324 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 165

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 opera-
tion of said Hospital all money received shall be deposited
in the name of said Board of Governors in such proper
financial 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 expenditures 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 Governors in the operation of said Hospital, and shall
be audited not less than once in each year by a duly quali-
fied auditor or accountant appointed by the County Com-
missioners. 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
required 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 Commissioners
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 main-
tenance of said Hospital. If a deficit shall be found to
exist in such operation and maintenance, to appropriate
out of the funds so levied such amount or amounts as may
be deemed necessary for the purposes of said Hospital.
In the event of a deficit in such operation in excess of the
amount levied in any one year, the said County Commis-