The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

may vote AZ any special or annual meeting duly
warned for that purpose and may raise the
money therefor by tax, or may borrow money
ON TIE credit Of such city, town or village, Is Il
may vote nc such meeting. The sum so raised
! or property so contributed shall be used bv the
trustees herein appointed solely for the purposes
! OF this act.
] SEC. IA. The governor shall have the power
and it shall be his duty whenever any vacancy
shall occur in said board by reason Of death, re-
moVh or otherwise, to appoint such suitable
person or persons 10 fill such vacancy, who shall
/ hold their office until the next session Of
the General Assembly. and until such vacancy is
hlled as aforesaid. The government and sole
and exclusive control of the Vermont State
Asylum for the Insane shall be vested in said
board OF trustees.
SEC. 10 When said asylum or any part of il
IS completed and in readiness for use, said trus-
tees are authorized to remove the insane Grim
mails now at the Vermont asylum for the insane
at BrattleborO, and such Of the insane poor, now
at SAID asylum at Brattleboro as they may Sc
lect to the asylum provided for by this act
SEC. l6. When said insane criminals are so
removed 10 said asylum authorized by this act.
they shall be subject to all of the provisions con
tanned in chapter 2O4 of the Revised Laws relat-
ing to the detention, discipline and removal Of
insane criminals committed to the Vermont
Asylum for the Insane. And when the asylum
provided for in this act is in readiness for use.
insane persons now or hereafter confined in the
states prison or house of correction may be re-
moved to said asylum provided for in this act in
the manner provided for in chapter 204 Of the
Revised Laws for the removal of insane Grim
mails from the states prison and house of cor
recton to the Vermont Asylum for the Insane,
and all insane criminals so removed shall be sub
ject to all the provisions contained in said chap
ter relating to their detention, removal and dis
eipllne IN said Vermont Asylum for the Insane
oEC. II. II said trustees erect a new asylum
as is authorized in this act, they shall provide a
ward or building for the insane criminals which
shall be separate and apart from the buildings
occupied by the other patients in said asylum
and SAID insane criminals shall be kept separate
and apart from all other patients in said asylum
SEC. Is. In locating purchasing land and the
erection OF buildings for the asylum authorized
by this act, said trustees shall consider and pro-
vide for the future necessities of such an asylum,
and shall so far as is practicable plan and CON
struct said asylum so that the same NAV he
finally enlarged and extended so as to be ample
for the care, custody and treatment of all the
insane criminal and insane poor of the state.
SEC. 10. The superintendent of said asylum
shall so Tar as the capacity of said asylum will
admit receive at said asylum all persons who
have been adjudged proper subjects for treat
ment in an asylum pursuant to the laws of this
state regulating the admission of insane persons
to the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and all
insane criminals ordered committed to said asy-
lum and them safely keep until they are dis
NldABSu esIttdul1 10 the ldWh OF THIS state and
the bylaws OF said asylum.
SEC. 20, Whenever said asylum shall be so
far completed as to admit of the reception of
patients, the superintendent shall on the first day
OF each month estimate the amount of funds re-
quired to transact the business of the same and
support the patients therein for the current
month, stating in detail for what purpose the
funds are required and when such estimate has
been approved by majority of the trustees.
the auditor of. accounts shall draw an order on
the state treasurer for the same. He shall ON
the last day of each month deliver an abstract of
the expenses of the institution for the month
with vouchers for the same, to the auditor of
accounts, who shall examine and audit said ac-
counts, and if the expenses of the month exceed
the amount estimated, shall draw his order on
the state treasurer for such balance as he finds
due.
SEC. 21. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November p. 1888.