ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 61

as said section was enacted by Chapter 518 of the 1929
Session of the General Assembly of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 117A of Article 16 of Bagby's An-
notated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland,
title "Chancery, " sub-title "Non Compos Mentis, " as said
section was enacted by Chapter 518 of the 1929 Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

117A. The Court shall have power also to appoint a
Committee or Trustee to take charge of and manage the
property of any person incompetent by reason of a mental
disability.

The Application therefor, may be made by next friend,
shall be by petition under oath, accompanied by certificates,
sworn to and subscribed by two medical doctors practicing
in the State of Maryland, for the last five years or two
attending neuropsychiatrists, one of whom shall have at-
tended the alleged incompetent within the ten days before
the filing of the petition.

Such certificates shall set out the cause, nature, extent
and probable duration of the incompetency. The petition
shall set out the reasons for the application and the kind,
quantity and value of the property to be cared for and
managed. The Court shall pass an order, (a) directing
the alleged incompetent to be summoned within ten days,
(b) requiring that within the same time a copy of the
summons, petition and order shall, be left with the person
with whom the alleged incompetent resides, unless residing
with the petitioner, in which event, the Court shall name
some other person with whom such copies shall be left,
(e) setting the petition for hearing on or after fifteen days
from the date of the order, (d) and allowing an appear-
ance and answer at any time before or after decree. The
Court shall have power to revoke, modify or alter any
decree hereunder at any time after appearance and answer
for good cause shown.

Such Committee or Trustee shall care for and manage
the property of the incompetent and may upon proper
order of Court expend cash for the incompetent's support
and maintenance, as well as for the support and main-
tenance of the incompetent's dependents.