740 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 285

(c) If, after medical examination, it shall appear to the
satisfaction of the Governor that a defendant, sentenced
to the punishment of death, is insane, the Governor shall
revoke the warrant previously issued for the execution of
the defendant, and he may, in his discretion, order the re-
moval of said defendant to a State hospital for the treat-
ment of insane persons, where staid defendant shall remain
until he has recovered his sanity. When the Superinten-
dent of such hospital shall be of the opinion that said de-
fendant has recovered his sanity, he shall cause the De-
partment of Mental Hygiene to examine and pass upon
the mental condition of the defendant; and if the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene shall determine that said de-
fendant is no longer insane, he shall be removed to the
Maryland Penitentiary and the Governor shall issue forth-
with his warrant appointing a week within which the
sentence must be executed.

(d) The Governor shall have the power, in his discre-
tion, to grant a stay for any cause and, upon so doing, he
shall issue an order revoking the warrant theretofore is-
sued. Thereafter, the sentence shall not be executed until
Governor shall issue his warrant appointing a week within
which the sentence must be executed.

(e) When a warrant is revoked by an order of court or
its execution is stayed, the Clerk of the Court by which
the warrant is revoked, or the Clerk of the Court by which
the sentence was imposed in the case of an appeal to the
Court of Appeals of Maryland and the compliance with
the requirements of Section 86 of Article 5 of the Code,
shall notify the Warden forthwith, by telephone if neces-
sary, that said warrant has been revoked or its execution
has been stayed, as the case may be, and shall transmit
forthwith to the Warden a certificate that said warrant
has been revoked or its execution stayed. The Governor
shall notify the Warden forthwith of the revocation of a
warrant by him.

(f) Each warrant for the execution of a person sen-
tenced to suffer the death penalty shall appoint a week
within which the sentence must be executed, and shall com-
mand the Warden to execute the sentence upon some day
within the week so appointed. The week so appointed must
begin not less than four (4) weeks and not more than
eight (8) weeks after the issuance of the warrant. The
time of the execution within such week shall be left to the
discretion of the Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary.
No previous announcement of the day or hour of the exe-