Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-15
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Public los.
AN ACT organize Institution for the Insane of the
Army and Navy, and OF the District of Columbia in the
Be emactei by Senate aad House Of Representatives.
OF tie Lad states Of 41,jco IN Compress assembled, That
pi al for the Insane and is objects shall be the most hu
AMI enlightened curative treatment of the insane
of the army ard navy Of he United States, and of the
SEC. And &c tur:as enacted That nine citizens of
of The United States shalt constitute Board of Visitors
of the hosl The term of office of three of the
vsnrS shall exp tile! tn rteIh day of June, eigh-
hundred aud tfy Seven, and ally thereafter
or three ther zeis app"n ted in t:r stead The order
in which the IF office of the first nine appntees
shall expire shall be determined by lot and slu any
vacancy by death gnarion, oheSe. such
eaney shall be filed by apontlnent for the unsxpired
the approval of The Secrear of The INTERIOR make
any neediu bTnws FOR the g'vernmn f themselves and
tents moi Inconsistent with this act ,kc Consti
and laws of the United States they shall the
hospital at stated periods and exercise careful super
over its expenditures and general operations that
Correctness homogeneous they shall
ally TO the Secretary of the Interior for the
cedng ending June threIh setting forth the condi-
ton and wants of the institution The Board shall elect
one of their number President who shall preside at their
meetings for year, till II is elected. The
Office of visitor shall be honorary and without conpensa
tiGn.
SEC 81 And be further enacted That the chief
tive icer Of the institution shall be superintendent,
salary Of thousand hundred dollars per
mum. The superintendent shall be weeducaed physi
clan, competent in the and
of the insane; he shall reside the premises, and
he SHALL subject the approval of the VISITORS engage
and discharge all need and usual employees in the
their wages and duties he Shall be the responsible So
bnrs agen. Of the institution, and shall be exofco
of The Board of VISITORS and he shall give bond
the faithful performance of his duties in sseh and
with such securities be required by the Secretary of
SEC 4. A be further enacted That the order of the
authorize the endent to receive insane persons
long to army and navy respectively and keep them in
custody TIL they are cured or removed by the same
thnrity which ordered their reception
SEC And be itturtter esdceed That all the INDECENT
insane persons ding in the District of Columbia the
time they became shall be entitled The benefits of
the Secretary of Interior VIII oh he may grant
process of law showing the person be insane and able
if they have family under the vsitat of insanity
SEC. g. And be further eaucted, That whenever there
ceved rate of board be determined by visitors
but 10 be in les than the actual cost of their sup
Ind be rler ensctea That all appropriations
o, h d oy n9grf Ir Inc support {" Inc on
Secretary of the INTERIOR and shall be disbur and
SIC 4nI be = tsrtle<t e'sesI That this act shall
sand eight hundred and hf.y-hve
Approved, March B. 1868.
Public 1857
AN ACT making Appropriations for the Service of the
PosOice Department during the fiscal year ending the
thrteth Of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Be enGced By tile Senate and Aouse Of Representatives
Of tue United Suites Of Amerc9 In Congress assensbIed That
ated for the service of the PostOce Department.
year ending the thrtieh of June thousand eight hum
bred and ffyx, of any moneys in the treasury ars
ing from the Of the said department. conorm
ty to the act of the second of July Thousand eight
hundred and thirty ski
For transportation of the mails, five million nine hum
bred and eghtyone thousand nine hundred and thirty
eight dollars.
For the transportation States mail over the
Michigan Central Railroad, give hundred and eighteen
miles, from the ninth June eighteen hundred forty
nine, to the twentyeghth November, of the year.
five thousand hundred and seventy dollars and
sixty cents.
For compensation to posmasters, two million one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars;
For ship Steamboat and way letters twenty thousand
For wrapping paper forty-eight thousand dollars;
FGr Office furniture the p0sofces, six thousand five
hundred dollar;
For advertising, hundred thousand dollars;
For nail-ba4s, fly four thousand dollars;