Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-05-26

finding and commitment; and the commits
| sioncrs so notified shall thereupon inquire
| and ascertain If possible, whether the per-
son in question has legal settlemen,.in
their county, and shai! Immediately notify
the superintendent. Of The hrpital, and the
commissioners Of the county from which
such person was Committed, OF the result OF
such inquiry. If the legal settlement OF .
person SO committed, cannot for q me be
ascertained and is afterwards found, the
notices so required shall then be given.
Sec. 23 Wien the superintendent Of the
hospital has been duly notified, as herein
required, that patient sent to the hospital
from one county, has legal settlement in
another county Of the State, lie shall there.
after hold and treat such patient as from
the latter county; and such holding shall
apply to expenses already incurred in be,
half of such patient, AMI remaining unad~
justed.
SEc. a. Expense incurred as herein pro.
vided by one county. on account of an in,
game person whose legal settlement Is in
nnotler county Of. the State, shall be res
funded. with lawful interest thereon, hy the
county of such settlement; and shnil be pre-
! sented 10 lie board Of Supervisors of the
county sought 10 be charged, which shall be
allowed and paid the same as other csaims.
SEc 25. Patients in the hospital having Z
no legal settlement in the State, or whose
legal settlement cannot Be ascertained, shall
be supported at the expense ,of the Stale.
This provision shall apply to all such pa
tents now in the hospital touching expenses
already incurred and remaining unpaid, if
any such there be; and the trustees may au-
thorize the superintendent TO remove any
such patient, at the expense Vi the State, II
they See proper.
SIC. 26. All patients in the hospital shall
be regarded as standing upon an equal foot.
ing; and the several patients, according to
their different conditions Of mind and body,
and their respective needs, shall be provid-
ed for and treated with equal care: Prorided,
that if the relatives or immediate friends OF
any patient shall desire it, and shall pay
the expense thereof. such patient may
have special care, and may be provided
with special attendant, as may be agreed
upon with the superintendent. la such
cases, the charges for such special care and
attendance shall be paid quarterly in adj
vance. .aN
SEC 81. The relatives or friends of any
patient in the hospital shall have the prlvl-
lege fpaying any portion or al oi the ex-
penses of such patient therein; and the su>
perinteudent shall cause the account OF such
patient TO be created with any sums SO
paid.
Sgc, %. If, in the case Of any persons
found TO be insane and fit subjects for GUS
tody and trca tmcnt in the hospital. as above
provided, il shall be shown, 10 the sat:stac>
tion OF The commissioners, that they can not
at once be admitted therein, for want OF
room, or for any othercause, and that they
cannot with safety be allowed to 60 at liber-
~. the commi ssioners shall require that
such patients shall be suitably provided Tor
otherwise, until such admission can be had,
or until the occasion therefor no longer ex>
lists. Such patients may be cared ior either
as private or as public patents. those
shall be treated as private patients whose
relations or friends viii obligate themselves
to take care Of and provide for them, win
out public charge. In the case OF any one
treated as private patient, the commits,
soners shall appoint some suitable person
special custodian, who shah nave aut'ter-
ity, and whose duty it shall be, in all suita-
BILE ways, to restrain, protect, ana care Tor
such patient, in such manner as TO best Sc
cure his or her safety anl comfort, and IN
such manner as to best protect the persons
and property of others. In the case oi puo-
lie patient the commissioners shall require
that they. be, in Ike manner, restrained
protected and cared for, by the directors q The
poor house, or the oyerseers Of the poor, al
the expense Of the county, and they may ac-
cordingly issue their warrant to such al
rectors or overseers: who shall forthwith
comply with the same. If there is no poor
house for the reception of such patients, or
"a .,LJ ~ ro , 1n fNt,Nd 1hpv
may be confined in the Jail OF the county IN
charge of the sheriff.
SEC. 30 On application TO the commits
s;oners in tehalf of persons alleged to be in-
sane. and whose admission to the hospital
Is not sought, made substantially in the
manner above prescribed, and asking that
mr. vision be made for their care rs insane
either public or private within the coun-
tr: and on proof Of their insanity, and need
Of care as above pointed out, the commission
ers may provide ior their restraint, pro'ec.
ton, and case, as in the care OF other appli-
cants. s
SEC, so. On information laid be
fore the commissioners Of any coun.
tv. that a certain insane person in the
county is suffering for want of prop
er care, they shall forthwith inquire
into the matter, and it they find the
information we'll founded, they shall
make all needful provision tor the
care of such persons, as provided in
other cases.
SEC. 81. No person supposed to
be insane shall be restrained OF his
liberty by any other person. other
wiso than IN pursuance of authority
obtained as herein required, except
ing to such extent and for such brlel
period as may be necessary tor the
safety Of person and property, until
such authority can be obtained.
SEc. 80. Any person having care
of an insane person, and restraining
such person, either with or without
authority, who shall treat such person
with wanton severity, harshness o.
cruelty, or shall in any way abuse
such person, shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, besides being liable in ar
action tor damages ss e
| SIC. S3. Insane persons who have
been under care, either as public o.
private patients, onts;dc Of the hos
pital, BY authority Of the commission
ers of any county, May, on aprlica
ton to that effect, be transferred Z
the hospital, whenever they can b.
admitted thereto, on the awarran
OF such commissioners. Such admis
| sion may be had without another in
quest, at any time within six mont h
after the inquest already had, unles
the commissioners shah deem iurthe
inquest advisable. 49, '.-.' '.A Y
SEC. 81. In each case OF applica