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shall thereafter exercise their functions as part of the Depart-
ment of Welfare, and shall prepare and submit to the Director
of Welfare quarterly statements of the receipts and expendi-
tures as well as statements containing full information of the
number of inmates, their classification, the per capita cost, the
needs of the institution, proposed changes and the estimate of
the cost thereof. Each of said institutions shall continue under
the management of their respective Boards of Managers or
Trustees, constituted as now by law provided, and having and
continuing to exercise the same rights, powers, duties, obliga-
tions and functions. It shall, however, be the duty of the Di-
rector of Welfare to inspect frequently conditions at each of
said institutions, and subject to the approval of the Governor,
to direct such change or changes therein as he may deem desir-
able, which change or changes shall thereupon be put into effect.

SECTION 4. There shall be a Board of Mental Hygiene,
consisting of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, who shall
serve as the Chairman of the Board, and six associate mem-
bers. Three at least of said Board shall be appointed from the
City of Baltimore, four at least of said Board shall be physi-
cians and graduates of some legally authorized medical college,
and must also have been in the actual practise of their profes-
sion at least five years consecutively just preceding their ap-
pointment; one of said physicians so chosen shall have had at
least five years' experience in the treatment of the insane; and
one at least of said Board shall be a woman. All of the associate
members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice
and consent of the Senate, except that the associate members
first appointed under this Act shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor alone and their terms of office shall begin on the taking
effect of this Act. The associate members of said Board shall
hold office for six years, provided that those first appointed
under this Act shall be so classed by the Governor that the
terms of office of two shall expire on the first Monday of May,
1924, the terms of office of two on the first Monday of May,
1926, and the terms of office of two on the first Monday of
May, 1928, and thereafter in each case the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two mem-
bers in the place of the two whose terms shall so expire. All
vacancies shall be filled by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate.