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The Annotated Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, 1911
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ART. 59]

LUNATICS AND INSANE.

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ARTICLE LIX.

LUNATICS AND INSANE.

Lunatic or Insane Paupers.

1. Commitment and care of; investi-
gation by jury; friends not pre-
vented from caring for.
2. Removal from almshouse to hos-
pital; expenses at hospital to be
paid by state; commission ap-
pointed.
3. Who is to be deemed a lunatic
pauper.

Insanity as a Defence in Criminal
Cases.

4. Jury to find.
5. When insane persons are to be sent
to the almshouse.
6. Where no indictment has been
found.
7. Arrest during recess of court.
8. Cases to which these sections ap-
ply.
9. Trustee of such lunatic; appoint-
ment and duties.

Trustees of the Poor.

10. Duties of.
11. Powers of courts of equity.

Lunacy Commission.

12. To supervise institutions for Insane.
13. Constitution of commission.
14. Terms of office; vacancies.
15. Qualifications of members of the
commission.
16. Compensation.
17. Secretary; salary and expenses.
18. Meetings : by-laws.
19. Duties of commission.
20. Sane persons confined.
21. Officers in charge to aid commis-
sion; penalty. Visits.
22. Powers of commission; appeal.
23. Report to governor.

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24. Institutions to report to commis-
sion.
25. Officer not complying; penalty.
26. Record to be kept by superintend-
ents.
27. License to keep asylum.
28. Application; refusal; appeal.
29. Neglect to take out; penalty; form
of license.
30. Attendants to act as police.
31. Physician's certificate required be-
fore commitment.
32. Certifying physician not to be in-
terested in asylum.
33. Description of cases to be kept.
34. Commission's functions as coroner.
35. Correspondence allowed patients ;
penalty for withholding.
36. Detention without compliance with
regulations.
37. Voluntary commitment.
38. Physician to be in attendance.
39. Hospital districts.
40. Removal from county asylum to
state hospital and vice versa.
Removal of women.
41. Leave of absence — conditions there-
of.
42. Discharge; proviso.
43. Boards of visitors for county asy-
lums.
44. Insane convicts.
45. Maintenance of insane — amount to
be paid by each county. Ques-
tions of residence. Charge upon
lunatic's estate; provisos.

Maryland Asylum and Training
School for Feeble-Minded.

46. Terms and conditions upon which
inmates are received; duty of
visitors.
47. Educational and custodial depart-
ments.



 

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