Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-09
An Act


An Act
Authorizing tie establishment Of The Trans.
-Alleghany Lunatic AsyLum- passed
March 22, 1853.
Whereas it appears to the General As
sembly, that the present asylums for the
insane are insufficient for the reception
and cure Of all such unfortunate persons:
Be il therefore enacted by the General
assembly. That the Governor appoint in
due time three commissioners, one from
the Valley and and the other two from
that part of the State East Of the Blue
Ridge. whose duty it shall be to meet
successfully at three several points to be
nemed by the Governor West of the AL
leghany Mountains and at such other
points as the aforesaid commissioners
shall deem necessary, commencing their
labors on the first Monday in June next,
at the point first named by the Executive,
and proceed 10 select suitable site for
the erection Of lunatic asylum west
of the Allegheny Mountains and so soon
as the said board Of commissioners, or q
majority thereof, shall have made their
selection of site, in obedience to the pro
visions Of this act. it shall be their duty
TO report TO the Executive OF this Com
monwealth and in case Of death, refusal
to act, or inability of said commissioners,
or either OF them. the Governor shall be
and is hereby authorized to supply such
vacancy or vacancies. And in case Of
disagreement on the part of said board of
commissioners, the Governor shall ap-
point an umpire, or decide the matter in
dispute.
The said commissioners shall be emit
titled to receive four dollars per day, for
every day they shall be employed in car
ryiug into effect the provisions of this
act.
When the said commissioners shall
have made the selection and report as
aforesaid, the executive shall forthwith
appoint a board of directors, consisting of
niue persons. as convenient to the place
selected as may be. who shall be and
they are hereby constituted and appointed
with their successors. body polite aud
corporate, to have perpetual succession
by the name Of "the Lunatic Asylum
West of the Allegheny Mountains" and
by that name may sue and be sued,
and may and shall have and use a
common seal, and are authorized to
take any real or personal estate, given or
to be given to said asylum, or to them~
selves, or for the use thereof, so as the
annual income of such donations shall
not exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars.
The said directors, or majority of
them. shall and they are hereby empow-
cred to purchase a piece or parcel Of land
not exceeding three hundred acres, and
to contract for the building thereon a
commodious house or houses, fit for the
reception and accommodation of persons
of unsound minds. The said directors
shall have power from time to time, to
direct their treasurer 10 draw upon the
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, which
shall be audited by the Auditor of Public
Accounts for such sum or sums Of money,
including the cost of the site aforesaid, as
may be necessary to defray the expenses
OF said building or buildings, which shall
be paid out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated provided
that the whole expense thereof shall
not exceed the sum of twenty-five thou.
| sand dollars; provided further that the
said Hospital shall not be built or
contracted for without the plan having
been first submitted to some physician or
physicians who have had charge of sim.
liar establishments or are practically &C.
quainted with all the details Of their ar
engagements and receive his or their full
appreciation.
When the said asylum shall have been
erected, the expenses thereof shall be
provided for and paid in the same man.
ner that the expenses of similar institu-
tons in this Commonwealth are provided
and paid.
The said Lunatic Asylum shall be in
vested with all the righ powers and
privileges conferred. and subject to the
rules, regulations and restrictions impos-
ed by the sighty-ffth chapter Of the Code
of Virginia.
This act shall be in force from its pas.
sage.
STATE OF VIRGINIA. r. w.
CRY or RICHMOND, 10 WIT:
hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy of an act passed by the Gen
eral Assembly on the day and year first
above written. Given under my hand
this 26th day Of March. 1858.
s. g. TUCKER, c. H. D., and
Keeper OF the Rolls of Virginia.
TIE PARKERsBuRG RAILROAD. - The
President of the Northwestern Virginia