LUNATICS AND INSANE 2507

An. Code, 1924, sec. 25. 1912, sec. 24. 1904, sec. 24. 1888, sec. 24. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 25.

27. They shall be authorized to require a written report from all insti-
tutions, public, corporate and private, including almshouses, in which the
insane or idiotic may be kept; said report to be in such form and at such
time as they may adopt and to contain such statement of facts concern-
ing the treatment of the insane, as they may require.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 25. 1888, sec. 25. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 26.

1910, ch. 715, sec. 25 (p. 189).

28. Any officer or other person in charge of the insane or feeble-
minded who may refuse to comply with any of the provisions of sections
24, 27, 29, 34, 35, 36, 41 and 42 shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and, on conviction of same, shall be fined or imprisoned, in the
judgment of the court before which the case may be tried.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 27. 1912, sec. 26. 1904, sec. 26. 1888, sec. 26. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 27.

29. The superintendent or other officer or keeper of any institution,
public, corporate or private, or almshouse where the insane may be kept
shall be required to keep a report of all patients, in such form as the
Board shall direct; also a record in which shall be entered the incidents
and accidents that may occur, also the number and kind of restraints
used, with details of the same, to be reported to the Board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 28. 1912, sec. 27. 1904, sec. 27. 1888, sec. 27. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 28.

30. No person or association of persons shall establish or keep an
asylum or retreat or private place or home for the care or custody of the
insane or treatment of such cases or of persons of unsound mind for com-
pensation or hire without first obtaining a license therefor from said
Board of Mental Hygiene. This section shall not apply to any State or
incorporated institution or almshouse in any of the counties, except when
a county almshouse shall receive insane persons from other counties for pay.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 29. 1912, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, sec. 28. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 29.

31. Every application for such license made to the said Board shall
be accompanied by a plan of the premises proposed to be so occupied,
number of patients, male and female, location, and whatever other details
the Board may think proper to require in order to form an opinion as to
the propriety of issuing such license; said Board are authorized to grant
or refuse such license in their judgment; if such license be refused to an
applicant, then and in that case said applicant may appeal from the deci-
sion of the Board to the superior court of the city of Baltimore, or to
the circuit court for the counties, to show cause why such license shall not
issue; should the court decide that no sufficient cause exists for not grant-
ing the license, the court may order the Board to issue such license. The
form of license shall be substantially as follows: Know all men by these
presents, that the Board of Mental Hygiene, acting under the laws of the
State of Maryland, hereby certify that —————, of the city or county of
————, has delivered to them a plan and description of a building and
premises proposed to be licensed for the reception of lunatics, situated in
the county or city of ————— (here describe location, postoffice address,
number of patients proposed to be treated or held in custody), and said
Board having considered and approved the same, hereby authorize the