1258                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 624

People's Court for Montgomery County, at either a state hospital
or an institution maintained by Montgomery County. TO RE-
PEAL AND REENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, SECTION
13(A) OF ARTICLE 52 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND (1964 REPLACEMENT VOLUME), TITLE JUS-
TICES OF THE PEACE," SUBTITLE "CRIMINAL JURIS-
DICTION," TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMITMENT OF
ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG ADDICTS BY TRIAL MAGIS-
TRATES AND JUDGES OF THE PEOPLE'S COURT FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AND BY THE MUNICIPAL
COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY, AT EITHER A STATE
HOSPITAL OR AT AN INSTITUTION MAINTAINED BY
THAT COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 49 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume), title "Chancery," subtitle "Inebriates,"
be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

49. Committing alcoholic or drug addict charged with criminal

offense.
When any person charged with the commission of a criminal

offense is shown to the satisfaction of the judge before whom he is
brought to be suffering from acute or chronic alcoholism, or who is
habitually addicted to the use of narcotic drugs as that term is

defined in Section 276 of Article 27 of this Code as amended from

time to time, the said judge may commit him to one of the State

hospitals for treatment and observation, under such terms and con-
ditions as he may determine; provided, that no such commitment

shall be made except by one of the judges of the Supreme Bench of

Baltimore City or of the circuit court for any county [.] or, in cases
arising in Montgomery County, of the People's Court of Montgomery
County; provided further, that in Montgomery County commitment
may also be made to an institution or hospital maintained by that

county. In the case of a user of narcotic drugs, the commitment

shall be made by the judge only after consultation with the superin-

tendent of the mental hospital to which commitment is to be

made.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect

July 1, 1968.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY OF MARYLAND, THAT SECTION 13 (A) OF AR-
TICLE 52 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
(1964 REPLACEMENT VOLUME), TITLE "JUSTICES OF THE
PEACE," SUBTITLE "CRIMINAL JURISDICTION," BE AND
IT IS HEREBY REPEALED AND REENACTED, WITH
AMENDMENTS, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

13. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

(A) JURISDICTION AND GENERAL POWERS—THE SEV-
ERAL TRIAL MAGISTRATES OF THE STATE OF MARY-
LAND ARE HEREBY VESTED WITH, AND SHALL HAVE