EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR, 1165

each inmate on whose behalf such payments have been made,
and the name of the institution in which he or she is confined;
and the amount of such payments in, excess of the sum of
$100, provided by Section 45 of this Article, shall be trans-
ferred by the State Treasurer to the credit of and shall be paid
by him to the institution wherein such person is confined; and
nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect in
any way the obligation imposed by said Section 45 of this
Article.

It is the intent of this Act that a husband may be liable for
the support of a wife while an inmate of any such institution,
a wife for a husband, a father or mother, or both for a son or
daughter, and a son or daughter, or both, for a father or
mother.

In case the property or estate of any person committed to
any of the said institutions as aforesaid is sufficient for his
or her maintenance or support, in whole or in, part, while in
such institution, then the County Commissioners or the Super-
visors of City Charities, as the case may be, shall have power to
institute and prosecute all proper proceedings to subject the
same thereto, and all payments made as a result of such pro-
ceedings shall be accounted for and paid as hereinbefore pro-
vided.

Upon the death of any person committed to any of the said
institutions as aforesaid, the County Commissioners or the
Supervisors of City Charities, as the case may be, shall be en-
titled to make claim against the estate of any such person for
his or her maintenance and support while in such institution,
or for the balance due therefor if part has been paid. Such,
claim shall constitute a preferred claim against the estate of
any such person, and all claims arising hereunder against the
relatives and other persons legally chargeable with the mainte-
nance and support of such inmates, shall constitute preferred
claims. All such claims may be waived by the County Commis-
sioners or Supervisors of City Charities, as the case may be, in
their discretion, if in their judgment the enforcement of the
same will result in hardship to others dependent upon those
against whom such claims exist. All payments received as a
result of the enforcement of such claims shall be accounted for
and paid as hereinbefore provided.

3B. The County Commissioners or the Supervisors of City
Charities, as the case may be, shall have full power and author-
ity, in the case of all persons heretofore committed to any in-