ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 745

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That said Board of
Governors shall have power and shall be its duty to make
all rules and regulations deemed necessary from time to time
for the operation and maintenance of said Hospital, but
it shall at all times maintain a sufficient number of free
beds and wards in said Hospital to care for and provide
proper medical service and attention for such number of
persons as may reasonably be foreseen, who shall apply there-
for, and bona fide residents of the City of Cumberland and
Allegany County shall be preferred as to admittance over
other applicants, provided, however, that this provision shall
not apply to cases of extreme emergency.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That said Board of
Governors shall have the power from time to time to regu-
late charges for hospitalization and the collection of the same,
and to employ and fix the salaries of superintendents and
such other persons as may be needed in carrying on the
work of a general public hospital, and rules and regulations
covering the conduct of employees, nurses, physicians and
surgeons in attendance therein, and the entrance, conduct,
course of study and graduation of student nurses therein,
and all other general rules and regulations pertaining to the
management, maintenance or operation of said Hospital.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in the operation
of said Hospital all moneys received shall be deposited in the
name of said Board of Governors in such proper financial in-
stitution as they shall order, and said Board of Governors shall
have power to make all proper expenditures for the operation
of said Hospital, said expenditures shall be made only by
proper vouchers signed by the Chairman of said Board and the
Treasurer thereof. Proper books and accounts shall be kept
and maintained of all receipts and expenditures by said Board
of Governors in the operation of said Hospital, and shall be
audited not less than once in each year by the City Audi-
tor or a duly qualified certified public accountant appoint-
ed by the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland. Said
Board of Governors shall have power from time to time
in the maintenance, and operation of said Hospital and
from the funds thereof to make such repairs as may
be required upon said buildings, and to purchase such
supplies and equipment as may be necessary in such operation
and maintenance, but shall not have authority, without the