1646 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 685

to such asylum any such convict or convicts shall, in the
opinion of said Department of Mental Hygiene recover his
reason before the expiration of the term for which he was
sentenced to the Penitentiary or House of Correction, he shall
be returned thereto at the expense of such asylum, there to
be kept until such term shall expire, or until otherwise dis-
charged in due course of law. If any of such convicts shall,
in the opinion of said Department of Mental Hygiene be still
insane, lunatic or feeble-minded at the expiration of the term
for which he was sentenced to the Penitentiary or House of
Correction, he shall remain in such asylum until in the opinion
of said Department he shall have recovered his reason.

49. For each patient in any State hospital for the insane,
and in Rosewood State Training School from Baltimore City
or from any one of the counties of the State the said city or
county, as the case may be, shall as herein specified pay into
the State Treasury the annual sum of One Hundred and
Twenty-five Dollars ($125. 00) for the board, care and treat-
ment of such patient, and the remaining amount required for
the board, care and treatment of such insane shall be paid
from the Treasury of the State. The expense for the care,
board and treatment of all patients in the State hospitals
for the insane and in Rosewood State Training School
shall be a charge upon each county sending such patient
or patients to the State hospitals for the insane and in
Rosewood State Training School as hereinafter provided.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Mental Hygiene
to furnish to the county treasurer of each county hav-
ing patients in the State hospitals for the insane and in
Rosewood State Training School a quarterly statement giving
the number of patients and the name of each patient coming
from and charged to such county, and the cost of maintenance
due from each county for such patient or patients. The De-
partment of Mental Hygiene shall certify to the State Comp-
troller on the first day of January, April, July and October of
each year the amount not previously certified to by it that
is due the said hospitals for the insane and Rosewood State
Training School from the several counties having patients
chargeable thereto. The State Comptroller shall thereupon
notify the County Treasurer of each county so owing of the
amount thereof and charge the same to the said county, and
the Board of County Commissioners of said county shall levy
a tax in said county for said amount and pay the amount
due the State into the State Treasury; and, should any
county fail to levy a tax in said county for said amount then
due said State, and shall fail at the time of levying other
county taxes thereafter to levy the tax aforesaid to amount