The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-14
CHAPTER CLVT.

Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act
to provide additional accommodations for the
hrst, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the state of New Jersey, That the
boards of chosen freeholders- of any county in
which county lunatic asylum shall have been
or shall hereafter be established shall not be
chargeable with the support in said asylum of any
pauper lunatic or INDECENT lunatic not pauper
unless he, she or they shall have legal settle
ment under the poor laws of this state in some
township or city within said county.
2 And be it enacted, That no court or judge
shall make any order committing any person to
any county lunatic asylum in this state unless the
lunacy OF such person shall be testified to before
SAID court or Judge by at least two respectable
pnysic1ans, and unless the person or persons max
ing application therefor shall have first given the
director of the board of chosen feehoders of such
county or one of the chosen freeholders of the
township or ward in which such lunatic shall
nave legal settlement, at least one days notice
OF such application and that the order of the said
court OF. Judge in the matter shall adjudieate
Whetner the said person is a lunatic and has suff
clent estate to support him and his family Tor if
he have no family, himself alone), or her during
the visitation OF insanity, and also the place of
laws of this state
3. And be it enacted, That it shah be the duty
OF any chosen freeholders who shall be notified Of
such application as aforesaid to attend before the
said court or judge at the time said application is
made for the purpose of protecting the ntere is of
such county therein; and that in all cases of
doubt they may, if they see fit, direct the county
counsel, If there be such officer to attend before
such court or judge at the time said application IL
made, TO protect the interests of said county.
4. And be it enacted, That such order of said
court or judge, if made shall be filed in the office
OF the clerk of said county and a certified copy
shall be sent to the asylum with the said lunate
and such certified copy shall be sufficient warrant
to the officers of said asylum for the detention of
the said person.
5. And be it enacted, That the county clerk
shall be entitled to fee of fifty cents each or.
der made under this act, to be paid by the person
making the application therefor.
6. And be it enacted, That no such lunatic shall
become chaFgeable to any such county unless the
proceedings shall be approved by the chosen free
holder OF the ward or the chosen freehodeTs of the
township in which such lunatics shall have legal
settlement as now provided by law. II
4. And be it enacted, That whenever any luna
tic shall have been an inmate of any such county
asylum for the period of three years and shall be
pronounced incurable by the superintendent or
other chief executive officer of such asylum at the
time of his or her discharge therefrom it shall not
be lawful to recommit such lunatic to said asylum
at the expense of such county, except by and with
the consent of the board of freeholders of said
county. 49,. n Fl
8; And be it enacted. That this act shall take eff.
Passed April 2, 1885. ssss