HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 405

(1943 Supp. ), title "Health, " sub-title "Chronic Hos-
pitals and Infirmaries, " increasing the number of chronic
hospitals and infirmaries and specifying. their location.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 526 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supp. ), title "Health, " sub-title "Chronic
Hospitals and Infirmaries, " be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:

526. The State Board of Health is authorized to estab-
lish three institutions for needy persons from the
various counties and Baltimore City who require medical,
nursing or custodial care by reason of chronic illness or
infirmity; one of which shall be located in one of the nine
counties on the Eastern Shore, one in the eastern part
of the Western Shore convenient and accessible to Balti-
more City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Howard, and
Harford Counties, and one on the Western Shore in West-
ern Maryland, at points to be selected by said Board with
the approval of the Board of Public Works. The cost of
the erection and equipment of said institutions (including
the cost of acquiring appropriate sites) shall be paid out
of appropriations in the budget, or in any bond issue bill
making appropriations for the purpose. Each institution
shall contain two sections/one of which shall be a chronic
hospital and the other an infirmary, and proper provision
for both the white and colored races shall be made. In
selecting sites and making architectural plans for each
institution, provision shall be made for possible expansion
and for the later addition of a unit for the treatment of
chronic diseases of children. The State Board of Health
shall appoint a superintendent and such other personnel
as may be necessary, within the limits of the budgetary
appropriations, for each institution.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1945.

Approved March 29, 1945.

CHAPTER 422,
(Senate Bill 454)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Chapter
570 of the Laws of Maryland, Session of 1943, enlarging