The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-10-06

- Be IL enacted by the General As'sm-
SO so iaDitant OF this State /
,o25 an habitual drunk |
6.OT may petition the |
AIS y of the residence OF /
~ % 1t Court OF Baltimore |
10 xard resides therein. |
1 800 kard at the expense |
az 20 20 fillmore, to such insti- |
rs on ment of drunkenness, |
81 81 guate; which petition |
age and condition OF |
nd that such drunkard |
,so5e Is Joining are not rnan-
pense of his cure, and
800 ling and will agree to
a., r the cure of drunken
5225 Ill be verified by the
10 rs est, and shall contain
90 ~ written agreement OF
250 take such treatment
$40 Institution administer
20 a. les of three taxpayers
5525 dence, or Of Baltimore
80 n stating that they are
"a ~ ~e ct forth in the petition,
FL % with the financial cir
$50 ard and of the petition
ID case for assistance
<937 he said habitual drunk
ss6 -'>y, if he resides there
2o1 on is filed, any Judge
m to in section one,
80 lination that the facts
- 81 :e true, and that the
-. ~ resident of the county
10 tx months next proceed
~ that such drunkard of
~ to take suoh treatment,
kard TO some institution
less; provided, said instt-
State OF Maryland, and
lch institution will agree
sum not to exceed one
UGH court shall not be COM
Il habitual drunkard to any
a lower bid than the sum
less in their Judgment the
drunkerd shall be promoted
id Judge of the circuit Court
re an order that the expense
paid out OF the treasury Of
II ity of Baltimore, the case
ne manner that other claims
ty or city OF Baltimore for the
- Justice are paid; provided that
city OF Baltimore shall be requir
habitual drunkard to any
~ medical trea tment Of drunken
at its expense.
revision of this act shall be at any
in any way abrogating, limit
ing the powers Of Judges OF the
under section Al article 16, of the
4 General Laws, providing for the
\ coin 5inebriates.
f N-[S,Ec T. he officers OF whatever Institutions
may be designated for the treatment OF the habit
ual drunkards, payment for whose cure is pro.
yided by this act, shall become sworn officers OF
the court committing said habitual drunkards to
their caro-, and shall have power to, eniorce such
rules as may be necessary for the administration
of treatment to the patient provided for and
created by this act but they shall receive no fee
or compensation from any county or the city OF
Baltimore, other than the sum provided and
limited by section OF this act.
SEC. z A drunkard, as mentioned in the fore
going sections OF this act, shall be deemed to
include any person who has acquired the habit
..-- Of using spIituous malt or fermened liquors
cocain- - liner narcotics to such degree as
to deprive him or her of reasonable self control.
SEC g.. and be IT enacted That this act shall
take effect from the date OF It's passage.
Approved April Sd, 1894.
Now as habitual drunkards are the
inevitable outcome of liquor saloons,
it is a very pertinent question at this
time, whether under the humane
provisions of this Act the tax payers
Of Cecil county are willing to con-
tinue the license system, and pay the
expense OF the treatment of such
habitual drunkards, as may in the
future desire to take such medical
treatment which their friends are
not able to pay for.
1t will be noticed that the Act in
question, treats drunkenness as a
disease and puts the diseased man
upon the same plane as the sufferer
1o,,, onv ordinary af1ictjon
Now the humanity of the law we
don't object to, but we do seriously
object to placing the cost of such
treatment upon the tax paying prop
erty holders of the county. They
nothing to do in the inhiction
sudisease Of drunkenness except
Eture fh1siadirectly help to pro-
Now if the EXPENSE ut tor the
\ drunkards medically were s y,
posed by the Act in question, unon
a. saloon keepers, we sbap1d l
oil TN. q, once nee the law, as both just
~ Is a. co. saloons 0lace the burden
S.hsir owners