The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-01

unmarried females from living alone with IN
married males Of the different races; agreed to,
and the bill amended and ordered engrossed.
MIR. Perry moved TO suspend the rules TO re-
ceive the report of the Joint Committee 10 visit
the Lunatic Asylum Agreed to. The follow
ing is the report:
| ASSEMBLY HALL,
Tallahassee, February 81, 1881.
HoS. ] J. HARRIS,
| Speaker Of the Assemby.:
SIR The Joint Committee of the Senate and
Assembly, appointed in compliance with the
following concurrent resolution:
Be if res0lued kN tie Senate the assembly concur
ing, That committee of three from the Senate
and five from the Assembly be appointed to visit
the State Asylum and report thecOndition of the
inmates and the management of the Asylum,
and to ascertain what repairs and eulargements
OF buildings will be necessary for the health and
comfort of the patients, and make such other
recommendations as will be for the best interest
of the State and good government of the Asy
lum,"
Would respectfully report that we performed
this duty on the 5th instant, and were courteous
ly received by DR.. w. B. Foreman, the phys-
clan in charge, who afforded US every facility in
forming proper estimate OF all matters pertain
ing to the management of the Asylum, the con-
dition of the inmates (about one hundred in
number, mode and manner of treatment, both
oi~A oH0 well, dAtu TIC SCuCIol u1cduS pIOHIUcQ
for their health and comfort, including diet, ex
ercise, employment and means Of recreation,
both physical and mental
The committee, from information received
from all pract cticable sources are unanimously
agreed that the management of this institution
necessarily restricted by limited and inadequate
appropriations, is, under all the circumstances,
much TO be commended. The intelligence and
zeal OF the physician in charge. DIR. Foreman, is
everyw here evidenced by the extreme neatness
and cleanliness Of the various apartments
and the admirable system with which the
duties of officers and employees of this institution
are performed, well the kind. yet
firm, discipline with which the apparently
wholesome rules and regulation of the same are
enforced.
As to The condition of the inmates, the com
mittee deem il unnecessary TO make any extend
ed report as the Legislature, in body visited
these unfortunate wards of the State on Satur
day the 18th of January
In consequence Of the greatly increased and
increasing number of applicants for admission
the committee are forcibly impressed with the
imperative necessity for the erection of new
buildings or the enlargement of those now in
use, since the present OvercroN ded condition OF
the institution retards and materially interferes
with not only the comfort and we'll being of the
inmates, but may Oftentimes seriously detract
from the efficiency OF the means used for their
restoration 10 soundness of both mind and body
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
lst That from and after the 30ih OF June, 1881
no INDECENT lunaiic or insane persons shall be
maintained in part or in whole BY the State
outside of the Asylum but required 10 make ap
plication for admission therein, if desiring the
State assistance, for the reason that apart from
the imposition 10 which the Stale is aud may
possibly be subjected, it would prove less expen-
sive 10 the State and more beneficial iu major
ity oi instances to the afflicted
"a Thot tha bon .f,a,
provide for and pay the expenses of transporta-
ton OF insane persons 10 the Asylum and their
escorts to the Asylum and back to their homes
AS The State is frequently subjected to unnecessa
ry costs by the providing, on The part of the
counties, useless assistance in the conveyance Of
patients TO the Asylum, and in view of the fact
that the counties are individually relieved by the
State from the aud maintenance Of an un-
fortunate class OF citizens.
81. That the law for adjudgng persons insane
be amended so as To make the county Judge the
proper officer to whom application shall be made
for certihcate of insanity, and that the medical
Certificate OF lunacy or insanity upon which The
adudgmcnt is basel, shall give, as near as pos
sible, The previous history of his or her insanity
and that such medical certificate shall accompany
the usual papers in each case sent with the pa
tient to the Asylum, and that fee Of five dollars
paid 10 each physician tor each person so exam
ined to be paid by the county in which the
person examined resides
4th. That Senate bill No. So an act authori-
zng the Board Of State Institutions TO employ
additional medical assistance at the Asylum for
INDECENT Lunatics, do pass with the following
amendment: Pronided, The salaries of the Ply
sician in charge and the Assistant Physician
shall not exceed 81 500 per annum, to be appor-
toned by the Board of Commissioners of State
Institutions.
9TH. That Assembly bil No. SO, an act 10 pro
vide chaplain for the Lunatic Asylum do pass.
R.h hof bn cnf of f0r ha
and $25 600 for the year 1882, or much thereof
as may be necessary, be appropriated for the
maiE tainance of the Asylum, salary OF officers,
erection or enlargement, and repairs OF buildings
and that s. 0V0 of said amounts shall be used
exclusively for the erection or enlargement and
repairs OF buildings. Respectfully submitted.
Robert J. Perry, Chairman Joint Committee,
w. n, Thompson. Chairman Senate Committee,
T. S Grill, J. c. Walker J. ID. Cole, II. II. Dun
Can, on part of the Sensie G. s. Reynolds, }.
NJ TolbeIt, II Fl. Spear, Chas- Angel, on part Of
Assembly.
Assembly bill No. 80: TO lie entitled an act
10 provide for the registration Of electors and
holding of elections, and the repeal of former
laws in relation thereto. was read the second
time under special order
Mr. Conant moved that the Assembly do go
into Committee oil the Whole on Assembly bill
No. 80; which was agreed to, and the Assembly
went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Perry
in the chair.
EVENING Session
The Assembly resumed It's session.
The Committee of the Whole rose and reported
Assembly bill No. 80 back TO the Assembly with
various amendments which were adopted.
Senate bill No. 12e to be entitled an act to
incorporate the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
Company, and to grant certain lands to the
same, was read the first time and referred To the
Committee on Railroads and Canals.
The following Senate resolution WIS read the
first time Be Il resOlced 6y tie .4sse1s6ly the Sen
ate coAeuyTinG, That no new business shall be
introduced al this session after The 25th day Of
February without unanimous consent OF both
houses, was laid on the table.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February -, 1881.
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