ART. 59] PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE. 79

the insanity or idiocy of such person and the reason for such
opinion. No certificate shall be of force which shall be presented
for the commitment of any patient more than thirty days after
date of examination. The form of physician's certificate shall
be substantially as follows:

State of Maryland, county or city of —————. Dated ————,
I, a resident of the county or city of ————, being a graduate
of ———— Medical College and having practised as a physician
five years, do hereby certify that on this ————day of ———— I
have personally examined —— ————, age————, (sex) ——?
———— (social state), and do verily believe that the said —————
is insane, and that the disease is of a character which, in my
opinion, requires that the person shall be placed in a hospital or
other establishment where the insane are detained for care and
treatment. I further certify that I am not related by blood or
marriage to the said —— ————, nor in any way connected as
medical attendant or otherwise with the hospital or other estab-
lishment in which it is proposed to place the aforesaid —————,
and that this certificate is signed and made within one week of
the examination of the patient.

—— ———, M. D.

Residence ———————.

This section shall not apply to the cases of voluntary commit-
ments as provided for in section 37.

1900, ch. 521.

39. It shall be the duty of the visitors of the Maryland
Asylum and Training School for Feeble Minded to report or
cause to be reported to the lunacy commission the names of all
inmates in said asylum and training school as wards of the State
whom they know or have reason to believe to be twenty-one
years of age, with such information as said visitors possess as to
the age, condition and parentage of such inmates, and the place
of residence of the parents or other near relatives or friends of
such inmates if known.

Ibid.

40. When the lunacy commission receive the report required
by the preceding section, it shall be the duty of such commission