1478 LUNATICS AND INSANE. [ART. 59

1888, art. 59, sec. 16. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 17.

16. The members of said commission, except the secretary, ,
shall receive no compensation for their services, but such neces-
sary expenses as may be incurred in the performance of their
duties shall be paid by the comptroller of the treasury on the
presentation of an itemized account with th'e proper vouchers ;
but the comptroller shall have the power to refuse payment of
expenses which he may decide to be unnecessary.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 18.

17. Said lunacy commission shall appoint a secretary, who
shall be a qualified physician, who shall record the transactions
of the commission and perform such other duties as may be
ordered by the commission; his salary shall be one thousand
dollars per annum, besides his actual expenses incurred in the
performance of the duties of his office.

Ibid. sec. 18.' 1886, ch. 487, sec. 19.

18. Said lunacy commission shall make such by-laws and
regulations, not 'inconsistent with this article, as they shall
deem proper. They shall meet at least once in three months;
and shall be required to meet at any time when a call for such
meeting shall be desired by any two members made to the
secretary in writing.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1886, ch. 487, sec. 20.

19. The secretary, or at least one member of said commis-
sion appointed for the purpose by the board, shall visit all
public, corporate or private institutions, including almshouses
where the insane are kept, at least once in every six months,
and report the same to the commission with such comments
as may be necessary, which shall be recorded; and the said
commission may order the secretary to make visits of inspec-
tion at any time to any one or all of said institutions, includ-
ing almshouses where the insane may be kept, and report in
writing to said commission the condition, management and
treatment of the insane and idiotic inmates of such institutions.

Ibid sec. 20. 1886, ch. 487, sec 21.

20. If in their judgment any person confined in any institu-
tion in this State as insane be not insane, the commission may,
at any time, bring the matter to the attention of the State's
attorney of Baltimore city, or the State's attorney of any of
the respective counties of the State, whose duty it shall be to
apply to the proper tribunal for the writ of habeas corpus, to