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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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2090 ARTICLE 59.

ARTICLE 59.

LUNATICS AND INSANE.1

Lunatic or Insane Paupers.

1. Commitment and care of; investiga-
tion by jury; friends not prevented
from caring for.
2. Removal from almshouse to hospital;
expenses at hospital paid by state;
commission appointed.
3-5. Persons with income or relatives who
are able to pay ; duty of county and
city officials.

Insanity as a Defence in Criminal Cases.

6. Jury trial; judge may order prisoner
examined.
7. When insane persons are to be sent to
almshouse.
8. Inquiry by Board of Mental Hygiene.
9. Arrest during recess of court.
10. Examination by Board of Mental Hy-
giene.
11. Cases to which these sections apply.
12. Trustee of such lunatic; appointment
and duties.

Trustees of the Poor.

13. Duties of.
14. Powers of courts of equity.

Board of Mental Hygiene.

15-16. To supervise institutions for insane ;
constitution of board; terms of of-
fice; vacancies; qualifications of
members ; compensation ; expenses.
17. Commission expenses.
18. Meetings; by-laws.
19. Duties of board.
20. Same persons confined.
21. Sanity to be determined by jury, when.

22. Officers in charge to aid board; pen-
alty. Visits.
23. Powers of board; appeal.
24. Report to governor.
25. Institutions to report to board.
26. Officer not complying; penalty.
27. Record to be kept by superintendents.
28. License to keep asylum.
29. Application; refusal; appeal.
30. Neglect to take out; penalty; form of
license.
31. Attendants to act as police.
32. Physician's certificate required before
commitment.
33. Certifying physician not to be inter-
ested in asylum.
34. Description of cases to be kept.
35. Board's functions as coroner.
36. Correspondence allowed patients; pen-
alty for withholding.
37. Detention without compliance with
regulations.
38. Voluntary commitment; release; re-
port to board.
39. Physician to be in attendance.
40. Hospital districts.
41. Removal from county asylum to state
hospital and vice versa. Removal of
women.
42. Leave of absence.
43. Discharge; proviso.
44. Boards of visitors for county asylums.
45-46. Insane convicts; removal to hos-
pital.
47. Maintenance of insane — amount paid
by each county. Questions of resi-
dence. Charge upon lunatic's estate ;
provisos.
48. Transfer of non-resident insane.

1 As to the extradition of persons of unsound mind, see art. 42, sec. 22, et seq.
See art. 44 and art. 27, sec. 704.

 

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