Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-03-27

B6CtlOu w VI CudptcI u VI GAC SCuCA0A
laws of 1877. relating to the removal of in
sane and mbeoile persons.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State OF
Minnesota:
Section l. That section number three (3) of
chapter nineteen Q9) of the general laws of
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four
(lS74), a. amended by chapter forty-two (42) of
the general laws of the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven QS77), be amended
50 as to read as follows: The Governor shall
appoint commission of three doctors. one of
whom shall be a member of. the State Board of
Health, who shall serve for period of two
years or until their successors shall be appoint
ed, who shall constitute 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 If 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-
tion. and report in detail to the Governor with
in ten days after each and every such inspec-
tt is made. Said missioners shall receive
their actual expenses and no more, for which
the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant
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 com mission shall have he
authority to remand such patient patti. tx to
the probate court from which they com
mitted respectively, there to be detained a
reasonable time under proper surveillance,
when, If such judge shall be satisfied Of his or
h. sanity, he she shah be discharged by
b. re-committed to the hospital for the insane.
p. divided, that said commission shall have no
authority to discharge any patient committed
to either of the insane asylums in thi, State
and charged with crime.
Sec 3. 1t shalt further be the duty of said
commission to select from the patients of the
insane hospitals such ittiutic and feeble minded
children and youths wh.' in their opinion. are
proper subjects for training and instruction
anu transfer the same to the trustees of the
asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind at fari-
bault.
Sec 4. The Trustees If the asylum for the
deaf, dumb and blind are hereby authorized to
receive such weak. minded and idiutic children
and youths a. 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 term not exceed
ing two y ars proper building or rooms for
the same, and to provide q Competent teacher
and attendants for said children and Youths,
I, and tn establish such rules and regulations a.
may be necessary for the instruction. training
and government Of said children and youths.
Nee. 5. 10 case any children ard youths 40
! received shall be found, upon trial. incapable
, Of receiving any benefit from such instruction
| and training, or vi hen in the opinion of the
superintendent IF 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 to
the board of commissioners If the county from
~hirh the child youth WAS sent.
Sec. 6. The sum Of five thi,neand dollars
t*5.hM, "r ~ mn'b IA may bc required for the
year "uc thousand eight hundred and seventy y
tine tlS79I and the sum of six thousand dol
lars tf6. iuH) "r =" much thereof a. sha he re-
CURED for the year one Thousand eight hun.
d'.'i and eighty tlses'), ia hereby appropriated
out "f any money in the state treasury nut
.nh-r~i>e appropriated fer the purpose uf car
rylng into effect the pruvis,s,na f this act; and
the state A"'iit'" ia hereby required to i-@n.
warrants f." the money 50 aI'I't",r,~,ri in the
Same manner ~ variants drawn and lsrns.
f., the .,.l,"'ri of the deaf. duu.h aud t,I,ud
i.v,'ts>t. that nothing h..r-ln cnts,nrri shat
t.- .'''s'r'-~i "A. establishing l~'rnsn~ut ,u.ti
tutn." tor the s"I.t",rt and education 81 tn,
l~r- one hcr..in nnI."d
49,, 7. II l. A., -i,.il tat. effect and b. II
| t.drs from amt after tie fa.nsa+u.
ADs"oved March ih74.