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to be insane or lunatic shall be arrested and charged with any crime or misdemeanor before the judge thereof, the said judge shall issue an order to the sheriff of the county or city where said offence has been committed, requiring him forthwith to summon a jury of twelve good and lawful men, and to charge such jury to inquire whether such- person was lunatic or insane at the time such offence was committed, and then is so; and if the jury find that the party charged was in- sane or lunatic at the time of the commission of the offence, and still is so, the judge shall commit such person, as directed in the preced- ing section.	during recess of Circuit Court of county, or Criminal Court of Baltimore
0. The provisions of the preceding sections relating to lunatics and insane shall apply to the case of any person who may be ar- rested on any process issued by any court or judge of this State, founded on oath, requiring security to keep the peace, and who shall fail to give such security.	Id s 8 1828, c 201 Where person failing to give security to keep the peace
10. If any insane or lunatic person mentioned in the three last preceding sections, shall be possessed of real and personal property the annual profit or rent of which shall be adequate to his reasona- ble support in any hospital or asylum for the reception of insane or lunatic persons, the court or judge shall appoint a trustee for the estate of said lunatic or insane person, and shall require the said trustee to give bond to the State of Maryland, in such penalty and with such security as the court or judge shall approve, with condi- tion that he will cause the said lunatic or insane person to be con- fined and supported in some hospital or insane asylum until such person shall have recovered his reason, and that he will faithfully administer and fully account for all such estate, income, and effects of said lunatic or insane person as shall come to his possession or be under his care or direction.	Id s 9 1826, c 197. s 3 Property, how disposed of
11. The trustees of the poor of the several counties and the city of Baltimore shall receive all persons committed to their respective almshouses under this article, relating to lunatics and insane, and shall provide for their accommodation and support, and the ex- penses thereof shall be levied upon the counties and the said city respectively.	Id s 10 1826, c. 197, s 4 Trustees of the poor to receive lunatics
12. Nothing contained in this article relating to lunatics and insane shall affect the powers of the courts of equity, further than to require that the estate of such lunatic or insane person, if he hath any, shall be chargeable with the expenses of his commitment and confinement. INEBRIATES.	Id s 11 3826, c 197, s 5 Powers of courts of equity saved
13. Whenever by petition under oath any person shall be al- leged to be a drunkard, incapable of taking care of himself or her- self or his or her property, any Circuit Court of this State, and also the Superior Court of Baltimore City, shall have the power in its discretion, on such preliminary examination or inquiry as it may think proper to make ex parte, to issue a warrant to the sheriff of	Art 46, s 6 1860, c 386, s. 7 Who may be committed to the Maryland Inebriate Asylum, and how.