744 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 411

its immediate suburbs, or the attaining of the age of sixty-
five years of any member thereof, said Board shall elect a
successor to fill such vacancy. The term of the Mayor of
the City of Cumberland and the President of the County
Commissioners of Allegany County as ex officio members of
said Board shall be co-extensive with their respective term
of office and no longer.

SEC. And be it further enacted. That said Board of
Governors shall have power to select the land upon which
said Hospital shall be erected, the title to which shall be in the
name of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, Mary-
land, select plans for said Hospital building, and necessary aux-
iliary buildings, and the method and manner of equipping same,
and advertise for, and make contracts for the erection and
equipment of the same within the limits of the proceeds of
sale of the amount of bonds hereby authorized to be used for
said purpose, and/or such further sum or sums of money
as shall be received from the County Commissioners of Alle-
gany County or any other individual or corporation, and
shall have no power to contract for or expend a greater sum
than herein provided from the sale of said bonds or received
from said Board of County Commissioners of Allegany Coun-
ty or other individuals or corporations prior thereto. When
and after the said Board of Governors shall have entered into
contracts for the erection and equipment of said Hospital
building and necessary auxiliary buildings as herein provided,
and after the sale of said bonds for said purpose, the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland shall deposit to the credit of
said Board of Governors in such financial institution as said
Board of Governors may direct the proceeds of said bonds so
sold for said purpose, and thereupon said Board of Governors
shall expend the same according to the terms of contracts made
by them.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That upon the com-
pletion of said Hospital building and prior to its opening
as a Hospital, proper ceremonies shall be held to the end that
such Hospital shall be dedicated to the memory of those resi-
dents of Cumberland and Allegany County who served the
nation in all its armed forces, and the agencies auxiliary there-
to, during the war of 19I7 and 1918, and there shall be there-
after at all times maintained in a prominent position in said
building a proper tablet dedicated to the perpetual memory of
those who died in the service of their country in said war.