The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-06-05

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shzlIbe ssttedOy th5 glIrd ian In Ike amer, am
like proceedings may Be had a. Is or may be REQUIRE
b. law for tho settlement Of the insOlveIt eslaIs Of
sscTlos 50. The foreign guardian Of foreign idO
0rlnnaic appointed in ahy other snte Of the unite.
esaseo. ot,Sa NY o ss TsT
Iltuats In this State, ga ko muner and with ike au
thodty guardians Of idiots sad upates Appoinle'
th0 courts % thls State, sft~r comph ing with II,
following regulations; !: An authenticated copy .
the foreign com mission Of idiocy OF lunaey proved
allowed AID recorded IN The county where such esAt
s Sitnais In ike manner as is may be provided bl
law for the admission 70 record of Authenticated
copy eta viii made IN auy OthSr ofIhe United States
9. Evidence saiiafsctoly 10 the court here before
whom such foreign commission Is approved, that such
idloey Iunaey still continues. .. The foregoing
guardian shall he his bond with surelies residing Ia
this sats cso whore TO tho acceptance ofthe court
eondloned tor tho faithful administration Ofhis guar
dianship, -. = ...
sErroN 81. Whenever the probate Judge shall be sa.
ef guardianship have been improperly issued ukde'
this act, no shall make entry upon the Journal that
.aid guardianship terminatei and the gaardianshp
shall thereupon cease and the accounts of the guardL
an shall be settled by the court.
SEcrIoS 50. lfany person in prison. charged with
eFtaae or misdemeanor, whether In needy eircum'
stanees or not shall at any time before Indictment
fund agaAst him, at the request OF any Citizen be
brought before an examining court IN the manner
provided by the act entitled "an actdirecting the mode
oftrlRl In examining courts, by whom such 20 ri:
shall be held, and the OF admitting bail IN
criminal cases, passed March IL, 1852, and IL It shall
be found BY the court that such person idlnt
or was Insane when he committed the OeDse, the said
court at their discretion shall proceed and the prison.
or shall be dealt th in like manner other idiots
and iunaties are required to be after inquest held
SECTION 81 IL any person in prison shall, after the
commission Of ohlense and before coHv icton. be-
insane whether he be In needy circumstances
not and whether indicted or not an examining court
may DO called In the provided in the act enti
tied .'an act directing tho mode Of tti in examining
courts, by whom such courts shall be heil. and the
OF admitting baiTin criminal cases, passed
nj Dch
person became insane after tho commission Of the
crime misdemean0r Of which he stands charged
indicted, and Is still HsAHe the said court shall pro
coed, and the prisoner shall for the time being, ard
unless restored TO reason, be dealt with In like man
ner rs other unatics arc required 10 be after inquest
had. Provided however, that IL such lunatic he dis
charged the bond given for his support and safe keep
Ing shall also be conditioned that said lunatc SHALL
ben restored to renson, answer to said crime or
nisIemeanOr. and abide the order Of the court in the
premises; and any such unaiic may when restored 10
reason, DO prosecuted for any ofense commiIted by
him previous ~ such insanity.
SECTION 81. Hths lunItc moatibnsf In I he pro.
ceealBg section shall he confined in tho asylum or
infrmary the superintendent whose cha rge he may
be sha as us such luaiic is restored 10 his rea
give notice thereof to the attorney Of
the proper county, AMI retain such lunuc in custody
for such reasonable time thereafter may be ncc's
sary for sud attorney TO Capus to issue and to
be served, and no longer; and such caias NAV he is
sued upon precpc h.el by said attorney with the
clerk o the court OF common pieas by virtue where.
of the said person restored reason be again
returned the Jail of the proper county, to aHswer
to tho offence alledged against him.
SECTION SIS. Whena person tried upon Indictment
for any crime miSlemeanOr. shall be acuuitte cd
the sole ground that he insane, the fact shall be
found by the jury 10 their verdict. and the prisoner
shall be dealt withas provided in tho two following
sections.
SECTION &c. lfthe prisoner Is not in needy clrcum-
cuinstances, and the court satisfied from the
ture of the offence or otherwise that it wouI be usual
TO permit the prisoner TO go at large, such sOner
shall be dealt with in the manner prov sd in the
tEenty-hth section OF this act
SECTION ST. Ifthc prisoner is needy in circumstan-
cos, the probate rdge shall proceed, and the PRISON.
er shall be dealt with In like manner othr insane
persons are required to be aer inquest had provi
dcd In the twenty fifth section.
SECTION S. II any person. ater being convicted of
any crime or misdememcanor, and before the execu-
tion in whole or in part of the sentence of the
court become insane II shall be the duty ofthe Gov
error OF the State to inquire into the facts ard he may
pardon such lunaic, or commute suspend, for the
time being, the execution, in such and for such
period as he may think proper. and may by his
rant 10 the sheriff of the proper county, ren Of
the Ohio PeniteHtiary, order such lunnac to be
Veyed to the Asylum and there kept It'll restored TO
bis reason If the sentence of any such lunatc is
pended by the Governor the sentence Othe shall
be executed upon him after such period suspension
hath EXPIRED unless otherwise directed by the Cover
ner.
SECTION 50. When any other person than those
described in the seven proceeding sections shalt b,
confined In Jail, and sha be insane, they may be pro-
ceeded against by the probate judge, and sent to the
asylum infrmaTy, or Jail or discharged, upon bod
fiven for their safe keeping and support or otherwise
in other
SECTION 60. Ifthe probate judge Sheriff orany 9th.
erperson charged with duties under this at shall
Eiect refuse to perform any such duties. he shall or-
felt sum not exceeding fifty dollars, be recovered
with by action under the establisha code
Of civil procedure passed March u 1853 in the name
Of the Superintendent, for the of the asylum In
his district, shall be removed fro office in the
same manner US for any other neglect Of duty. And
nany insane person shall be conveyed 10 the asylum.
before the shall have evs notice that
he be received ht reioI before provided no fees
commentator whatever "
whom he was so conveyed.
SECTION 81. ifany person conveying a:paent to the
asylum, under the provisions Of this act, shall convey
such patient in company with criminals going to tho
Pententiary, shall suffer such patient to drink
dent spirits the person so conveying him .and his assist
ants, shall forfeit all claim to the allowed
them by this act, and, shall be liable to the
penalty prescribed in section sixty ofthi' act.
SECTION GO. The board of county commissioners
may allow any sum not exceeding fifty dollars per
year. to be paid out ofthe county treasury for the sup
port idiot or lunac having legal settlement In
any township of the county and who is not supported
BY the county In the Jail or infrmary.
SECTION 63. The term insane and lunatic used
In this act, include every speciesOf insanity mental
arrangement The term idiot is restricted 10 person
foolish from his birth, one supposed to be naturally
without mind. person with family is one who has
awife and child, or either: Tho words ''needy cir
this get, shall be held to apply only to such persons
are described in the the y second section o this aet
and when applied to person without family, shall
mean one whose estate, after payment Of debts
and excluding from the estimate such part Of his es
tate is exempt frem execution, is worth less in cash
than five hundred dollars; and the same words when,
spilled to person having family. shall mean one
whose estIto estimated aforesaid, is worth less in
cash. amer payment Ofhis debts and the support of
sfamily for year, than thousand dollars; pro-
vtded that when said words applied 10 married
woman her estate, and that finer husband shall be
estimated aforesaid, and the amout determine the
question as aforesaid whether she be in needy crcum
stances or not, within the meaning of this act.
SECTION Ga. ftherc be no phyician ployed for |
stated time to attend Jail Ermary, the judge may
employ physician to attend any idiot lunatic conin
ed therein, and the physician s." employed shall re
ceive compensation not exceeding tho rate Of two
dollars per day. Provided, that the county commits |
sioners may II they deem it proper Increase dimn
tsh the same, which compensation shall in all be
paid out ofthe county treasury.
SECTION 65. All laws in force in relation to the |
"Oho Lunatc Asylum shall apply to all the Asy
lums herein named.
SECTION sc. The several Boards of Trustees having
charge OF the several Asy lums herein ned shall con
tDue In charge Of the said asylums with all the powers
they possess lt the several boards herein proyi
dsd for shall meet and organize.
SECTION 81 The saleries Of the superintendent and
other officers contemplated In this act shall be the
as the saeres now axed by law for the sane officers
In the "OhiO Lunatic Asylum"
SECTION SO. The act entitled 'an act To provide for
the goyernmen mt of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum and the
care Of idiots and tho nsane, passed March 10, 1sj0
and entitled tan act to amend an act entitled act
for the government of tho Ohio Lunatic Asylum. and
for the Of idiots and tho nsanc passed March 10
1885, which amendaory act was passed March I, 1851,
and The act entitled ian act to prove for the cree
tlon OF two additional Lunatc Asylums," passed |
april 90, 1852, be, and they arc hereby repealed.
SEcTIoE &c. All rights accrued and all proceedi ngs
now pending, shall in wise be effected by this act
force.
SECTION TO- This act shall take effect and be ia
Iorce from and after its passage.
N. H. vAv WORRIES,
Speaker efths House Of fRepresemtatipes.
THOMAS H. FORD.
Prssidsnt Of the StRate.