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interest of such drunkard shall be promoted thereby; and the said
judge of the circuit court shall thereupon make an order that the
expense of such treatment be paid out of the treasury of the county
or the city of Baltimore, as the case may be, in the same manner
that other claims against such county or city of Baltimore for the
administration of justice are paid; provided, that no county or city
of Baltimore shall be required to send the same habitual drunkard to
any institution for the medical treatment of drunkenness a second
time at its expense.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the several Board of
County Commissioners, the County Councils, and the Department
of Public Welfare in Baltimore City, as the case may be, are au-
thorized and directed after the effective date of this Act to collect
and account for all monies as due to them respectively pursuant to
the sections contained in this Act prior to its enactment, as if it
had not been enacted.

Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after July 1,
1958, the Department of Mental Hygiene is authorized and directed to
adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as in its judgment
and discretion will progressively and effectively bring the provisions
of this Act into full effect, with a minimum of inconvenience to
State and local offices, agencies and officials, during the year begin-
ning July 1,1958, and ending June 30, 1959. Such rules and regula-
tions shall not in any event be effective after June 30, 1959, it being
the legislative intent that the provisions of this Act become fully
effective and applicable not later than July 1, 1959.

Approved April 4, 1958—10:30 a.m.

CHAPTER 70
(House Bill 16)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 (2)
of Article 73-B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Pensions", and to add new Section 42 (11 A) 46 to said
Article

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OF THE CODE, UNDER THE NEW SUB-TITLE "AD-
VISORY INVESTMENT COMMITTEE" RELATING TO THE
VARIOUS STATE RETIREMENT systems, and the Boards of

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