566 ARTICLE 16

An. Code, 1924, sec. 55. 1912, sec. 54. 1904, sec. 50. 1894, ch. 247, sec. 3.

59. The provisions of sections 57, 58, 60, 61 shall not be at any time
construed as in any way abrogating, limiting or abolishing the powers of
judges of the circuit courts under section 56.
See notes to sec. 57.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 56. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 51. 1894, ch. 247, sec. 4.

60. The officers of whatever institutions may be designated for the
treatment of the habitual drunkards, payment for whose cure is provided
by section 58, shall become sworn officers of the court committing said
habitual drunkards to their care, and shall have power to enforce such
reasonable rules as may be necessary for the administration of treatment
to said patient, but they shall receive no fee or compensation from any
county or the city of Baltimore other than the sum provided and limited
by said section 58;
See notes to sec. 57.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 57. 1912, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 52. 1894, ch. 247, sec. 5.

61. A drunkard as mentioned in the four preceding sections shall be
deemed to include any person who has acquired the habit of using spirit-
uous, malt or fermented liquors, cocaine or other narcotics to such a
degree as to deprive him of reasonable self-control.
See notes to sec. 57.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 58. 1912, sec. 56A. 1914, ch. 117.

62. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not be obliged to ap-
propriate more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) in any one year for the
care of inebriates, under sections 57 to 61 of the above Article, and no order
shall be passed by a Court under said sections for the care_ of inebriates at
the expense of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in any year, after
the appropriation made in the Ordinance of Estimates for that year shall
have been exhausted, except by the consent of the Board of Estimates, act-
ing by the City Solicitor.

Infants.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 59. 1912, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 53: 1888, sec. 48. 1816, ch. 154, sec. 1.
1818, ch. 193, sec. 7. 1819, ch. 144, sec. 2. 1835, ch. 380, sec. 9.

63. Where an infant is entitled to any real or personal property in
this State, of any kind, or entitled to a reversion, vested or contingent
remainder, or an executory devise in any such property, or any use, trust
or equitable interest therein, the court may, if it shall appear to be for the
benefit and advantage of such infant, decree a sale thereof, if the provisions
of the following section are complied with.

This section contrasted with other sections.

A bill held to have been filed under sec. 159, and not under this section, and hence
sec. 64, held to have no application. Koontz v. Koontz, 79 Md. 360; Benson v. Benson,
70 Md. 257 (decided prior to the act of 1890, ch. 18—see sec. 72); Earle v. Turton, 26 Md.
33; Lawes v. Lumpkin, 18 Md. 340; Dalrymple v. Taneyhill, 4 Md. Ch. 173. Cf.
Mumma v. Brinton, 77 Md. 200; Gill v. Wells, 59 Md. 499.

This section distinguished from sec. 159; being in pari materia, they are to be con-
strued together. Import of the two sections. Parties. Notice. Qualification of surety.
Bolgiano v. Cooke, 19 Md. 392.

A proceeding under this section contrasted with a proceeding under sec. 252—see notes
thereto. Newbold v. Schlens, 66 Md. 588.