950 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 396
Local Laws of. Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles
County", sub-title "County Treasurer", as amended by Chap-
ter 634 of the Acts of 1947, be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
89. The said treasurer may appoint some person resident
in said county to be assistant treasurer, who shall be au-
thorized to act in his place and for whose acts he shall be
responsible, and who shall give such bond, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him,
as the treasurer may require; the compensation to be paid
such assistant treasurer to be contracted for and paid by the
treasurer to such, assistant treasurer, from the salary here-
inafter provided for such treasurer. The County Commis-
sioners shall in addition pay the Assistant Treasurer a salary
of |2, 000. 00 per annum, payable monthly.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.
Approved April 22, 1949.
CHAPTER 396
(House Bill 560)
AN ACT to add a new section to Article 59 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Lunatics and In-
sane", sub-title "Insanity as a Defense in Criminal Cases",
said new section to be known as Section 12A, and to follow
immediately after Section 12 of said Article, relating to
the release of certain persons committed to almshouses or
mental institutions.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land., That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Lunatics and Insane", sub-title "Insanity as a Defense in
Criminal Cases", said new section to be known as Section 12A,
to follow immediately after Section 12 of said Article, and to
read as follows:
12A. No person committed to any almshouse or mental in-
stitution under the provisions of this sub-title shall be
released therefrom without the approval of a judge of the
court in which said person's case was pending at the time of
the commitment, or in which said person was acquitted by
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