The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-01
O., MONDAY EVENING, JULY /, 1850.
witness our hands and seals, this,

II. 81
D. 81
SEC. l3, If there shall be balance in
the treasury Of the institution to the credit
Of patient removed from the asylum, the
treasurersbal pay tito the person authoriz-
ed torceiye the same y 7i' iifsa
SEC. III IL the clerk of the court of
common pleas of the proper county shall
transnlita Ito the superintendent certificate,
under his official seal, setting forth that any
patient in the asylum is Ia needy circum-
Stances within the meaning Of this act,
upon the eFeceipt Of such certificate by the
superintendent, such person shall be a State
, patient. lsW s'ao8ws
III. ADMISSION OF STATE PATIENTS, &c.
SEC. l5S For the admission of State pa
tients, the following proceedings shall be
had: Sonie citizen residing in the proper
county shall file with Justice of the peace
. of ch.seounty,a statement, in writing,
which sEAllbe substantially as follows:
State df Ohio, ---- county, IS.
The lugdersigned, citizen Of the State Of
Ohio, residingin the said county, hereby states
as follons: namingthe personl is insane.
His insahityis Of less than two years dura-
tion, ,lcriIis being at large is dangerous to the
safety Of tbe community; he is in needy
circumstances, and hasa legal settlement in
- township, il, this county, and an in
habitant of the State of Ohio. These facts
can be 1eoyed by ---, and -, NAM
ing at least two persons, one of whom shall
be respectable physician.l Dated this
- dafof --, A. d. ---
A. B.
. 2. The justice shall thereupon issue sub
po,nas fpr the persons named as witnesses,
and such other persons as he may think prop
er, commanding them to appear before him
alta Specified time, to testify concerning the
facts SCI forth in said statement. SubpGnas
may also be issued for witnesses in behalf Of
the person alledged to be insane.
3. BefcFetthe time specified for the APP
pearanSe OF the witnesses, the justice,
with some other justice of the vicinity and
OF the shme county, shall visit the person
alledged TO be insane.
a.. AZ the time appointed, (unless the in
vestigstion shall be adjourned over TO some
other time, J the said justices shall proceed
to examine the Witnesses in attendance. At
least one Of the witnesses examined shall he
a respectable physician.
SEE, 10. If, after such visit and inquest,
the justices shall be satisfied of the truth of
the facts set forth in The statement, they
shall require the medical witness forthwith
q to make out certificate, such as is required
for pay patientsby the twelfth section Of this
act !; they shall likewise, themselves, forth
with make out a bill of The costs Of this in
quest,bs fixed by this act, and also eertifi-
cate, which shall be substantially as follows:
The State of Ohio, - county, IS. :
The Undersigned, justiceso of the peace in
and fpt The county aforesaid, hereby certify
that we'iaye visited -, Of said county, a
person Slledged TO be insane, and have this
day held an inquest in regard TO him, accord
ing to law. We are satisfied tina: he is in
sane; that he has a legal settlement in -
township, in this county, and is citizen of
the State "f Ohio; that he is fit subject 10
be sent TO the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, to un-
dergo treatment therein; that he is in needy
circumstances, within the meaning of this
act relating to idiots and lunatics and that
his disease is of less than Two years dura-
tion Iifthe disease has continued longer
than two years, omit the words " less than
two years duration" and insert the follow
ing in their place: more than two years du-
ration but we are we'll satisfied that his
being at large would be dangerous 10 the
safety OF the community m
Witness our hands, this - day of -
A. d. -.
A. B.
C. d.
Sec. II. II. after such visit and inquest,
the justices shall not be satisfied Of the ex-
istence Of either Of the facts necessary to be
certified, to entitle the person alledged 10 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 krth the necessary facts
Of which they are satisfied, and the neces.
sary fact or facts which are not established to
their satisfaction. The medical witness shall
also make out certificate, as above requir-
ed. IN f'4 N+4 ssNeUg
SEC, Is. Immediately after the inquest,
the Justices shall transmit to the clerk Of the
court Of common pleas Of such county, the
said statement. in writing, the bill Of costs,
their certificate. and that of the medical
witness. The clerk shall label, file, and care
fully preserve the same.
SEC. 10. The justice with whom the
statement is filed, shall make docket entry
of the proceedings.
SEC. 20. The clerk of the court Of COM
mon pleas, upon receiving the certificate of
the two justices and Of the medical witness.
made out according to the sixteenth section
Of this act, shall forthwith apply TO the su.
perintendent for the admission OF such per-
son into the asylum. He shall al the same
time transmit copies, under his official seal,
of said certificates. Upon receiving the ap-
plication, and said certificates, the superin.
tendent shall Immediately advise the clerk
whether the patient can be received, and if
SO, at what time. The clerk shall thereapon,
in due season for the conveyance Of such
person to the asylum by .he time appointed,
issue bis warrant TO the sheriff, or any other
suitable person, commanding him forthwith
TO arrest such insane person and convey him
to the Ohio Lpnatic Asylum. II the clerk
be satisfied Of lis necessity, be may author
ize one or more assistants TO be employed.
Said dwarTant shOll be substantially as follows:
The State Of Ohio ----- county, IS, ieiFl
Office Of the Clerk Of the Court Of Com
mon pleaR AZ