The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-06-16
Warren Hospital for the Insane.

The Hospital appropriation of S11O,-
600, considered enough to finish the
building, together with So 900 for it's
support this year and $4,000 for next
year, was passed and approved. The
Objectionable item requiring female
Trustees was stricken out and the fol-
lowing efficient Board of Trustees was
appointed and confirmed. They may
employ female doctors, but it is not
mandatory:
Warren Co.-Hon. L. D. Wetmore
e years., G. N. Parmlee, Esq. q
Year, E. B. Grandin, Esq. q year,.
Erie Colon. Geo. w. Starr Il
years..
Venango co... D. Hancock, Esq.
Il uyear).
Elk Cow. H. osterhout, Esq. e
years..
Crawford Co.-Hon. John Fertig, e
years..
Jefferson Co.-Dr. r. S. Hunt, e
years..
Mercer Co.-Hon. Geo. w. Wright,
q years).
The following is the bill as it was
passed finally and approved by the
Governor;
An act to organize the State Hos
pital for the Insane at Warren, Pa.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &C., That
the Governor shall nominate, and by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate appoint, nine persons to be trus-
tees Of said hospital, who under the
Rarre and title of the "Trustees of the
State Hospital at Warren, Pennsylva-
nis," shall manage and direct the con-
Germs of the institution, and make all
necessary bylaws and regulations not
inconsistent with the constitution and
laws of the Commonwealth, and shall
have power to receive, hold and dis
pose of and convey all real and per-
sonal property purchased by or con-
veyed to them by gift, devise or
otherwise, in trust for the use of said
institution, and shall serve without
compensation. OF those first APP
pointed three shall serve for one year,
three for two years, three for three years
and at the expiration of the respec-
tive periods the vacancies shall be
dlled by appointment for three years
as hereinbefore provided, and should
any vacancy occur by death, resigna-
tion or otherwise ofany trustee, such
vacancy shall be filled by appoint
ment as aforesaid for the unexplred
term of said trustee.
Sec. 2. Not more than three trustees
shall be appointed from or be resident
in any one county at any one time, nor
shall any trustee bel in any wise interes-
ted, directly, or indirectly in any pur-
chase for or furnishing to the hospital
OF any article ofany kind intended for
the use Of said hospital.
Bee. 8. The said trustees shall have
charge of the general interests of the
institution; shall visit and examine
the hospital, either as body or by
committee, at least once in every
month; they shall appoint the super
intendent, who shall be a skillful
physician, subject to removal or re-
election not oftener than in periods of
hve years, except for infidelity to the
trust reposed in him or for incompe-
tency. Said physician shall always
reside in the hospital and his family
shall reside with him. The board Of
trustees may appoint a skillful female
physician to have immediate charge
of the female department of said hos
pital, under the supervision of the
superintendent and trustees, and who
shall be appointed for term of five
years, unless dismissed for incompe-
tency or unfaithfulness in the per-
tOrmance OF her duties, and shall be
subject to such orders and regulations
IS the said board of trustees may pre-
scribe.
Sec. A. The trustees, by and with
the consent of the Governor, shall
make such bylaws and regulations as
shall be necessary. They shall appoint
a treasurer, who shall give bonds to
the Common wealth for the faithful
performance of his duties; they shall
determine his compensation for SER
vices; also the services of the other
officers and assistants of different
kinds who may be necessary for the
Just and economical administration of
the affairs of the hospital.
Sec. s. The trustees shall appoint.
or authorize the appointment of and
exercise control over all officers and
assistants in the institution, and shall
have direction of the duties of the
same, subject, however, to the exist
Ing laws, regulating and prescribing
the duties of officers of such institu-
tions.
Sec. 6. The said trustees and their
successors in Office shall have power
to take and hold in trust for the use
and benefit of said hospital any grant
or devise of land, or any donation or
bequest of money or other personal
property, to be applied to the main
tenance of insane persons in or to the
general use of the hospital.
Sec. 7. The courts of this Common
wealth shall have power to commit to
said hospital any person who having
been charged with any offense pun
ishable by imprisonment or death,
shall have been found to have been in
sane in the manner now provided by
law at the time the offense was COM
mitted, and who still continues insane
and the expenses of said person if in
INDECENT circumstances, shall be paid
by the county To which he or she may
belong by residence.
Sec. 8. The authorizes of the several
poor districts within that portion of