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sioners, upon the proper monthly certification by the Board
of Governors of the existence of such deficit, shall have
the power and authority to borrow such amount as may
be necessary to meet such deficit and any such loan or
loans and accrued interest thereon shall be levied and paid
out of the next succeeding year's levy.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of said Board of Governors to furnish to the County
Commissioners at the end of each three months a state-
ment showing the receipts, disbursements and general
financial condition of said Hospital.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Garrett County and/or the said Board
of Governors shall not be liable in any suit brought against
it or them for or by reason of the negligence of any
employee, servant, agent, physician or nurse engaged in
and about the maintenance or operation of said Hospital.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners and/or the said Board of Governors are
hereby authorized to accept for and on behalf of said
Hospital, any donations, gifts, devises or bequests of real
or personal property, any time, from any source by any
means whatsoever, and to use the same either for erection
of buildings and additions to existing buildings or repairs,
or equipment, or for maintenance, as they may deem
proper, or in accordance with any conditions attached
thereto, subject to the provisions of Section 5 hereinabove.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws, whether Public General or Public Local,
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and they
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all action
taken and all things done under the said Chapter 25 of
the Acts of the Regular Session of 1950 up to the time
this Act becomes effective shall be validated, ratified and
confirmed in all respects as if the same had been done
legally.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1953.