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(6)     To adopt, subject to the terms of this section, such rules
and regulations of any facilities or services that it establishes as may
be necessary for their proper operation;

(7)     To cooperate with and assist, insofar as practicable, any
agency of the State of Maryland, the United States of America, any
subdivision of either, or any private agency or person in furtherance
of any of the purposes of this section;

(8)     To hire a director of any facility or service that it establishes
and to provide for such additional employees, their qualifications and
wages as are necessary to properly operate such facilities;

(9)     To require that all facilities and services which it establishes
maintain such standards that they may qualify for the necessary
licenses from the State Board of Health as required by law;

(10)     To integrate its facilities with, accept funds from and co-
operate with the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene in its
operations insofar as deemed advisable by the Nursing Home Board;

(11)     To select and use any appropriate name for any facility
or facilities which the Board may establish.

(12)    To borrow money for the general purposes of the Board,
giving therefor its note or other evidence of indebtedness; and to
repay the borrowed funds, with interest, from the monies and assets
available to the Board.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure 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 February 23, 1966.

CHAPTER 6
(Senate Bill 156)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 78 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition,
being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Allegany County", subtitle "County Treasurer" changing
the date on which the County Commissioners of Allegany County
shall make their annual levy.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 78 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County
(1963 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Allegany County", subtitle "County Treasurer",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

78.

The County Commissioners of said county shall make their annual