Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-04-18
published April s. 1875. ]
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AN ACT to amend chapter l76 of the laws of Is72,
the Wisconsin hospitals for the insane"
The people Of the state Of Wisconsin represented IN
senate and Assembly, do enact as foHol0s:
Section l. Section of chapter 176 of the laws of
1872 entitled IAN act to provide for the government
Of the Wisconsin hospitals for the insane" here
persons confined in either hospital as insane pa
tents except persons confined therein in the cases
section L of the above mentioned act as hereinafter
writ of 6a6eas corpus and the question of Insanity
shall be determned by the court issuing such writ
shall decide that the person is insane such decision
shall be no bar to the issuing of said writ second
than as above excepted has been restored to reasons
and It is hereby further provided that If it be al
either of said hoipitals as an insane person by
tees shall have power to examine into such case in
such manner as in their opinion Its necessities de-
been carefully and critically made. aided by at least
have eeh aG S Sad l. s h9 sa
to them that such person is not insane and should
his or her Immediate release from such conine-
ment, except in eases where such person has been
hospitals under the provisions of section II afore
said as amended as aforesaid IN which latter case
the Judge of the court having jurisdiction of such
person as provided in said section II as SO amended
their said ACCUMULATION and dndinS, and it shall
thereupon be the duty of the court SO having such
jurisdiction of such person to make an order for
the removal of such person to the common jail of
either Of said hospitals to be further dealt with ac
cording to law in the action wherein he is under
charge of conviction of crime provided i'll
said section H. as so amended; and In case of all
other such persons so determined and found to be
not insane, the aforesaid order shall be forthwith
executed by the superintendent OF the proper hos
Section Section 10 of said chapter l7e is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Section TO- No
either hospital for the insane, and person shall
be retained, except in the cases arising under said
by fair trial it shall have become reasonably GER
tain that such person is incurably insane. if such
cases are of more hopeful character; and no per-
son confined In either OF said hospitals who shall
in. under the order and commitment OF any OF the
such person shall be under charge of or conviction
of q crime punishable by imprisonment in the state
Sentence on account of alleged insanity, either at
the time of the commission of such crime or at any
therefrom except upon the order of the court hav-
ing jurisdiction of such person for hearing trial,
Section Section Il Of said chapter lI6 is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows: section Il If the
pital shall ask the discharge of such patient except
in the cases provided in this section before such
patient has removed from insanity. the superin-
tendent may, In his discretion, require bond to be
such suretieS as he may deem proper, conditioned
for the safe keeping of such patient The several
commit for safe keeping and treatment to either
hospital for the. insane any person who shall be
any crime punishable by Imprisonment in the state
prison and awaiting hearing, trial, conviction or
Sentence on account of alleged insanity at the time
of the commission of such crime CT at any time
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ton to the superintendent or by order of the truS
and harmless patients shall be discharged when
ever it is necessary to make room for recent or
cept i'll cases of persons under the charge of or
conviction of crime, as last aforesaid 49,, -, +,
force from and after Its passage and publication.
Approved March 2l 1875