PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 699

situated, alleging that the said convict hath become insane or a
lunatic, and still is so at the time of the filing of the petition,
and setting forth the misdemeanor or crime of which such
insane person is convict and the date upon which his term of
imprisonment will expire; and the said Court, if the petition be
filed during a session thereof, shall cause a jury of twelve to be
forthwith empanelled, who shall be drawn from the jurors
attending the sessions of the Court, and shall charge said jury
to inquire whether such convict hath become insane or a luna-
tic and is still so; and any judge of said Court, if the petition
be filed during recess of the Court, shall pass an order on said
petition, as promptly as may be, requiring the sheriff of the
city or county where said convict is confined, forthwith to sum-
mon a jury of twelve good and lawful men to attend before
such judge, at the time and place named in the order, who shall
be empanelled and charged by the said judge to inquire whether
such convict hath become insane or a lunatic and still is so;
and if the jury so as aforesaid empanelled and charged by the
Court, or the jury empanelled and charged by any judge thereof
in recess of Court, shall find that such convict hath become
insane or a lunatic, and still is so at the time of the inquisition,
the said Court, or the said judge, as the case may be, shall order
such insane or lunatic convict to be removed from the jail where
he is confined and placed in a sanatorium, hospital or other
place where he may receive care and treatment, and there be
confined at the expense of the city or county wherein such jail is
situated, until he shall have recovered his reason and be dis-
charged by due course of law; provided, however, if such con-
vict recover his reason before the expiration of the term for
which he was committed to the jail from which he was taken,
the Court or the judge that ordered his removal therefrom may
order such convict, upon such recovery of his reason, to be
returned to the jail from which he was removed, and to be
confined there until the said term expires, or may order his dis-
charge, in its or his discretion. The provisions of this act shall
not apply to the Baltimore City Jail.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.