Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-07-04
moved from Office in the same man.
ner as for the neglect Of any duty.

COfAliiioSlOlcIS may dtiOH ony
not exceeding fifty dollars per year.
to be paid out of the county treasul y
for the support OF any IDIOT or luna
tic having legal settlement in any
township of the county, and who is
not supported by the county, in the
Jail or poor house.
SEC. 81. The taxsble costs and ex-
penses, TO De ps;i under the provis-
ions of this act, shall be as follows:
To the justice with whom the
statement is filed, one dollar and fif-
ty cents.
To the other justice one dollar.
To the medical witness, who shall
make out a certificate as required
by the sixteenth section Of this act,
three dollars.
To the other witnesses and con-
stable, the same fees as are allowed
by law for the like services in other
cases.
To the clerk OF the court Of COM
mon pleas, in the case Of each luna
tic found by the inquest to be enti-
tied to admission into the asylum,
or sent TO the asylum upon the
clerks certificate, two dollars; and
the amount of postage upon all COM
munications TO and from the super
intendent, which said clerk is here
by required to pay. In the case of
other lunatics and of idiots, where.
in he shall act, one dollar each.
To each person employed by the
clerk to commit lunatic or idiot to
the poor house or Jail, seventy-fve
cents per day.
To the superintendent Of the poor
house, or jailor, for keeping any idi-
OF or lunatic, thirty-seven and one
half cents per day.
To the sheriff, for taking a patient
to the asylum or removing one there
from, upon the warrant OF the clerk,
mileage, going and returning, at the
rate OF ten cents per mile, and seven
ty-fve cents per day for the sup
port Of each patient, on his way TO or
from the asylum.
To each assistant allowed by the
clerk. and accompanying the sheriff,
mileage, at the rate of eight cents
per mile, for going and returning
The computation in both instances
to be made from the county seat to
the asylum by the nearest route usu-
ally travelled.
If there be no physician employed,
for stated time, to attend the Jail or
poor house, the clerk may employ a
physician to attend an idiot or lunatic
confined therein, and the physician
so employed shall receive CON-
pensalion not exceeding the rate OF
two dollars per day; provided that
the county commissioners may, il
they deem it proper, increase or d.
minish the same.
The cost specified in this section
shall be paid out of the county treas
ury, upon the certificate of the clerk
and the order Of the county auditor.
Sec. 81. The terms insane and lu-
natic, as used in this act, include ev-
cry species OF insanity or mental de-
rangement.
The term idiot is restricted to a
person foolish from birth-one sup
posed TO be naturally without a
mind.
A person with a family is one who
has wife and child, or either.
The words "needy circumstances" !"
when applied to a person without FAM
lily. shall mean one whose estate, after
payment Of his debts and excluding
from the estimate such part of his es-
tate as is exempt from execution, is
worth less in cash than five hundred dol
lars; and the same words when applied
to person having a family, shall mean
one whose estate, estimated as aforesaid,
is worth less in cash, after payment of
his debts and the support of his family
for one year, than one thousand dollars:
Provided that when the said words are
applied to a married woman, her estate,
and that of her husband, shall be esti-
mated as aforesaid, and the amount
shall determine the question as afore.
said, whether she be in needy circum-
stances or not, within the meaning OF
this act.
State patients are those supported in
the asylum at the expense of the State;
pay patients are those supported in the
asylum by their friends, or from the
proceeds Of their own property.
Every word in this act importing the
masculine gender, shall extend and be
applied TO females, as well as males;
and any word importing the singular
number only, or the plural number on
ly, may be applied to one person or
thing, as well as to several persons or
things.
SEC. SO. The act entitled Gan act
to provide for the safe keeping of idiots,
lunatics, or Insane persons, the man.
agement of their affairs and for other
purposes" passed March 9th, 1888, ex-
cept the seventeenth section thereof,
which relates to guardians of deaf and
dumb persons, (Collated Stat. p. 567;)