The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-05-11

| 10 uelFay reasonable cAdfgeS IN case Oh -
elopement and to reimburse funeral ezpens-
/ es in the case of = death.
Witness our hands and seals, this day
- A. D., l8-- --, LIS.
SEC. lS. If there shall be balance in the
treasury of the institution to the credit Of the
patient removed from the asylum, the treasur-
er shall pay it to the person authorized to re-
ceive the same.
SEC. IA If the clerk of the court of COM
mon pleas of the proper county shall transmit
| to the superintendent a certificate under his
official SEAL. setting forth that any patient in
the asylum is in needy circumstances within
the meaning of this act upon the receipt of
such certificate by the superintendent, such
such person shall be a state patient
III. ADMIssIoN OF STATE PATIENTS 6ec,.
Sec. l5 For the admission of state patients.
the, following proceedings shall be had
Some citizen residing in the proper county,
| shall file with justice of the peace of such
county, statement in writing, which shall be
substantially as follows:
State of Ohio, - county, S.
| The undersigned, citizen of the state of
Ohio residing in the said county, hereby
states as follows: - manning the person is
t.
duration, Tor his being at large is dangerous
to the safety of the community; be is in nee-
| dy circumstances, and has legal settlement
| in township, in this county, and an inhabit-
ant of the state of Ohio. These facts can bes
proved by =, and -, naming at least two
persons, one of whom shall be a respectable
lphysician-
Dated this - day Of =, A. D. -
4 A.
| 2, The justice shall thereupon issue sub
poenas for the persons named as Witnesses
and such other persons as he may think prop
er, commanding them to appear before him
at specified time, to testify concerning the
facts set forth in said statement. Subpeenas
may also be be issued for witnesses in behalf
of the person alleged to be insane.
3. Before the time specified for the appear
ance of tine Witnesses the justice, with some
other Justice of the vicinity and of the same
county, shall visit the person alleged to be
insane.
A. At the time appointed, (unless the in
vestigation shall be adjourned over to some
other tiyne,) the said justice shall proceed to
examine the witnesses in attendance. At
/ least one of the witnesses examined shall be a
respectable physician
/ SEC 49, If after such visit and inquest. the
justices shall be satisfied of the truth of the
| facts set forth in the statement they shall re-
quire the medical witnesses forthwith to make
out certificate, such as is required for pay
patients by the twelfth section of this act;--l
they shall likewise, themselves forthwith make
out a bill of the costs of this inquest, as fixed
| by this act and also a certificate, which shall
be substantially as follows:
The State of Ohio, county, IS.
The undersigned, justices of the peace in
and for the county aforesaid, hereby certify
4 that we have visited -, of said county aper-
son alleged to be insane, and have this day
held an inquest in regard to him, according to
law. We are satisfied that he is insane; that
he has legal settlement in - township. in
this county, ard he is citizen of the state of.
Ohio; that he is fit subject to be sent to
the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, to undergo treat
ment therein; that he is in needy circum-
stances, within. the meaning of the act relating
to idiots and lunatics, and that his disease isof
less than two years duration; In the disease
has continued longer than two years, omit the
words '.less than two years duration" and IN
i sert the following in their place: more than
two years. duration; but we are well satisfied
that his being atlarge would be dangerous to
the safety Of the community.
/ Witness our hands, this - day Of A. D.
j.. A. B.
i ell
Sec. II. II, after such visit and inquest,
the justices shall not be satisfied of the exist
ence of either of either of the facts necessary
to be certified to entitle the person allegedto,
be insane to admission into the asylum, they
shall make out certificate in the same form
with that required by the preceding section Of
this act; setting forth the necessary facts Of
which they are satisfied, and the necessary
fact or facts which are not established to their
satisfaction The medical witness shall also
make out certificate, as above required.
SEC Is. Immediately after the inquest the
justices shall transmit to the clerk Of the court
of common pleas of such county, the said state
ment, in writing. the bill Of costs their certi6-
cate and that Of the medical witness. The
clerk shall label file, and carefully preserve
the same.
/. Sec. 10. The justice With whom the state
ment is fled, shall make docket entry Of the
proceedings. -
Il SEC 20 The clerk of the court Of common
pleas, upon receiving the certificate Of the two