The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-04-04
Commissioners
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and equipment of a hospital at Oak
land, in Garrett County, Maryland
. with provision that upon the compile
! ton of said hospital said executors
should transfer and convey legal title
thereto to the County Commissioners
! of Garrett County, Maryland; And,
| WHEREAS, Said Executors were
further authorized to expend an ad-
ditional amount, not to exceed S10,-
100000, if they deemed the same
necessary, to accomplish said pur-
pose, and the further sum of $5,000.-
loo for the support and maintenance
sof said hospital during the period i'm
mediately following the completion
| and opening of the same, the method
and purposes for which said last
named sum should be used being in
! the discretion of said Executors; And,
| WHEREAS, Said last will and
Testament further provided that be-
| fore said Executors should take any
steps toward the erection of said hos
pital the County Commissioners of
iGarrett County, Maryland, should
Iagree, by proper resolution regularly
made and recorded, to accept, main
ktain and support said hospital under
1.-THE joint control of the County Com
Imissioners of Garrett County and an
+ advisory committee consisting of two
members appointed by the two Oak
Hand banks, the president of the Town
Council of Oakland, Mrs. L. F. Tow
er, or the President of the Garrett
County Chapter of the American Red
Gross, and either DR.. Thomas A..
Gender, Jr., or such person as might
be selected by the members of the
medical profession residing in Gar
| rett County; And,
WHEREAS, An advisory commit
| tee appointed by this Board has made
careful investigation with regard to
hospitals in general and the advisa-
bility of the County Commissioners
i of Garrett County, Maryland, accept
4 ing said bequest and agreeing to sup
port and maintain said hospital and
! has recommended that said action be
taken; And,
WHEREAS, Many citizens and
Taxpayers of Garrett County, organ
! izations, associations and business
concerns have either appeared in per-
son OF have communicated with this
Board urging the passage of a res
olution as required by said last will
and testament and the acceptance of
said hospital as a county responsible
+ ity and no objection has been regis
tered against the same, so that it now
appears that it is in accord with the
+ will of the people of this county that
this hospital be accepted; And,
WHEREAS, The Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland, have agreed to
10 he
Iof Garrett County the site for said
| hospital, the same being known as
| the Helbig Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it re-
solved by the County Commissioners
of Garrett County, this End day of
April, 1916, that said bequest be ac-
cepted and that the County Commits
sioners of Garrett County agrees to
accept maintain, and support said
hospital, when transferred to it,
under the joint supervision of the
County Commissioners of Garrett
County and the advisory committee
of five persons provided for in said
last will and testament, said hospital
Ito be known as the Garrett County
Memorial Hospital"
In accordance with the above res
olution and in consideration of the
erection and conveyance of said hos
pital to the County Commissioners of
Garrett County, the said County
Commissioners of Garrett County do
hereby covenant and agree with Ern-
] est Ray Jones and John NJ. Jarboe,
Executors of the last will and tesla
ment of George w. Loar, late of Gar
rett County, Maryland deceased, that
upon the erection and conveyance of
said hospital, to be known as Gar
rett County Memorial Hospital," to
the County Commissioners of Garrett
County, they will accept the same
upon behalf of said Garrett County
will assume the management thereof
jointly with the Committees provided
for in said will and will support and
maintain same, and, further, that
through the annual levies hereafter
to be levied and made they will pro-
vide such financial support as may
be necessary and which may not be
available from other sources, to the
end that said hospital shall and will
be properly supported.
JOHN w. HERMAN, President
w. G. MEYERS,
JONAS w. SINES,