Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-30

aud ali moneys received in lieu Of tax
alton, shall be paid in guild, silver or
United States notes.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage.
Approved March 4, 1872.
An Act for the relief Of insane convicts in the
the State Prison, and to provide for their re-
moval to tho Minnesota Hospital for the In.
sane.
be II '""c'ed by the Lcy;''c'"rc Of tic State Of
Minnesota
Section l. Whenever any person
who now is, or who may hereafter be-
come u convict in the State prison, shall,
in the opinion Of the warden and board
Of inspectors thereof be regarded as in
sane. or imbecilc, it shall be tho duty
Of said board to call in two physicians
skilled in their profession, ono OF whom
may be the prison physician. who shall,
without employing cruel or inhuman
tests, make careful and thorough OK
animation as to the insanity OF such
convict, and report the result Of their
examination; which report shall be in
duplicate, and entered on the prison
records, and be regarded as conclusive
evidence in the case.
Sec. 2. Whenever, as in manner
above named, any convict shall be pro-
nounccd insane, or imbccilc, said board
shall notify the Governor Of the fact by
forwarding to him said duplicate report.
TO each OF which shall be appended a
transcript Ct the prison records relating
to such convict.
Sec. 3. U pom the receipt Of said
notice the Governor shall endorse there
on his approval, and shall, at the cx-
pcnsc OF the State, cause such convict
to be removed from prison and deliver
cd to the Superintendent of the Hos
pital for Insane for treatment in that
institution, aud shall at the same tune,
forward to said Superintendent, said
duplicate notice of the officers of the
state prison, which notice shall be to
him warrant to receive and provide
for such convict such treatment as that
afforded in said hospital to similar cases
Of insanity, except that such convict
shall be kept separate and apart frou'
other patients 50 far as practicable.
Sec. 4. Upon receiving such con.
vict and said warrant from the Cover
nor, the Superintendent shall endorse
upon one substantially as follows:
Minnesota Hospital for the Insane
received this -- day o.
18--, the patient, State prison con:
vict named in the within warrant. 4
3. --, Superintendent, which
shall be returned with the supcrintcn.
dents endorsement. to the warden OF
the State prison, aud filed in hi. office
The duplicate warrant shall be filed ir
the office Of the superintendent.
Sec. 5. Whenever in the opinion o
the superintendent, suc|, convict is cur
ed Of the mental disability on accoun
Of which such commitment was made
tho term Of sentence not having cxpir
cl he Stall notify the Governor Of such
fact. who shall remand such convict tt
the State prison at the expense Of tn
State.
Sec. G. In computing time allowed
by law for good conduct under prise,
discipline, the board Of Inspectors shall
grant to such convict the full benefit o
said law for the time so absent or in
sane, but no such absence or insanit,
shall feet the term Of sentence Of sucl
convict.
Sec. 5. This act snail take cffec
and be in force from and after its pas,
sage.
Approved February 20, 1872.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act TO
the establishment and location Of a hospita
for insane in the State of Minnesota, and t.
provide rules for the regulation Of the same.
Approved Mar:h 9Th, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of tn: Stat
Of Minnesota:
Section l. That section II Of chap
ter IS Of the general laws IF 1868, b,
SO amended as to read as follows:
/ Sec. II. The probate Judge. or it,
his absence the court commissioner O.
any county, upon information being fiji
ed before him, that there is an insane
person in his county needing care and
treatment, shall thercupon make an or
der appointing some regular physical,
or physicians, (not less than Que or more
than three to examine the said person
to ascertain the fact of insanity, a Ger
tilted copy Of which order shall be dc
livcrcd to said physician CT physicians
and shall proceed to the hearing of such
information, and shall hear and exam
inc the proofs Of said information, and
if the said person is found to be insane
he shall, upon the written certificate Of
the examining physician or physicians,
that the said person in his or their opin.
ion is insane and proper subject fol
hospital treatment, said certificate being
verified by the oath Of the physician Of
ply sicians, issue duplicate warrants
committing the person so found insane
TO the care Of the superintendent Of tho
hospital, and shall place the warrants
in the hands of some friend or Other
suitable person, whom he shall author
ize to convey the said insane person tt
the hospital, and such warrants may be
in the following language, to wit:
State of Minnesota,
county of --. ~
To the Superintendent of the Minneso
ia Hospital for Insane.
Having been upon cxamina
ton found to be insane, you arc there
fore required to receive him (or her
into the hospital, and keep him[or her.
there until legally discharged.
In witness whereof have hcrcuntc
set my hand and affixed the zeal of the
probate court Cor court commissioner,
Of said county, this ---day Of
--Judgc Of Probate.
Upon receiving the patient, and the
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