Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-20

AN ACT to amend section three (S) chapter 10
of the general laws of 1874, as amended by
section four a. of chapter AZ of the general
laws of 1877, relating to the removal of in
sane and imbecile persons.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section /. That section number three (3) of
chapter nineteen (19) of the general laws of
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-fOur
(lS74), as amended by chapter forty-two (42) of
the general laws of the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven 1877), be amended
30 as TO read as follows: The Governor shall
appoint commission of three doctors, one of
whom shall be member of the State Board of
Health, who shall serve for q period of two
years or until their successors shall be appoint
ed, who shall constitute a commission whose
duty it shall be to visit the several Minnesota
hospitals for the insane at least once every six
months of each year, or upon the written re-
quest of the Governor of the State and inspect
said hospitals as to the sanitary condition and
the general management of the same, and also
to examine into the mental and physical con-
dition Of the patients therein, frequency, man.
ner and cause of punishment, elopements,
deaths, and such other matters may fall
within the scope of thorough hospital inspec-
tlon. and report in detail to the Governor with
IN ten days after each and every such inspec-
tt n is made. Said commissioners shall receive
the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant on
the State Treasurer
Sec, 2. Should the said commission find,
upon visiting either of the said hospitals, any
patient or patients whose insanity they have
reason to doubt said commission shall have the
authority to remand such patient or patients to
the probate court from which they were COM
mitted respectively, there to be detained a
reasonable lime under proper surveillance,
when, II such judge shall be satisfied of his or
her sanity, be or she shall be discharged by
oid.r of said court; otherwise he or she shall
be re-committed to the hospital for the insane.
Provided, that said commission shall have no
authority to discharge any patient committed
to Ell her of the insane asylums in this State
and charged with crime.
Sec. 8. 1t shall further be the duty of said
commission to select from the patients of the
insane hospitals such idiotic and feeble minded
children and youths whO. in their opinion, are
proper subjects for training and instruction
ami transfer the same to the trustees of the
asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind at Eari-
bault.
Sec. 4. The trustees of the asylum for the
deaf, dumb and blind are hereby authorized to
receive such weak minded and idiotic children
and youths as may be sent them under the
provisions of this act, and make provision for
the maintenance of said children and youths,
and are required to lease for a term not exceed
ing two years proper building or rooms for
I he same and to provide a competent teacher
and attendants for said children and youths,
and to establish such rules and regulations an
may be necessary for the instruction, training
and government of said children and youths.
Sec. s. In case any children ard youths so
received shall be found, upon trial incapable
of receiving any benefit from such instruction
| and training, or when in the opinion of the
superintendent of said asylum 1t shall be better
for the Welfare of any child or youth to be re-
moved from said asylum. the said snperinten-
dent shall have full power to remand any
such child or youth 10 the parents thereof or 70
the board Of com misaioners of the county from
| which the child or youth was sent.
Sec. 6. The sum of Eve thousand dollars
J t$5 0D0l or so much as may be- required for the
year one Thousand eight hundred and seventy
uine tls79l and the sum of six thousand dol
lars t@6.000) or much thereof as shall be re-
quired for the year one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty (lSS0), Is hereby appropriated
out 81 any money in the State treasury NOT
otherwise appropriated. fer the purpose of car
rying inta effect the provisions of this act; aud
the State Auditor il hereby required to issue
warrants FIR the money SO appropriated in the
same manner ~ warrants are drawn and inaueS
for the support 81 the deaf. dumb and blind,
ptovia..t that nothing herein contained shall
l.. c..nnsr,,--i ~ establiRhing perna neut insti
/ tutinn fns the auI,ts,rt and education of til.
1 per, ,lns b. r,.in nhTnd.
s-o 4 1r,s Asi ahall take effect and be q
| force from, and after ite I,aasAwe.
ApDsns-a March 8. ih1h-