WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 271

Garrett County of any member who holds office by ap-
pointment and no one is named to fill such vacancy for a
period of thirty days, the Board of Governors shall have
the power to fill such vacancy,

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Board of
Governors shall have the power from time to time to pre-
scribe the charges for hospitalization and to provide for
the collection of such charges; to employ and fix the com-
pensation of superintendents and such other persons as
may be needed in carrying on the work of the GARRETT
COUNTY Memorial Hospital as a general public hospital;
to adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of
employees, nurses, physicians and surgeons employed or
in attendance therein; the entrance, conduct, course of
study and graduation of student nurses therein, and may
adopt such other rules and regulations pertaining to man-
agement, maintenance and operation of said Hospital as
it may determine.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in the operation
of said Hospital all money received shall be deposited in
the name of said Board of Governors in such proper finan-
cial institution or institutions as it shall order, and said
Board of Governors shall have power to make all proper
expenditures for the operation of said Hospital, said ex-
penditures to 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 Gov-
ernors in the operation of said Hospital, and shall be audit-
ed not less than once in each year by a duly qualified
auditor or accountant appointed by the County Commis-
sioners. Said Board of Governors shall have power from
time to time in the maintenance of said Hospital and from
the funds thereof to make such repairs as may be re-
quired upon said building or buildings, and to purchase
such supplies and equipment as may be necessary in such
operation and maintenance, but shall not have authority,
without the consent of the Board of County Commission-
ers to make any addition thereto, or increase the capital
account thereof, unless such addition or increase of capital
account shall be by donation of individuals to said Board
of Governors.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That FROM AND
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT the
County Commissioners shall have the power to levy for
the operation and maintenance of said hospital and , BUT