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shall cause a jury of twelve good and lawful men to be em-
panelled forthwith and shall charge the said jury to inquire
whether such person is insane or lunatic, and if found so it
shall be the duty of the county commissioners or the Depart-
ment of Welfare of Baltimore City to cause such person to be
sent to a hospital, or to some other place better suited to
his or her condition, there to be confined at the expense or
partial expense of the county or city, as provided in Sec-
tions 4 and 49, until he or she shall have recovered and be
discharged in due course of law. It shall be the duty of
any board of county commissioners or the Department of
Welfare of the city of Baltimore, before whom any such
alleged lunatic or insane person is brought for commitment
under this section, if not satisfied that such person is lunatic
or insane, as defined in Section 3, to notify the state's attor-
ney of said county or city, and he shall immediately there-
upon bring the said question before the circuit court for the
said county or the criminal court of Baltimore for determina-
tion in accordance with the provisions of this section. Nothing
contained in this section shall prevent the friends or relatives
of such lunatic or insane person from confining him or her or
providing for his or her comfort.

2. From and after the first day of January, 1911, the State
of Maryland shall be charged with the maintenance, care, con-
trol and treatment of all dependent insane persons who are at
that time residents of the State of Maryland, as provided in
Sections 4 and 49, and as soon as practicable after the said
first day of January, 1911, the Board of Mental Hygiene shall
transfer from the several county almshouses and county and
city asylums to one of the state hospitals for the insane such
dependent insane persons who are residents of the State of
Maryland as in the judgment of the said board should be so
removed; and all such dependent insane persons after their
removal to one of the state hospitals for the insane shall be
maintained therein at the expense of the State, as provided in
Sections 4 and 49.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved March 23, 1943.

CHAPTER 126.
(House Bill 6'3)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
sections (1) and (2) of Section 48 of Article 101 of the