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44. Whenever in the opinion of any medical superintendent
or chief medical officer of any institution, hospital, asylum,
home or retreat for the insane it may be for the benefit of any
patient to grant such patient leave of absence or parole, on
trial, such parole may be granted for a period not exceeding
one year, or such further period or periods for which said
parole may be renewed at the option of the medical super-
intendent or chief officer, upon application in writing, en-
dorsed by the relatives, friends or other persons at whose
instance the said patient was first committed, and who shall
obligate themselves to give him or her proper care during the
period of such parole or any renewal or renewals thereof. Any
such patient may be returned by his friends or brought back
by the duly designated officers of the institution from which
he has been paroled at or before the expiration of the period
of parole, as provided for the return of patients who have
escaped from institutions, asylums, hospitals, homes or re-
treats for the insane within this State.

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

Approved March 11, 1943.

CHAPTER 97.
(House Bill 72)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 154
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicles", sub-
heading "Registration of Motor Vehicles and Operators",
relating to the use of number plates or markers.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 98,
(House Bill 89)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 67
of Article 11 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Banks and Trust Companies", sub-title
"Bank Commissioner", to authorize banks or trust com-