ART. 53. ] GUARDIANSHIP OF NON COMPOTES MENTIS, INSANE, ETC. 497

ARTICLE LIII.

GUARDIANSHIP OF NON COMPOTES MENTIS, INSANE,
AND INEBRIATES.

NON COMPOTES MENTIS.
1 Confinement and where.

LUNATICS AND INSANE.

2 Pauper lunatic, inquisition by jury not to prevent friends of same from confining or providing for him 3 County commissioners may send to the Maryland Hospital, expenses 4 Who to be deemed a pauper lunatic 5 Jury may find person indicted to be a lunatic 6. How to be dealt with when so found

7 Inquisition to inquire whether person ar- rested for crime or misdemeanor is insane or lunatic 8 Inquisition during recess of Circuit Court or Criminal Court of Baltimore 9 Where person failing to give security to keep the peace 10 Property how disposed of 11 Trustees of the poor to receive lunatics 12 Powers of courts of equity saved

INEBRIATES.
13 Who may be committed to the Maryland Inebriate Asylum, and how

NON COMPOTES MENTIS.

1. A court of equity may, on the application of any trustee of a person non compos mentis, and receiving proof that it is necessary and proper to confine such person, direct such trustee to send the person under his charge to any hospital in the vicinity of the city of Baltimore, provided he can be there received, to remain until the further order of the court; and any person non compos mentis who has heretofore been sent to any hospital or receptacle in Philadel- phia under an order of a court of equity of this State, may be re- moved, by order of the court of the county or city having equity jurisdiction from which such person was sent, to any of said hos- pitals near the city of Baltimore, and the court may enforce its orders as in other cases. LUNATICS AND INSANE.	Art 16, s 87 1797, c 114, 8 7 1813, c 21 Confinement, and where
2. When any person is alleged to be a lunatic or insane pauper, the Circuit Court for the county in which such person may reside, or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, if such person resides in the	Art. 58, s 1. 1834, c 194 Pauper lunatic
city of Baltimore, shall cause a jury of twelve good and lawful men to be impanelled forthwith, and shall charge the said jury to inquire whether such person is insane or lunatic, and if found so, it shall be the duty of the court to cause such person to be sent to the alms- house of the county or city to which he belongs, or to an hospital, or to some other place better suited in the judgment of the court to his condition, there to be confined at the expense of the county or city until he shall have recovered and been discharged in due course 32	Inquisition by jury