236 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 121

donor or donors; to make and effect from time to time sales or
exchanges of art objects and other exhibits as may be deemed
beneficial; to make rules for the regulation of said museum,
with power to provide for the enforcement of the same; to
contract and pay for the services of a director and all other
labor and services necessary for the proper maintenance of
said museum; to purchase and maintain all necessary furni-
ture and other equipment; to provide for heating, lighting
and insuring the building or buildings; and with power also
to perform all other acts necessary to establish and maintain
in perpetuity a public museum for the use of the inhabitants
of Washington County, and to carry into effect the purposes
of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Board
of Trustees be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to
enter into contracts with the County Commissioners of Wash-
ingon County, and with the Mayor and Council of Hagers-
town, providing for the receipt of revenues in aid of said
museum.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the said Board
of Trustees, and their successors, shall have perpetual succes-
sion for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
Act; and in case of the death, resignation, refusal to act, re-
moval from the county, or any incapacity of any trustee or
trustees to discharge the duties of trustees as required by
this Act, the surviving or remaining trustees shall immedi-
ately select a successor or successors, who shall, by virtue of
such selection, become entitled to act as trustee in the place
and stead of the person dying, resigning, removing from the
county, or refusal or incapacity to act as aforesaid; provided,
however, that the Mayor of Hagerstown and the President of
the County Commissioners of Washington County shall always
be trustees ex-officio as hereinbefore provided by this Act.
Every trustee, before proceeding to act, shall qualify by taking
the test oath required by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Maryland, a certificate of which qualification shall
be recorded on the minutes of the proceedings of the board
of trustees.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Board
of Trustees, and their successors, is hereby authorized and
empowered to acquire and receive, by purchase, gift, grant,
devise or bequest, any and all property, real, personal or