Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-03-27

An Act to establish and maintain 8 Stat
Asylum for the INDECENT poor and maIIneG
of this State.
TApproved March II, 1879
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact a.
follows:
SECTION L. The sum OF thirty Thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated out of The
General Fund for the purpose of creating
establishing and supporting an asylum for the
lndigent poor and MANNED of this State, anC
State Asylum Fund is hereby created.
SEC 2 The administration oi the saiG
Stat Is, ,;,y.; shall be under the control Of a
Board of Directors, to consist of the Cover
nor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
and the Secretary of State. They shall elect
from their number President and Secretary.
They shall be known by the name and style
of the Board of Directors of the State Asy.
lum for the INDECENT Poor and Manned.
SIC. 3. The location OF stlid asylum, pro-
7ided for in section ons of this Act, shall be
at such point or place as in the Judgment OF
the Board OF Directors shall be best calculated
to make available the objects of the institu-
ton, consideration being particularly had to
inducements, which may be offered by parties
wishing its location at any particular point or
place, and they shall have power to purchase
land and to erect suitable building thereon
for said asylum.
SEC d The Board of Directors shall have
power to manage aud administer the affairs
of said asylum and to make by laws for their
own government and the government of said
asylum. They shall cause to be kept record
of their proceedings, which shall at all times
be open for the inspection of committee
appointed by the Legislature They shall
submit to the Legislature during the second
week of each session a biennial re-
port showing the amount of receipts and ex-
penditures and condition of said asylum, the
number of inmates, admitted and discharged,
during each biennial period They shall ap-
point Superintendent and Matron who
shall De husband and wife, and who shall re-
side at said asylum The Board of Directors
shall also have the power to employ all other
suitable persons necessary to conduct the
affairs of said asylum.
SEC. 5. All accounts and demands against
said asylum shall be examined and approved
by the Board of Directors before being pre-
scented to the State Board of Examiners, and
when allowed by the Board Of Examiners the
Controller shall draw his warrant on the said
Asylum Fund for the amount allowed.
SEC. 6. The salary of Superintendent
shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars (S1,-
DOO) per annHm. 1he salary OF the Matron
shall not exceed nine hundred dollars $4,000
Per annum. Both the superintendent and
the Matron shall draw their pay quarterly.
SEC. T. Inmates of said asylum shall be
received only upon the certificate of the
County Physician and Chairman of the Board
Of County Commissioners of a county After
an examination by them of the circumstances
of the applicant it must appear to their salts
faction that the applicant is bona fde resi-
dent of their county, and that from. the in
frmities of age or other sufficient cause the |
applicant is unable to support himself or her
self and has. no meas of support. The certif-
cats shall show the facts as the case may be.
SEC. 8. Inmates of said asylum shall be |
discharged therefrom whenever the necessity |
of their remaining therein shall, cease, either |
by reason that the Board Of Directors are |
able to obtain suitable Employment for them
or otherwise. ,
Sec. 9. 1t shall be the duty of the Super. |
intendent and Matron to furnish on the first |
Monday of each quarter of the year to the
Board of Directors an estimate of all stores,
supplies and fuel required for the use of said
asylum for the next ensuing three months.
The estimate shall state the kind, quality and
amount of such stores, supplies and fuel and
hall be filed in the Office of the Superintend-
mt, subject always to the examination of the