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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
lic diversions or entertainments, and to issue

When to pro-
hibit.

licenses therefor, at said sums so to be fixed
upon, and to prohibit any and all such sales,
shows and entertainments in said town without
license first obtained therefor.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall,
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 8, 1888.

Chapter 71.

AN ACT to add a section to article sixteen of
the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Chancery," to be sub-title "Inebriates."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-

Additional
section.

sembly of Maryland, That the following section
relating to inebriates be and the same is hereby
added to article sixteen of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Chancery," to be sub-title
"Inebriates," and to come in after section thirty-
five.
35 A. Whenever, by petition under oath, any
person shall be alleged to be a drunkard, inca-

Issue warrant
to sheriff.

pable of taking care of himself or herself, or
his or her property, any circuit court of this
state, and also the circuit court of Baltimore
city, shall have the power, in its discretion, on
such preliminary examination or inquiry as it
may think proper to make exparte, to issue a war-
rant to the sheriff of the county or city, respec-
tively, to arrest and bring the person so charged
before such court, and it shall be the duty of

Sheriff to sum-
mon jury.

the sheriff to obey such warrant, and such court
shall cause a jury of good and lawful men to be
summoned by the said sheriff, to be empanelled
forthwith, and shall charge said jury under
oath to inquire, in the presence of such person,
whether he or she is an habitual drunkard, in-
capable of taking care of himself or herself,
and the proceedings in such case shall be like
those now authorized by law in cases of per-
sons alleged to be lunatic or insane, and the