368 ARTICLE 59.

ARTICLE 59.

LUNATICS AND INSANE.

	Board of Mental Hygiene. 21A. Sanity of veterans; commitment to U. S. Veterans' Hospital.	Rosewood State Training School 55. Repealed.

Lunatic or Insane Paupers.

1.

This section referred to—see notes to art. 16, sec 37 Lowe v. Lowe 150 Md.
603.

Board of Mental Hygiene.

1927, ch. 393.

21A. Where a veteran of any War, military occupation or expedition,
is, or has been, adjudged mentally incompetent by a Court of competent
jurisdiction and commitment to a hospital for the insane is necessary, such
Court is hereby authorized to communicate with the official in charge of
the U. S. Veterans' Hospital within the State of Maryland with reference
to the eligibility of such veteran to be hospitalized in such United States
Veterans' Hospital. If the Court is advised by the official in charge of
such hospital that such veteran is entitled to hospitalization and the veteran
is acceptable for same and Bureau facilities within the State of Maryland
are available, the Court may direct such veteran's commitment to such
United States Veterans' Hospital within the State of Maryland and such
veteran upon admission shall be subject to the rules and regulations of such
hospital and the officials of such hospital shall be invested with the same
powers now exercised by Superintendents of State hospitals for insane
with reference to the retention of custody of veterans so committed, if it
is deemed advisable to assume such powers.

Provided, however, that any veteran, as prescribed above, who shall have
been duly committed to a State hospital for the insane within the State
of Maryland prior to the passage of this Act, may be transferred to the
custody of the official in charge of the U. S. Veterans' Hospital as provided
above and such transfer of custody shall not affect the efficacy of the origi-
nal order of commitment in such case.

This legislation is intended as an addition to and does not affect the
repeal of any existing legislation governing matters of this nature which
are not in conflict with the provisions of this section.

38.

This section referred to—see notes to art. 16, sec. 37. Lowe v. Lowe, 150 Md.
603.

Rosewood State Training School.

55. Repealed by ch. 147 of the Acts of 1929.