J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      227

TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE STATE MENTAL
HOSPITALS, AND TO THEIR APPOINTMENT, QUALIFI-
CATIONS, TENURE AND REPLACEMENT IN CASE OF
VACANCIES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19 of Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Lunatics and Insane," subtitle "Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

19.

Spring Grove State Hospital, Springfield State Hospital, the East-
ern Shore State Hospital, Crownsville State Hospital, Henryton State
Hospital, and Rosewood State Hospital shall hereafter exercise their
functions under the supervision, direction and control of the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene. The several boards of managers of said
institutions are hereby abolished and all property, real and personal,
of every kind, held by said boards of managers of said institutions,
as corporations, is hereby transferred to the State of Maryland. The
tenure of office of the superintendent of each of said institutions

shall expire on June 1, 1949, and on said date the Commissioner of

Mental Hygiene, upon recommendation of the advisory board, shall
appoint a superintendent for each of said institutions. Upon every
MENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE. UPON EVERY occurrence of
a vacancy thereafter in the position of superintendent of any of said
institutions, the Commissioner, upon recommendation of the advisory
board OF MENTAL HYGIENE, shall appoint the successor. Each
superintendent, except the superintendent at Rosewood AND
HENRYTON, shall be a trained psychiatrist and shall be familiar
with the administration of institutions for the care and treatment of
the insane. The superintendent of the Rosewood State Hospital shall
be a physician, preferably qualified in psychiatry or pediatrics, and
preferably with experience in the field of mental retardation and
familiar with the administration of institutions for the care and
treatment of the mentally retarded. The qualifications of the super-
intendent of Henryton State Hospital shall be as determined by the
State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene from time to time. Their
appointment shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system
law EXCEPT THAT THE PERSON WHO IS SUPERINTENDENT
OF HENRYTON STATE HOSPITAL ON JUNE 1,1963 SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE MERIT SYSTEM
LAW, and they shall be subject to removal by the Commissioner of
Mental Hygiene for incompetency or misconduct. Each of said super-
intendents shall receive such compensation as shall be provided in
the budget, shall be responsible to the Commissioner of Mental
Hygiene for the operation of the institution in his charge, and shall
submit to the Department such reports, including medical and finan-
cial, as the Department of Mental Hygiene may request. It shall
be the duty of each superintendent to inform the Department of
Mental Hygiene of the conditions in his institution, and to order
that such changes as seem desirable for the welfare of the patients
be put into effect, with the approval of the Department of Mental
Hygiene.

All other appointments of personnel at each of said institutions