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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1939
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LUNATICS AND INSANE

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ARTICLE 59.

LUNATICS AND INSANE.1

Lunatic or Insane Paupers.

26. Report to governor.

1. Commitment and care of; investiga-
tion by jury; friends not prevented
from caring for.

27. Institutions to report to board.
28. Officer not complying; penalty.
29. Record to be kept by superintendents.

2. Removal from almshouse to hospital;

30. License to keep asylum.

expense at hospital paid by state;
commission appointed.

31. Application; refusal; appeal.
32. Neglect to take out; penalty; form of

3-5. Payments; persons with income or
relatives who are able to pay;

license.
33. Attendants to act as police.

duty of county and city officials.

34. Physician's certificate required before


commitment.

Insanity as a Defense in Criminal Cases.

35. Certifying physician not to be inter-


ested in asylum.

6. Jury trial; judge may order prisoner

36. Description of cases to be kept.

examined.

37. Board's functions as coroner.

7. When insane persons are to be sent to

38. Correspondence allowed patients; pen-

almshouse.

alty for withholding.

8. Inquiry by Board of Mental Hygiene.

39. Detention without compliance with

9. Arrest during recess of court.

regulations.

10. Examination by Board of Mental Hy-

40. Voluntary commitment; release; re-

giene.

port to board.

11. Cases to which these sections apply.

41. Physician to be in attendance.

12. Trustee of such lunatic; appointment

42. Hospital districts.

and duties.

43. Removal from county asylum to state


hospital and vice versa. Removal of

Trustees of the Poor.

women.

13. Duties of.

44. Leave of absence.

14. Powers of courts of equity.

45. Discharge; proviso.


46. Boards of visitors for county asylums.

Board of Mental Hygiene.

47-48. Insane convicts; removal to hos-

15-16. To supervise institutions for insane;
constitution of board; terms of of-
fice; vacancies; qualifications of
members; compensation; expenses.
17. Commission expenses.

pital.
49. Maintenance of insane and patients in
Rosewood Training School ? amount
paid by each county. Questions of
residence. Charge upon estate;

18. Meetings; by-laws.
19. Duties of board.

provisos.
50. Transfer of non-resident insane.

20. Superintendents, employes, etc., of
hospital ; appointment.

Rosewood State Training School.

21. Sane persons confined.

51-53. Terms and conditions upon which

22. Sanity to be determined by jury, when.

inmates received; duty of visitors.

23. Sanity of veterans; commitment to

54. Educational and custodial depart-

U. S. Veterans' Hospital.

ments.

24. Officers in charge to aid board; pen-

55. Parole of inmates.

alty. Visits.

56. Care and treatment of epileptic chil-

25. Powers of board; appeal.

dren.

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


 

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