1430 LUNATICS AND INSANE. [ART. 59

1910, ch. 715, sec. 38 E (p. 191).

43. The lunacy commission shall have the power to appoint a
board of visitors for each county asylum, and almshouse where the
insane are confined. Said board of visitors shall consist of five persons
in good repute, two members of whom shall be women. Any member
of the board of visitors shall have power to visit and inspect every part
of the institution under their supervision. The board shall send a writ-
ten report of such visits monthly to the lunacy commission. The powers
of the board shall be limited to inspecting the institution under their
immediate supervision, recommending to the lunacy commission any
suggestions or criticisms which, in their opinion, are deemed for the
best interests of the patients. The members of the board of visitors
shall reside in the county in which the institution under their supervision
is located. The members of the board of visitors shall receive no com-
pensation for their services. The lunacy commission may change the
personnel or membership of said board of visitors at its pleasure.

1910, ch. 715, sec. 38 F (p. 192).

44. Whenever the board of directors of the penitentiary or house
of correction may deem it necessary they shall have full power to
summon the lunacy commission to examine and pass upon the mental
condition of the convicts, and if the convict or convicts so examined be
adjudged insane or feeble-minded by said commission, or a majority
thereof, and the removal of such convict or convicts be deemed advis-
able, said commission shall make complaint to the judge of either of the
criminal courts of Baltimore city, or any one of the criminal courts for
the several counties exercising criminal jurisdiction, who shall have the
power to order the removal of such insane or lunatic convict or convicts
to some insane asylum within the State. And all the expense incurred
in the removal and support of said insane or feeble-minded convict or
convicts shall be borne by the State.

1910, ch. 715, sec. 38 G (p. 192).

45. For each patient in any State hospital for the insane from
Baltimore city or any one of the counties in the State the said city
or county, as the case may be, shall as herein specified pay into the
state treasury the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the board,
care and treatment of such patient, and the remaining amount required
for the board, care and treatment of such insane person shall be paid
from the treasury of the State. The expense for the care, board and
treatment of all patients in the state hospitals for the insane shall be
a charge upon each county sending such patient or patients to the state
hospitals for the insane, as hereinafter provided. It shall be the duty
of the superintendent to furnish to the county treasurer of each county
having patients in the state hospitals for the insane a quarterly state-
ment, giving .the number of patients and the name of each patient com-
ing from and charged to such county, and the cost of maintenance due