194 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Comptroller to investigate the question of the residence of
such patient and to determine of what county said patient is
a proper charge, and shall thereupon notify each of said coun-
ties of such determination, and shall notify the superintendent
of the State hospital for the insane and the State Comptroller,
and the counties aforesaid shall thereafter treat and regard
such patient as of the county according to the determination
of the State Comptroller, and if the State Comptroller shall
find that such patient is not a proper charge against any coun-
ty in the State, such patient shall thereafter be regarded as a
proper charge against the State at large. The amount incurred
by any county of this State for treatment and maintenance of
any insane persons in the State hospitals for the insane shall
be a charge against the estate of such person; provided, that
the insane person has no heirs within the United States de-
pendent upon said estate for support; and provided further,
that no real property shall be sold for debt incurred for the
treatment and maintenance by any county during the life of
the insane person; and further provided, that no personal
property shall be sold for said debt within five years from the
date of the sending of such insane person to a State hospital
for the insane, unless by order of the proper court, where such
property is liable to deteriorate in value during the time above
specified, and when sold as above the Circuit Court for the
county shall order the proceeds thereof to be safely invested
for the benefit of such insane person.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1910.

ARTICLE LXV.

MILITIA.

CHAPTER 204.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 17,
26, 36, 38, 42, 52, 63, 64, 77, 78 and 86 of Article 65 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, 1904, title "Mil-
itia," as amended by Chapter 103, Acts of 1908.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 17, 26, 36, 38, 42, 52, 63, 64, 77, 78 and 86
of Article 65 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,