estimate and 2153. He must estimate, quarterly in advance, Must the probable expenses of the Asylum, and submit expenses such estimate to the Directors, at their stated meet- report to ings, for their consideration and approval. Directors. 2154. The annual salary of the Medical Superin- Salary. tendent is thirty-five hundred dollars. 2155. He must execute an official bond in the sum Bond. of twenty thousand dollars. NOTE.-See Sec. 947, et seq., ante. Stats. 1871-2, p. 845. An Act in relation to the Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum. [Approved April 1st, 1872.] [Enacting clause.] SECTION 1. The Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum may attend the annual meetings of the Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, and his expenses, not to exceed four hundred dollars per annum, must be audited and allowed by the Board of Examiners, and paid out of the State Treasury. SEC. 2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage. ARTICLE III. ASSISTANT PHYSICIANS. SECTION 2165. Qualifications. 2166. Term of office. 2167. General duties. 2168. Senior Assistant, when to act as Medical Superin tendent. 2169. Salaries. tions. 2165. The Assistant Physicians must be graduates Qualificain medicine. office. 2166. Their term of office is four years from and Term of after their appointment. the duties. 2167. They must perform the duties and exercise General powers prescribed by the Medical Superintendent or the by-laws. Senior Assistant, 2168. During the absence or disability of the Medi when to act cal Superintendent the Assistant longest in commission as Medical Superin tendent. Salaries. must perform his duties and exercise his powers. 2169. The annual salary of each Assistant Physician is twenty-five hundred dollars. ARTICLE IV. Member of Board not eligible. Tenure of office. General duties of. Salary. Bond. TREASURER. SECTION 2179. Member of Board not eligible. 2179. 2180. Tenure of office. 2181. General duties of. 2182. Salary. 2183. Bond. No member of the Board of Directors is eligible to the office of Treasurer. 2180. The Treasurer holds his office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 2181. It is the duty of the Treasurer: 1. To act as Secretary of the Board of Directors; 2. To keep the accounts of the Board and of the receipts and expenditures; 3. To report on the first Monday in each month to the State Board of Examiners a statement under oath of the expenses of the preceding month; 4. To perform such other duties as may be required of him by the by-laws or Board of Directors. 2182. The annual salary of the Treasurer is six hundred dollars. 2183. He must execute an official bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. NOTE.-See Sec. 947, et seq., ante. ARTICLE V. GENERAL PROVISIONS. SECTION 2193. Salaries, when and out of what Fund payable. 2195. Restrictions upon residence of physicians. 2198. Insane convicts; reception and return of. 2199. Restrictions upon admission of non-residents. 2200. Disposition of moneys unexpended at discharge or death of patient. 2193. The salaries and compensation fixed by the Salaries,, provisions of this Chapter must be paid monthly out of the moneys appropriated for the support of the Asylum. when and Fund out of what payable. and filing of official bonds. 2194. The official bonds required by the provis- Approval ions of this Chapter must be approved by the Board of Directors, and filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. NOTE.-See Sec. 947, et seq., ante. 2195. The Medical Superintendent and each Assistant Physician must reside on the Asylum grounds. 2196. The officers mentioned in the preceding section must not engage in the private practice of medicine, but must devote their whole time to the performance of their duties, unless granted leave of absence by the Board of Directors. Restricresidence of tions upon physicians. Restric tions upon business of physicians. of patients 2197. Insane persons received in the Asylum Discharge must upon recovery be discharged therefrom. on recovery 2198. Insane convicts must be received into the Insane Insane Asylum, and returned to the State again, as provided in Section 1230 of THE CODE. convicts; Prison reception and PENAL return of. Restric tions upon admission of nonresidents. Disposition of moneys unex pended at discharge 2199. No insane person, non-resident of this State, must be received into the Asylum unless he became insane within this State. NOTE. This provision meets the approval of Doctors Wilkins and Shurtleff. 2200. If at the time of the discharge of a person from the Asylum, or after the death and burial of any or death of person therein confined, there remains in the custody of the Directors or Treasurer any moneys paid for the support or maintenance of such person, it must, upon demand, be repaid. patient. NOTE. This payment to be made to the person who made the deposit, or other person legally entitled to it, only. Examination, before whom. ARTICLE VI. EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF INSANE PERSONS. SECTION 2210. Examination, before whom. 2211. Two witnesses. 2212. Two physicians. 2213. Witnesses, duty of. 2214. Physicians, duty of. 2216. To be made on forms, etc. 2217. Action of Judge. Commitment. 2218. Sheriff to deliver insane person, commitment, etc., at Asylum. 2219. Money found on insane person to be delivered at Asy lum. 2220. Idiots, imbeciles, etc., not to be admitted. 2221. Fees of Sheriff. 2222. Fees of physicians. 2210. Whenever it appears by affidavit to the satisfaction of a magistrate of the county that any person within the county is so far disordered in his mind as to endanger health, person, or property, he must issue and deliver to some peace officer for service a warrant, directing that such person be arrested and taken before any Judge of a Court of record within the county for examination. witnesses. 2211. When the person is taken before the Judge Two he must issue subpoenas to two or more witnesses, best acquainted with such insane' person, to appear and testify before him at such examination. physicians. 2212. The Judge must also issue subpoenas for at Two least two graduates of medicine to appear and attend such examination. duty of. 2213. At the examination the persons subpoenaed Witnesses, must appear and answer all questions pertinent to the matter under investigation., duty of 2214. The physicians must hear such testimony, Physicians, and must make a personal examination of the alleged insane person. of 2215. The physicians, after hearing the testimony Certificate and making the examination, must, if they believe physicians. such person to be dangerously insane, make a certificate, under their hand, showing as near as possible: 1. That such person is so far disordered in his mind. as to endanger health, person, or property; 2. The premonitory symptoms, apparent cause or class of insanity, the duration and condition of the disease; 3. The nativity, age, residence, occupation, and previous habits of the person; 4. The place from whence the person came, and the length of his residence in this State. To be made on forms, 2216. The certificate must be made in the form prescribed by, and, if they can be had, upon blanks etc. furnished by the Medical Superintendent of the Asylum. Action of Judge. 2217. The Judge, after such examination and certificate made, if he believe the person so far disordered Commitin his mind as to endanger health, person, or property, 50-VOL. I. ment. |