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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 specified, 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 Balti-
more, as the case may be, in the same manner that other claims
against such county or city of Baltimore for the administration
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.

1894, ch 247, sec 3.

60. The provisions of sections 48, 49, 51, 52 shall not be
at any time construed as in any way abrogating, limiting or
abolishing the powers of judges of the circuit courts under
section 47.

Ibid. sec. 4.

61- The officers of whatever institutions may be designated
for the treatment of the habitual drunkards, payment for whose
cure is provided by section 49, shall become sworn officers of
the court committing said habitual drunkards to their care, and
shall have power to enforce such reasonable rules as may be
necessary for the administration of treatment to said patient,
but they shall receive no fee or compensation from any county
or the city of Baltimore other than the sum provided and
limited by said section 49.

Ibid sec. 5.

52. A drunkard as mentioned in the four preceding sections
shall be deemed to include any person who has acquired the
habit of using spirituous, malt or fermented liquors, cocaine or
other narcotics to such a degree as to deprive him of reason-
able self-control.

Infants.

1888, art. 16, sec. 48. 1860, art. 16, sec. 36. 1816, ch. 154, sec. 1. 1818,
ch 193, sec. 7. 1819, ch. 144, sec. 2. 1835, ch. 380, sec. 9.

53. Where an infant is entitled to any real or personal
property in this State, of any kind, or entitled to a reversion,
vested or contingent remainder, or an executory devise in any
such property, or any use, trust or equitable interest therein,