HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 363

enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of the Special Session
of 1944, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments to read as follows:

22. Any person confined in any State or licensed pri-
vate institution for the care, custody or treatment of in-
sane persons, and any veterans of any war, military oc-
cupation or expedition confined in any United States
Veterans Hospital within the exterior geographical
boundaries of the State of Maryland, or anyone
in his behalf, including the Superintendent, chief
officer, or physician in charge of such institution,
may file a petition in the Circuit Court for any
county or a Court of law in the City of Baltimore, re-
questing that the person so confined be brought before
said Court for the purpose of having the sanity of such
person determined, and the Court shall forthwith proceed
to hear and determine the matter; provided, however, that
if the person so confined, or anyone in his behalf, shall
pray a jury trial, the Court shall empanel a jury of twelve
men to be selected by the Court from the jurors then in at-
tendance upon said Court, or if the Court is in recess, the
jurors shall be selected from those in attendance at the term
of Court at which said petition is heard. Any party
in interest shall have the right to process to compel the
attendance of witnesses. If the Court or jury, as the case
may be, shall determine that such person is insane or is
suffering from a mental disease, the Court shall order said
person committed to the institution from which he im-
mediately came, or to some other suitable institution, oth-
erwise he shall be discharged.

34A. In addition to the methods otherwise provided by
law for the commitment of lunatic or insane persons, such
persons may be committed to institutions in accordance
with the provisions of this section.

Whenever any person is shown to be a lunatic or insane
by the certificates of two qualified physicians, as provided
in Section 34 of this Article, the Superintendent, chief offi-
cer, or physician in charge of any State or licensed private
institution for the care, custody or treatment of insane
persons, or if such person is a veteran of any war, military
occupation or expedition, the official, in charge of any
United States Veterans Hospital, within the exterior
geographical boundaries of the State of Maryland, may
receive and, retain such person as a patient upon the
written request of any member of his family, or near
relative or friend, or the person with whom he resides,
or an officer of any charitable institution or agency;