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tions, 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 visitations of in-
spection at any time to any one or all of said
institutions, including almshouses where the
insane be kept, and report in writing the con-
dition, management and treatment of such
insane and idiotic to said Commission.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the Com-
mission may, at any time, if in its judgment
any person confined in any institution in this
State as insane be not insane, bring the mat-
ter 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, whereupon
proper inquiry and investigation may be had
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Secretary or
member t o
visit.
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as to the mental condition of such person, and
if the Court shall be of the opinion that such
person is not insane, then the Court shall dis-
charge such person; but in the event that, the
Court shall determine such person is insane,
then the Court shall order that such person
be returned to the institution from which he
has been taken under the writ of habeas corpus.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted. That it shall be
mandatory upon the officers in charge of such
places, or others, to furnish all information
that may be requested by said Commission or
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Habeas corpus.
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Secretary thereof, and give free access to any
member thereof, and to the Secretary of said
Commission, to visit the insane or idiotic in
their keeping; any refusal to do so on the part
of any one, shall be a misdemeanor, punish-
able by fine or imprisonment, in the discre-
tion of the Court in which the case may be
tried.
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To furnish
information.
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