River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-04-26
fl'ublislled April Q. 1888 ]
s-s.r s,axt<f, A.,

AN ACT relating 10 the organization OF corpora.
tions for the establishment and maintenance OF
hospitals, asylums or institutions for the care,
treatment or relief or insane or feeble minded
persons and amendatory OF chapter 50 OF the re-
vised statutes entitled of the organization o.
corporations
The people OF the state OF Wisconsin, represented
ID senate and assembly, do enact as follows
section /. Chapter So of the revised statutes
Is hereby amended by inserting after section
1875 as follows. Section lfs5a- In the for11a-
ton OF any corporation under this chapter for The
establishment and maintenance OF any hospital
asylum or Institution for the care, treatment of
relief Of insane or feeble minded per sous of DOTH
the articles of organization may contain plosls-
Ions authorizing such corporations 10 receive geii-
eral or special permanent or temporary endow-
ments and 10 secure the repay ment of the same
in accordance with the terms OF conditions upon
which such endownents may he made, by a mort
gage upon It's property, real or personal, or both,
or otherwise, Ia the manner IN such articles pre-
:. Any insane or feeble minded person may,
upon the written request or the glifetiun OF any
friend OF such person, be committed 10 any such
hospital asylum institution IN the same MAN
ner that insane persons committed 10 the stats
hospitals for the insane provided that the coiin
" ia which such person resides shall be liable for
the support maintenance anu treatment or such
person only when such person has been commit
ted TO such hospital; asylum or institution upon
the request of the board of supervisors Of such
county. In case of the commitment Of any in
sane or feeble minded person IA any such hospital
asylllnl or institution by the r0nuty judge, he
shall issue his warrant sllbstan al III the man
ner and form. and the snail b. executed as
provided ia the case OF commitments to the state
hOsnitalS for the insane
81 Siieh hospital asylum or institution shall not
he required to keep. care for or treat any insane
or feeble minded person longer than the guardian
or friends OF such person, or the county IRON
which such person shall have been committed
shall defray the cost and charges for such care
and treatment
4 Insane or feeble minded persons may vollIn-
taPiiy place themselves under the care and treat
ment ct such hospital, asylum or institution.
O. All persons committed 10 or detained In any
such no ,pital asylum or institution shall be emit
tied TO the writ OF habaas corpus ~ provided III
section 5gS Of the revised statutes II at any Tune
complaint shall be made 10 thu state board OF si-
pervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformaory
and Penal Institutions that any person IS impfop-
erly confined in any such hospital, asylum OF M
stitniion, such board shall have the power to ex-
anime into such case in such manner as they may
deem best and if upon such examination IL shtii
appear 10 them thai such person Is Improperly
confined they shall issue order Tor the ilflin5
date release of such person. and thereupon sucii
person shall be immediately released from sdch
hospital, aYslum or institution.
g. Such hospital asylum or institution or cor.
poration owning maintaining the same SHAH
not, nor shall any officer or employe Thereon De
liable for the detention OF any person committed
to such hospital, asylum or institution u puIbu-
ance of the laws of this state or OF the laws Of any
other state or detained at the request OF the
guardian or friends of such person. or OF The board
OF supervisors of any county. unless such person
shall have been detained after said state board
of supervision shall have issued its order for the
release OF such person; or after q courtoi cohlpe
tent jurisdiction shall have directed the discharge
of such person. and such liability shall exist Then
only foS such detention as shall have occurred at
ter the service of a copy of the order or slich
beard or Of the order and direction of such court
upon The superintendent or other officer ia charge
of such hospital, asylum or institution
T. ANY letter communication OF complaint al :
dressed TO such board or to any member thereon
by-any inmate, employee or subordinate officer IN
any such hospital asylum or institution she ne
forthwith forwarded as addressed without inter
ference herewith the breaking OF the seal or
the reading thereof by any officer or einploye OF
such HOSPITAL asylum o.. institution.
& Such board of supervision may whenever
they shall deem it best, visit such hospital, asy-
lun or institution and examine into the cotdi-
ton, care aud treatment of the inmates OF the
same and ma~ make reported such examination
TO the governor. Whenever such board or any
committee or member thereof shall visit any such
hospital asylum or institution for the purpose
aforesaid il shall be tile duty OF the sIperntend-
ent or other officer IN charge of such hospltai,
YUM, or institution, to afford such board, con
mittee, member, opportunity to make a 1uii ana
complete examination into the condition, care ana
treatment Of the Inmates OF such hospital asylum
or institution ~
g. Every corporation formed for the establish
ment and maintenance of any hospital, asyl um or
institution under this act shall, on or before the
first day of October in each year make q report
TO said board OF supervision Tor the pre-
cedng year, which report shall he III form ana
substance as required by said state board of stl.
pervision and shall be verified by the president OF
such corporation or the superintendent or other
officer having charge of such hospital, asylum or
institution And before any patient, whose place
of residence is outside of this state shall be admit
ted into any such institution, asy liIn or hospital
the board of trustees of such corporation shall
execute d bond to the state Of Wisconsin III such
sum- form and with such suretes as the governor
Of this state shall approve, condition TO indemnify
the state Of Wisconsin and all parts thereof against
loss iii case any such patient shall become pau
per in this state which bonds shall be filed IN the
Office of ia secretary of state.
10 The real and personal property Of every cor
poration formed under this act for the care, treat
ment or relief of insane or feeble minded persons,
used exclusively for the care treatment or felle1
OF such persons shall be exempt from taxation so
long as the same shall continue to be so used; pro-
vided that preference shall be given To the adIns-
sion as patients il residents of this state.
Section Q This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March n. 1888