1888, art. 44, sec. 1. 1860, art. 44, sec. 1. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 1. 1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall biennially appoint three persons of undoubted character, and selected with a view to skill and efficiency, managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, who shall serve without pay, and hold their offices for six years, and until others are appointed in their stead, so that the said board shall always consist of nine members.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1878, ch. 341, sec. 13.

2. The hospital for the insane, which was heretofore located and built on its present site, at or near Catonsville, in Baltimore county, in this State, by and under the authority of the laws of this State, and which is now under the general direction and control of the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, is hereby declared to have been built and established on its said site by the authority and direction of this State; the board of managers of the Maryland hospital for

the insane are a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane," and shall by that name have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued in any court of this State, and may have and use a common seal, and may, at their pleasure, alter and change the same; the said board of managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, as such corporation, is hereby declared to be a public agency of this State for the administration of one of the charities thereof; and the hospital aforesaid, located as aforesaid, is hereby declared to be one of the means adopted by this State for the administration of one of its public charities.

Co. Comm'rs v. Board of Managers Md. Hospital, 62 Md. 127.

1888, art. 44, sec. 3. 1860, art. 44, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 2.
1888, ch. 468.

3. The president and visitors of the Maryland hospital are hereby authorized and directed to transfer by deed all the real estate and other property belonging to said trust, which may be in their possession, to the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, above provided for; and the government of the State hospital for the insane shall be vested in the said board of managers, five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1860, art. 44, sec. 3. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 3.

4. The said board of managers shall have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the said hospital, and shall take charge of its general interests, and see that its great design be carried into effect, and everything done faithfully according to law, and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the said hospital; but said board of managers shall have no authority or power to mortgage or pledge any of the property, real or personal, of said hospital.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1860, art. 44, sec. 4. 1876, ch. 351, see. 4. 1878, ch. 341. 5. They shall appoint one of their number as treasurer, who shall give bond for the faithful performance of his trust in such sum and in such sureties as the comptroller of the State shall approve; they shall also appoint a superintendent who shall be a well educated physician; and, in addition, shall also appoint as many physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, stewards, matrons, nurses servants and other officers for the

administration and service of said hospital as they may deem necessary; all of whom shall hold their appointments at the pleasure of the board of managers.

1888, art. 44, sec. 6. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 5.

6. They may make, ordain, alter, amend and abolish all by-laws, rules and regulations for the administration and gov ernment of said hospital and for the admission and discharge of persons therein or therefrom, which rules and regulations, in so far as they are within the power of the said board and are consistent with law, shall be binding on all persons whom

soever.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 6.

7. They shall maintain an effective inspection of the said hospital and grounds, and for this purpose one of said managers shall visit the same once in every week, two of said managers once in every month, a majority of the board once in every quarter and the whole board once in every year, at the times and in the manner to be prescribed in the by-laws.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1886, ch. 339, sec. A.

8. They shall appoint two or more students, who shall be residents in the Maryland hospital, for the purpose of studying the subject of insanity; said students shall be provided with quarters as other officers or employes; they shall be graduates of some legally authorized medical college, and shall be appointed for one year, and shall pay the sum of two hundred dollars per annum each for their board and washing; they shall be required to do such medical duties as the board of managers and superintendent may require of them, and they may be summarily dismissed by the board of managers for neglect of duty or any other cause which, in the judgment of said board, may be sufficient to justify such dismissal.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 7.

9. They may take and hold in trust for the State any grant or devise of land, or any donation or bequest of money, or other personal property, to be applied to the maintenance of insane persons, and the use of the Maryland hospital for the

insane.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 8.

10. They shall annually, in the month of December, submit to the governor a report showing the past year's operations, and actual state of the hospital and property in their charge;

and at the same time shall transmit to the governor the annual report of the superintendent and treasurer, which shall show all receipts and expenditures of every officer and employe, and compensation of each; all which reports shall be laid before the general assembly during the first ten days of its session.

1888, art. 44, sec. 11. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 9. 1894, ch. 450.

11. They shall provide accommodation for at least four hundred pauper lunatics of this State, who may be sent to the said hospital for curative treatment; which number shall be from time to time apportioned by them among the several counties and the city of Baltimore, according to the population as ascertained by the preceding census. The sum of money to be paid by the several counties, respectively, for the support and care of their insane paupers, shall be annually estimated and determined by the board of managers of said hospital, who shall report to the county commissioners of each county the amount so due by it, not later than the tenth day of January in each year, and such estimate shall be upon the basis of the number of patients in said hospital from said county of the first day of each year, at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per capita per annum; and the money so ascertained to be due by each county, the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized and required to levy annually upon the assessable property of said county, to be collected in the same manner as other taxes now or shall hereafter be collected; and the treasurer of said county, and if there be no treasurer, the county commissioners of said county, is and are hereby authorized and directed to pay said sum of money to the comptroller of the State in two equal instalments, one-half on the thirty-first day of December, and the other half on the thirtieth day of September in each year; and said comptroller shall, immediately upon the receipt of any of said instalments, pay over the same to the board of managers of said hospital. The expenses of any patients in said hospital from any county in excess of its quota, as herein provided, shall be ascertained, levied and paid for in like manner, as provided for its quota. The board of managers of said hospital are hereby empowered and authorized to enforce the provisions of this section by writs of mandamus, or to collect the moneys so ascertained by them to be due and payable in any other way authorized by law, and may bring suit upon the bond of the treasurer of any county, and if there be no treasurer, may bring suit against

the county commissioners of said county, in case the moneys so due by said county shall have been paid to said treasurer or county commissioners, and he or they, as the case may be, shall not have forwarded it to the comptroller as required herein.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 10.

12. They may receive into the hospital as pay patients insane persons, other than the pauper lunatics referred to in the preceding section, to a number not exceeding seventy-five at any one time.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 11.

13. The circuit courts for the several counties, and the criminal court of Baltimore, in accordance with the provisions of this code, are hereby authorized to send, from time to time, to the said hospital, pauper lunatics of this State, to the number to which the respective counties and city of Baltimore shall respectively be entitled under section 11.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1876, ch. 351, sec. 12.

14. There shall be appropriated, and the treasurer of the State, upon the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay to the managers of the Maryland hospital for the insane, annually, in equal quarterly payments, on the first days of January, April, July and October in each and every year, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the support of said hospital.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1886, ch. 205, sec. 14.

15. The said board of managers shall erect and maintain in safe and proper repair a substantial and sufficient fence and enclosure of the height of at least seven feet, constructed of palings not less than six inches in width, with proper gates, securely fastened and guarded at all times, around the said hospital and hospital grounds; and shall adopt and enforce all other reasonable and necessary safeguards to prevent lunatic patients, who may be confined or under treatment in said hospital, from escaping or wandering beyond the limits of said grounds and enclosure.

Springfield State Hospital.

1894, ch. 231, secs. 1 and 2. 1900, ch. 70, sec. 16 A.

16. There shall be established in this State accessible by railroad or water transportation an institution to be called the Springfield State Hospital, which shall be under the control of