1900. ] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 741

Dryden, Lednum, Wilson,
Disharoon, Scrimger, Finzel—55.
Corkran,

NEGATIVE—None.

Said bill was then sent to the Senate.

ORDER OF THE DAY.
The hour of 9 P. M. having arrived,

House bill entitled "An Act to repeal sections 1, 2, 3,
10, 16, 17, 20, 31, 32, 37, of Article 59, of the Code of
Public General 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.
By Committee on Judiciary,

Strike out all after the word "a bill" in line 1, and in-
sert in lieu thereof, the following:

Entitled "Au Act to repeal sections 1, 3 and 31, of
Article 59, of the Code of Public General Laws, Utie
'Lunatic and Insane, ' and to re-enact, the same with
amendments. '"

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 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be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so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 reside in the
city of Baltimore, ) shall, upon the written certificates