2106 ARTICLE 59.

An. Code, sec. 34. 1904, sec. 34. 1888, sec. 34. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 36.

35. The said .Board of Mental Hygiene shall be vested with all the
functions and powers of law now in force relating to the office and duties
of coroner in so far as the same may relate to cases of death occurring in
any institution in this State where insane persons are kept.
As to coroners, see art. 22.

An. Code, sec. 35. 1904, sec. 35. 1888, sec. 35. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 36.

36. Every person confined in such places as are hereinbefore men-
tioned shall be furnished at all times with paper, envelopes, stamps, pen
and ink or pencil; shall at all times have access by correspondence with
the Board of Mental Hygiene and some one other person whom such luna-
tic may designate every month under seal, which communication shall be
forwarded by the officer, superintendent or keeper who may be in charge
of such person or place; and any such officer, superintendent or keeper
who shall fail to forward such communication shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine or imprison-
ment, in the judgment of the court before which such case may be tried.

An. Code, sec. 36. 1904, sec. 36. 1888, sec. 36. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 37.

37. The detention of any person in any one of the said places or re-
ceptacles for the insane without compliance with these regulations shall
be a misdemeanor on the part of such person so violating such regulations
and such person shall also be liable for damages.

An. Code, sec. 37. 1804, sec. 37. 1888, sec. 37. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 38.
1910, ch. 715, sec. 37 (p. 189). 1916, ch. 566, sec. 37.

38. The medical superintendent or chief officer of any institution, hos-
pital, home or retreat for the insane may receive and detain therein for pur-
pose of care and treatment any person who is desirous of submitting himself
for treatment and makes application therefor in writing, at the expense
of such person, or the expense of his relatives or friends, or of the County
in which such person resides upon the consent of the County Commis-
sioners thereof, or of the City of Baltimore, if such person resides therein,
upon the consent of the Supervisors of City Charities. No such person
shall be detained for more than three days after having given notice of
his or her desire and intention to leave such institution unless such per-
son shall in the meantime have been legally committed upon and after due
notice to him or her on the request of his or her relatives or friends, in
accordance with Section 32 of this article regulating the commitment and
detention of the insane in hospitals and asylums; nor shall any person
be received or detained as a voluntary patient whose mental condition is
such, or becomes such, that such person cannot comprehend the act of
voluntary commitment, or be able to request his or her discharge, or give
continuous assent to detention. Every such voluntary patient so admitted
shall be reported to the Board of Mental Hygiene as provided in cases
legally committed, and shall be further reported to the Board of Mental
Hygiene with a statement of the mental condition of said person at the