60 CHANCERY. [ART. 16

kin, and think it a proper case for assistance from the county
wherein the said habitual drunkard resides, or Baltimore city, if
he resides therein.

M. & C. C. of Balto. v. Keeley Institute, 81 Md. 113.

1894, ch. 247.

47s. When such petition is filed, any judge of the circuit
court referred to in section 47 A, if satisfied from examination
that the facts set forth in the petition are true, and that the said
drunkard has been a resident of the county or of Baltimore city
for six months next preceding the application, and that such
drunkard of his own free will desires to take such treatment, shall
send such habitual drunkard to some institution for the cure of
drunkenness; provided, said institution is located in the State of
Maryland, and that the managers of such institution will agree to
treat such patient for a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars; but
such court shall not be compelled to send such habitual drunkard
to any institution making a lower bid than the sum herein speci-
fied, unless in their judgment the best interest of such drunkard
shall be promoted thereby; and the said judge of the circuit
court shall thereupon make an order that the expense of such
treatment be paid out of the treasury of the county or the city of
Baltimore, as the case may be, in the same manner that other
claims against such county or city of Baltimore for the adminis-
tration of justice are paid; provided, that no county or the city
of Baltimore shall be required to send the same habitual drunk-
ard to any institution for the medical treatment of drunkenness
a second time at its expense.

Ibid.

47 v. The provisions of the two preceding sections shall not
be at any time construed as in any way abrogating, limiting or
abolishing the powers of judges of the circuit courts under sec-
tion 47.

Ibid.

47 D. The officers of whatever institutions may be designated
for the treatment of the habitual drunkards, payment for whose
cure is provided by section 47s, shall become sworn officers of the
court committing said habitual drunkards to their care, and shall