IN .lC1relating to AaJitual dy4nhards
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BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma
ryland, That from and after the passage of this
law, habltual drunkenness shall be, and hereby
is declared to be misdemeanor, and as such, the
subject of presentnent and indictment in the
several Courts of this state having criminal .ill-
risdiction.


And be it further enacted, That all persons
who shall hereafter be convicted in any of the
said Courts, of s'Habitual Drunkenness" shall
be considered and treated as Lunatics, and the
Court before whom said conviction shall take
place, shall have, and exercise all the powers
over the person and estates Of the said person so
convicted as are now legally exercised by the
chancellor in cases of Lunatics, by the visitation
of God


And be it further enacted, That in case said
convict shall not have sufficient means to main
tain him or her in the Hospital of the state, he
or she shall be committed to the Alms-IIouse of
the county, for such length oftime as the Court
may in their discretion, think proper under all
the circumstances of the case, aud the said con.
vct shall be treated, whilst in the hms-IIo,ise,
i'll such manner, and subjected to such restrsnts
ofhis or her liberty. and such exercises and en-
ployment, as the physician to tie institution may
prescribe for his or her restoration to health