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Church of the Atonement, a body corporate, of the city of
Baltimore. "
Which was read a first time.
Mr. Lehmayer, from the Judiciary Committee, reported
favorably with proposed amendment,
House bill entitled "An Act to repeal sections 1, 2, 3,
10, 16, 17, 20, 31, 32 and 37, of Article 59, of the Code of
Public Genera] Laws, title 'Lunatics and Insane, ' and to
re-enact the same with amendments, and to add three
new sections to said Article, to follow section 38, and to
be designated as 'Sections 39, 40 and 41. ' "
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Strike out all after the word "a bill" in line 1, and in-
sert in lieu thereof, the following:
Entitled "An Act to repeal sections 1, 3 and 31, of
Article 59, of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Lunatic and Insane, ' and to re-enact the same with
amendments. "
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections 1, 3 and 31, of Article 59, of the
Code of Public General Laws, title 'Lunatics and Insane, '
be, and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so
as to read respectively, as follows:
"1. When any person is alleged to be a lunatic or insane
and without sufficient means to pay for his or her main-
tenance at an asylum and who has no relative or relatives
or others legally chargeable with his or her support, the
County Commissioners of the county in which such
person may reside or the Supervisors of City Charities
of the Department of Charities and Corrections of
the city of Baltimore, (if such person resides in the
city of Baltimore) shall, upon the written certificates
of two qualified physicians, made in accordance with
the provisions of section thirty-one of this Article,
< cause such person to be sent to the Almshouse
of the county or city to which he belongs, or to an
hospital or some other place better suited to his
condition, there to be confined at the expense of the
county or city until he shall have recovered, and be dis-
charged in due course of law; but if demanded by the
alleged lunatic or insane person, or any of his relatives
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