J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 57
CHAPTER 18
(House Bill 15)

AN ACT to add new Section 48B to Article 20 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Somerset County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners, " to follow immediately after
Section 48A thereof, which section was last amended by Chapter
527 of the Acts of 1959, to provide for annual payments by the
County Commissioners of Somerset County to the Edward W.
McCready Memorial Hospital for the cost of medical care at the
hospital for indigent persons, and relating generally to such
payments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 48B be and it is hereby added to Article 20 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title
"Somerset County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " to follow
immediately after Section 48A thereof, which section was last
amended by Chapter 527 of the Acts of 1959, and to read as follows:

48B.

The County Commissioners of Somerset County shall pay to the
Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital at Crisfield the sum of
Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12, 000) annually or a sum equal to the
difference between State-aid to the hospital under the program "Hos-
pital In-Patient Program—Medical Care Services" and the actual
cost of caring for the patients under the above program, which-
ever is the lesser sum. This sum shall be payable from the net
profits of the operation of the Somerset County liquor dispensaries
which are payable to the County Commissioners of Somerset County
to the extent that the profits equal or exceed such sum. The sum
shall be payable in equal semi-annual installments on or before
January 1, and July 1, of each year. On or before the above dates,
the Hospital shall provide the County Commissioners with a financial
statement of its operations.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1962.

Approved March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 19
(House Bill 18)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-section (d) of
Section 98, and sub-section (g) of Section 119 of Article 52, title

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