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125. The Court shall have power also to appoint a Commit-
tee or Trustee to take charge of and manage the property of
any person incompetent by reason of a mental disability, and
the Court may, upon application of said committee or trustee,
order or decree the sale of any real property or any interest
therein to which said incompetent may be entitled, and the
proceeds therefrom to be invested or otherwise disposed of as
provided by this sub-title.

The application therefor, may be made by next friend, shall
be by petition under oath, accompanied by certificates, sworn
to and subscribed by two medical doctors practicing in the
State of Maryland, for the last five years or two attending
neuropsychiatrists, one of whom shall have attended the al-
leged incompetent within the ten days before the filing of the
petition.

Such certificate shall set out the cause, nature, extent and
probable duration of the incompetency. The petition shall set
out the reasons for the application and the kind, quantity
and value of the property to be cared for and managed. The
Court shall pass an order, (a) directing the alleged incom-
petent to be summoned within ten days, (b) requiring that
within the same time a copy of the summons, petition and
order shall be left with the person with whom the alleged in-
competent resides, unless residing with the petitioner, in
which event the Court shall name some other person with
whom such copies shall be left, (e) setting the petition for
hearing on or after fifteen days from the date of the order,
(d) and allowing an appearance and answer at any time before
or after decree. The Court shall have power to revoke, modify
or alter any decree hereunder at any time after appearance
and answer for good cause shown.

Such Committee or Trustee shall care for and manage the
property of the incompetent and may upon proper order of
Court expend cash for the incompetent's support and mainte-
nance, as well as for the support and maintenance of the in-
competent's dependents.

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

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 481.
(House Bill 93)

AN ACT to add a sub-section to Section 33 of Article 101 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Work-