WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1637

into appropriate and binding agreements with respect to the
making of such payments, and from time to time may modify
or change the terms thereof, as circumstances may justify.

All such payments shall be made to and collected by the
County Treasurer or the Comptroller of the City of Balti-
more, as the case may be, who shall account for and pay over
the same to the State Treasurer on or before the first days
of January, April, July and October in each and every year,
and at the same time they shall report to the State Treasurer
the name of each inmate on whose behalf such payments have
been made, and the name of the institution in which he or she
is confined; and the amount of such payments in excess of
the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125. 00),
provided by Section 49 of this Article, shall be paid to the
State Treasurer and nothing contained in Sections 3, 4, and 5
shall be construed to affect in any way the obligation im-
posed by said Section 49 of this Article.

It is the intent of Section 3, 4 and 5 that a husband may
be liable for the support of a wife while an inmate of any such
institution, a wife for a husband, a father or mother, or both
for a son or daughter, and a son or daughter, or both, for a
father or mother.

In case the property or estate of any person committed to
any of the said institutions as aforesaid is sufficient for his
or her maintenance or support, in whole or in part, while in
such institution, then the County Commissioners or the De-
partment of Welfare of Baltimore City, as the case may be,
shall have power to institute and prosecute all proper pro-
ceedings, to subject the same thereto, and all payments made
as a result of such proceedings shall be accounted for and
paid as hereinbefore provided.

Upon the death of any person committed to any of the said
institutions as aforesaid, the County Commissioners or the
Department of Welfare of Baltimore City, as the case may
be, shall be entitled to make claim against the estate of any
such person for his or her maintenance and support while in
such institution, or for the balance due therefor if part has
been paid. Such claim shall constitute a preferred claim
against the estate of any such person, and all claims arising
hereunder against the relatives and other persons legally
chargeable with the maintenance and support of such inmates,
shall constitute preferred claims. All such claims may be
waived by the County Commissioners or the Department of
Welfare of Baltimore City, as the case may be, in their discre-
tion, if in their judgment the enforcement of the same will re-
sult in hardship to others, dependent upon those against whom
such claims exist. All payments received as a result of the