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provide for their accommodation and support, and the expenses
thereof shall be levied upon the counties and the said, city
respectively.

1888, art. 59, sec. 11. 1860, art. 58, sec. 11. 1826, ch. 197, sec. 5.

11. Nothing contained in this article 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 confine-
ment.

The Lunacy Commission.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1886, ch. 467, sec, 13.

12. There shall be a board known under the name of "The
Lunacy Commission," which shall have supervision over all
institutions, public, corporate or private in which insane per-
sons are detained.

Ibid sec. 13 1886, ch. 487, sec. 14.

13. The governor of the State of Maryland shall appoint
four commissioners who, with the attorney-general, shall con-
stitute the "lunacy commission" with functions and powers as
hereinafter defined.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1866, ch. 487, sec. 15.

14. One of said commissioners as first appointed shall hold
office for one year, one for two years, one for three years and
one for four years, or until their successors are appointed; all
subsequent appointments shall be made by the governor for
the period of four years; the governor shall fill all vacancies
arising from any cause in said commission.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 16.

15. Three at least of said commission shall be appointed
from the city of Baltimore; two of said commission shall be
physicians and graduates of some legally authorized medical
college and must also have been in actual practice of their
profession at least five years consecutively just preceding their
appointment; one of said physicians so chosen shall have had
at least two years' experience in the treatment of the insane.
No member of said commission shall in any way, directly or
indirectly, have any pecuniary interest in any place in which
the insane are confined or in the management or supplies or
treatment of such insane.