ART. 59] LUNACY COMMISSION. 1421

1904, art. 59, sec. 16. 1888, art. 59, sec. 16. 1886. ch. 487, sec, 17.

16. The members of said commission, except the secretary, shall
receive no compensation for their services, but such necessary expenses
as may be incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid by
the comptroller of the' treasury on the presentation of an itemized
account with the proper vouchers; but the comptroller shall have the
power to refuse payment of expenses which he may decide to be unnec-
essary.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1888, art. 59, sec. 17. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 18.
1910, ch 715, sec. 17 (p. 186).

17. Said commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall be a quali-
fied physician and who at the time of his appointment shall have had
at least two years of actual experience in the treatment of mental dis-
eases; he shall record the transactions of the commission and perform
such other duties as may be ordered by the commission. His salary
shall be $2,500 per annum, and $2,500.00 per annum or so much thereof
as may be necessary in addition to the salary of the secretary shall be
allowed for expenses to be accounted for annually to the comptroller of
the State.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888, art. 59, sec. 18. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 19.
1910, ch. 715, sec. 18 (p. 186).

18. Said lunacy commission shall make such by-laws and regula-
tions not inconsistent with this article, as it may deem proper. The
commission shall meet at least once in each month, and should be
required to meet at any time when a call for a meeting shall be made
in writing by any two members of the commission to the secretary.
There shall be semi-annual meetings, which it shall be the duty of the
lunacy commission and the members of the several boards of managers
of the various State hospitals for the insane and feeble-minded in
Maryland to attend for the purpose of consultation and the more har-
monious and effective administration of this article and the protection
and advancement of the interests of insane persons within the State.
Such semi-annual meetings shall be held at the office of the lunacy
commission, or at such other place as said commission may designate.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1888, art. 59, sec. 19. 1886, ch. 487, sec 20.
1910, ch. 715, sec. 19 (p. 186).

19. The lunacy commission is hereby vested with full and plenary
powers and charged with the duties and functions of supervision of all
matters relating to the custody, cure and treatment of the insane as
provided in sections 17 to 19, 21 to 23, 25, 37 and 39 to 45; said
commission shall secure to the insane just and humane care and care-
ful and adequate treatment of their malady, or maladies, and shall do
and effectuate whatever may be feasible for the amelioration and
improvement of their condition, and said commission shall further-
more secure to the insane in this State all their rights and privileges as
involuntary wards of the State. It shall also be the duty of said com-
mission, and it is hereby given full powers for the purpose, to make