806 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 497

maintained unless one of the parties is an actual resident of
this State, and shall have resided therein for at least two
years immediately prior to the institution of the proceed-
ings. The Bill of Complaint shall be filed under oath in the
Court having jurisdiction over divorce matters in the coun-
ty or city, as the case may be, where either party resides.

Services of process under this section shall be made as in
other suits in equity and in addition to the writ of sub-
poena, a copy of the Bill of Complaint shall also be served
on said defendant, and on his or her Committee, if one has
been appointed by any court of this State, and if none has
been so appointed, then a copy of said writ and of said
bill shall be served on the institution having the custody
of said defendant.

If said defendant shall be a non-resident of this State,
then he or she may be proceeded against as such by pub-
lication process, as in other suits in equity against non-
residents.

Upon the return of process duly served, or upon proof
of due publication, as the case may be, the Court shall re-
quire the Committee to appear and answer for said de-
fendant, if one has been so appointed, and if not, the Court
shall appoint a Guardian ad Litem to appear and answer
for said defendant.

Before such Committee or Guardian ad Litem shall an-
swer said complaint, the Court shall appoint counsel of
its own independent selection to appear for and represent
said defendant, Committee, or Guardian ad Litem. In
cases arising under this section, the Court shall possess
all powers which Courts of Equity now have, or which
may hereafter be conferred upon them, relative to alimony
and to the custody, control and support of infant children
of the parties. Where the plaintiff is the husband, the
Court may, when necessity and circumstances warrant,
require the plaintiff to pay alimony, support or mainte-
nance for the benefit of said defendant, or it may require
the plaintiff to pay a sum of money as a whole, based on
the expectancy of life of said defendant and the plaintiff's
financial condition, together with reasonable expense for
the burial of said defendant, or it may require the plaintiff
to give bond to the State of Maryland conditioned upon
the payment by the plaintiff for the care and maintenance
of said defendant during the remainder of her natural life,
and necessary funeral expenses. The Court may modify
or revoke any orders or decrees relating to the custody
of infant children, and their support, and the support and
maintenance of the defendant. All Court costs, including
the compensation to the defendant's attorney, which