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thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and imprisoned in the county jail or
the House of Correction for not less than one year nor more than
two years. One half of the fines imposed by a circuit court shall
be paid to the clerk of the court for use as provided in § 5 of Article
38, and the other half to the county commissioners for general
county purposes. A certified transcript from the docket of the [jus-
tice of the peace] District Court or a certified copy of the record,
under seal, of the clerk of any court shall be sufficient evidence of a
previous conviction or convictions under any section of this subtitle.

In Crisfield the penalty shall be a fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars, or confinement in the House of
Correction for not less than six months nor more than two years, or
both, for each and every offense. In Wicomico County the penalty
shall be a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than
three months nor more than six months, or both, for each offense.

Section 4. And be it further enacted, That Sections 192 and
197(1) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Re-
placement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Enforce-
ment," be and they are hereby repealed.

Section 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 306(a) of
Article 2C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement
Volume, 1971 Supplement), title "Alcoholism," subtitle "Prevention
of Alcoholism and Rehabilitation of Alcoholics," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

306. Civil commitment.

(a) A judge of the circuit court in equity [, trial magistrate,
substitute trial magistrate or judge of the people's court of] and the
District Court in the county in which a detoxification unit is lo-
cated, or of the county wherein the patient resides, or, if he has no
residence, the county from which he came to the unit, [or a judge
of the Circuit Court or Municipal Court of Baltimore City as the case
may be,] on a petition of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene, or his
delegate, or on a petition of the governing body of a subdivision, or
its delegate, if the detoxification unit is a local government facility,
filed and heard before the 5-day period of detention for detoxification
expires, may order a person to be temporarily committed further for
detoxification or inpatient treatment and care for a period not to
exceed 30 days from the date of admission to a detoxification unit if,
sitting without a jury, he determines that the person (1) is a chronic
alcoholic, and as a result of chronic or acute intoxication is (2) in
immediate danger of substantial physical harm and (3) unable to
make a rational decision about accepting assistance. A patient so
committed shall be released without the necessity of court permission
as soon as, in the judgement of the medical officer in charge of the
facility wherein he is detained, he is once again able to make a
rational decision about accepting assistance, unless he chooses volun-
tarily to remain. He shall be encouraged to consent to further treat-
ment and rehabilitation.

Section 6. And be it further enacted, That Sections 1, 12, 13, 21,
30, 39, 42 and 43 of Article 5, Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume, and, as to Sections 1, 21 and 39, 1971 Supple-