The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-06-05

{ other cases Tor the commitment Of insnnl
persons to the asylum. Aad belure dis
charging any patient, The superintendent o
5 the asylum may, 10 his discretion, require
| bond TO be executed TO che Sln,e Of Ohio, il
such sum and such sureties as he mayedeen
proper, for the safe keeping of such patient
and no patient who has committed homicide
shall be discharged without the consent O
/ ihe-supe and the written dismis
sion Of maJority Of lhe board Of directors
S And no person who mas be under chatge 70
homicide, or for any crime or misdemeano
a punishable by confinement in the Penilcmi
G ary,. shall be admitted into the said yium
e Ewihoat an mqulsniln Of lpnacy as ubovr
. prescribed. ptoVousiy had.
SIC. 56 For all debts due the nnati,
!. asylum. anaclionEmly be maiutaiaedia III,
ri nane Of fz'Frhe Superintendent uf the Ohir
5 Lnnaiic Asylum" and il the action rs no
Il founded upon sealed instrument, il mny be
; in assGmpsii, and the declaration, if auy j.
! necessary, in the common counts; and il
any action upon any bond given for The sup
+, port or expenses Of pay patient, or in any
, other action for the support OF expenses Of {
patient, OF lor lhe expenses of his remova
, from The institution, the aeeout thereof, Of
ticially certified by The superintendent Ul
treasurer, shall be pr'tna lacie evidence of The
, Indebtedness, and interest shall be chargeas
ble from he time the Indebtedness accrued
SEC. 81. Prosecuting auQrneys sh4llatont
10 all sHils instituted in behalf Of the
/, asylum aud shall be entitled to compensa
ton OF FIVE pcr cent. on alisums collected fol
the asylum. -t -s# sr s.
SIC! 58 The superintendent may provide
an official seal for the sSlum, upon which
shall be the words "Ohlo Lunalic Asyum;'
the impression of said seal tt II certificate OF
account 10. whichtho signature ofthc sup3r-
Iintendent is annexed, shall be pfma faco
evidence that such signature is thu proper
, baud writing Of the superintendent.
J SEC So II any clerk shall neglect 20 per
, form any duties enjoncdupon him by hia
act, shall be remoysdirun olfiee in the same
manner as for neglect of any duty
, SEC. 90. The board of county commits
, s'onors mny allow any SUN not exceeding
, Fifty dollars per year, TO be paid out Of TO
county Treasury, for the support of any IDIOT
Or lnnatic having legal settlement in any
township ofthe counyani who is moi sup.
ported by the county, in the iii or poor
house. H2@
SEc. G1 The taxable cost and oxbcnscs,
TO be paid ander the provisions Of this act,
hall be us follows:
10 the justice with whom the statements
filed, one Gollor and fifty cents
Fo the other Justice, one dollar.
10 the medical witness, who shnI mike
oat u certificate as'required by the sixteenth
section Of this act, three dollars.
10 the other Witnesses and constable, tie
same fees as are allowed by law for the like
services in other cases.
I To tae clerk Of The court Of common pleas
in tho case ut each lunalic found by Nc n.
quest 10 be entitIeds TO admission into The
asylum, or sent the asylum upon the cIer, 5
certificate, two dollars; and the amount OF
fpeslago upon all communications Ia ana from
the perlntendcnt, which said clcrh Is here
by required TO pay. In the case Of other
Iluna'ieS andof idinls, wherein he shall act
one dollar oach
To oach person employed by tho clerk to
commit u Iunatic or idiot to tho poor house
| or jail, seventy five ceni5 per duy.
! 10 the. superintendent oil The poor hnuic,
or Iaiior, Tor keeping any idiot on ttilatic,
thlTty seven and ono hti cents per day.
r 10 the shorlti for taking a patient tn Tho
asylum or removing ono furofrotn, upon the
warrant OF the clerk, nlicago going nad re-
'nfhiDg, at the rate Of ten cents per mile aud
seven'y-tiVo cents per day for the snppon of
each patient on his wnyto or from the asy-
J Inn.
To each assistant allowed bv the clerk,
aud accompanying the sheriff, mileage, a, The
rate OF eight cents per mile, for goiag and
returning. The computation in both IN
stances 10 be made from tho county seat TO
the asylum by the nearest route usually
travelled
ltlhey be no physician employed, for
stated time, 10 nllond the Jail or poor housc,
the clelk may employ a physician 10 attend
any idiot or nhatic confined therein, and tho
physician 80 employed shall receive a com
pehsation not eXccecGing the rate Of two
dollars per day; provided that Ire county
comIn's'lonersnty, il they deem it proper,
increase or diminish the saine
The costs specified in this section shall be
paid out OF The county treasurer, upoa tho
certificate OF The clerk and The order of the
county auditor
SEC W. The terms insahe and lunatic, as
used ihthis acl include every species Of in
sanity or mental arrangement
The term idiot Is restricted TO n person
foolish from brth-one supposed 10 be nalusI
rally Without mind.
person with a family is one who has a
wife and child, or either
The wods "nccdy circumstancos,n when
applied 10 a person without family, shall
mean one whose estate, after paymonioi his
debts and excluding from the csGmitc such
part OF his estate as is exempt from exccu.
Etipn, is worth less IN cash than five hundred
dollATsi and tic slmo words when applied to n
person havinga lamiIy, shall meanone whose
csiaIe, estimated as aforesaid, is worth less
IN cash, after paypent Of his dGbts ana tho
support Of his family for one year, than one
thousand dollars: Provided that, when tic
said words are applied 10 Unmarried woman.
her estate, and tldpofh her husband, shall be
estimated as aforesaid, and the amount Sail
determine the question as alofesaid, whether
she BE in needy circumstances or not. within
The meaning Of this net,
State patients are those supported in tho
asylum at thoeXpcnso Of the State; pay pa-
rents are lhoso supported in ihc asylum by
Their friends, or from Tic proceeds Of lllcir
own properly.
Every word Id Ibis act importing lilo mas
cnlne gender, shall extend aud DO spplied