LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1826.

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rent of which shall be adequate to his reasonable support in
any established hospital or asylum for the reception of insane or
lunatic persons, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint a
trustee of the estate of said lunatic or insane person, and to
require of the said trustee a bond to the state of Maryland, in
such penalty, and with such security, as the keeper shall ap-
prove, with condition that he will cause the said lunatic or
insane person to be confined and supported in some hospital or
asylum for the reception of insane or lunatic persons, until such
person shall have recovered his reason; and that such trustee
will faithfully administer, and fully account for all such estate,
income and effects, of the said lunatic, as shall come to his
possession, or be under his care or direction.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
trustees for the poor of the several counties in this state, and
for Baltimore city and county, to receive the person or persons
committed under the provisions of this law, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to provide for the necessary accom-
modation and support of such persons, and to levy the expense
of the same upon their respective counties, or upon the city of
Baltimore, as the case may be.

Trustees of
poor to pro-
vide sup-
port for
such per-
sona, &c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to affect, or in any manner to interfere with,
the powers of the chancellor in such cases, farther than, that
the estate of such insane or lunatic person, if he hath any, shall
be chargeable with the expenses of his commitment and con-
finement.

CHAPTER 199.

AN ACT relating to the Courts of Equity in this State.

Nothing
herein to
interfere
with pow-
ers of chan-
cellor, &c.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
in all cases where a bill of interpleader shall hereafter be filed
in the high court of chancery, or in any of the county courts
sitting as a court of chancery, and it shall appear by the bill, or
other proceedings, that one or more of the defendants in the
bill named are absent out of this state, that then it shall be the
duty of the chancellor, or the county court, as the case may be,
on receiving the answer or answers of the defendant or defen-
dants who are in the state, to order that notice be given by
publication, in the usual manner, to the absent defendant or de-
fendants, of the object and substance of the bill, and of the
answer or answers of the defendant or defendants in the state,
and appoint some day not less than six months from the time
of the publication of said order, for said absent defendant or
defendants to appear and answer said bill ; and if said absent
defendant or defendants shall not answer said bill, on oath, on
or before the day limited for him, her or them, to appear and

Proceedings
in case of
absence of
defendants,
&c.