shall be opened
for the reception of patients for the maintenance of said hospital
until the next session of the General Assembly of Maryland.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Governor shall appoint
the four Directors heretofore provided for, if in recess of the
Legislature, until such time as another Legislature shall meet,
when new appointments shall be made by and with the consent
of the Senate of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the first of June, 1916.

Approved April 18th, 1916.