The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

Sec, 50. Each and every inmate q. any
! hospital or asylum for insane in this state
in writing with th the Governor 10 and the secre
| tary OF the board OF trustees In the same
manner and under the same regulations as
with the correspondents chosen under this
act
Sec. "a. Any superintendent, assistant
physician or empioye Of any hospital or
| asylum for the insane, or any person re-
fusing or neglecting to comply with or will
fully or knowingly violating any Of the pro
Do Of nedsVs q s to sb tr
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor.
Sec. 35. It shall be the duty Of the super
the insane in this state and every trustee
OF such institution to investigate any al
! legged violation Of the provisions of this act
insane in this state, or otherwise
Sec. &C. A copy Of sections twenty-eigh
printed in plea type, shall be framed and
posted in every ward of every insane hos
pital or asylum, public or private. in the
Sec. 81. The relatives of any person who
shall be found insane under section nine
teen of this act shall, in all cases where,
in the opinion Of the judge Of probate OF
court commissioner by whom he is found
| insane, it is prudent and advisable, have
the right to take charge Of and keep said
|
but the judge Of probate or court commits
sioner may require bond Of such relatives
conditioned for the proper and safe keeping
friends of any patient. kept In any OF the
state hospitals, shall request his discharge,
such patient ehaTga wtn
superintendent Of such hospital may in his
discretion, require bond to be executed
with such sureties. as he may deem proper
conditioned for the safekeeping OF suc4
patient, and on receipt and approval by
him of said bond he may discharge the
Sec. SO. Whenever any person who now
Is, or hereafter becomes, convict IN the
| state prison or state refOrmatory, shall, IN
the opinion of the board of inspectors or
| managers thereof, have become insane, said
board Of inspectors or managers shall file
with the judge Of probate Of the county
in which said prison or 'refsrmatory is 10
Gated information thereof in writing: Upon
receiving such information from said board
said judge of probate shall proceed to de-
termine the question of insanity In the
| manner provided in section nineteen OF this
act and, if satisfied that the convict is in
sane and a proper subject to be committed
to a state hospital for care and treatment,
he shall approve the certificate of the ex-
aminers and issue his duplicate order and
the custody of the superintendent of the
proper state hospital for the insane, and
shall place such order and warrant, and
the duplicate certificate OF the examiners
in lunacy. in the hands Of the warden OF
the state prison, or the superintendent of
the state reformatory Gf the convict is In
Sec 50. Upon the receipt of such dupli-
cate warrant and 'tihcate by said warden
or superintendent, ne shall cause said con,
vict to be removed the state hospital
named in the warrant, and shall also cause
the duplicate warrant and certified copy
Of the prson records reatng to such
convict to be filed in the Office of the super
intendent of the hospital, and the original
with til superintendent endorsement
II ereon, te be returned to the judge Of pro-
bate issuing the same.
Said warden or superintendent shall cause
the substantial facts contained in said war
rant and certificate including the dates
thereof, to be entered upon the prison rec
ords Said warrant and the. superintend-
ent'S endorsement thereon shall each specify
that the said insane person is state prison
or state reformatory convict.
Sec. 40. Whenever, in the opinion OF the
hospital superintendent. such convict has
sufficiently recovered from the mental dis.
ability on account of which such committal
was made, his term of sentence not having
expired, he shall notify the warden OF the
state prison. or superintendent of the state
refOrmatOry, and such warden or Superln-
tendent shall Immediately cause such con
Wet to be returned to said prison or re-
matory) Of the fact.
Sec. ii, Whenever a state prison state
reformatory convict who has been commit,
escape therefrom or die therein, the super
intendent Of such hospital shall imm edlate-
~ notify the ,*arden Of tha state prison
or superintendent of the state reiormatofy'
lin case he was committed from the refor-
matory) of the fact.
Sec. a. The fees Of the examiners IN
lunacy, hereinafter provided, snan De ,h Ger,
the examination was had, to tne wa, WaIue 81
Of the state prison or superintendent OF
the state reformatory ana nrrsi ~ com.
hitting a convict to a state hospital 1or the
l insane, shall be paid from the current eX tx,
pense fund Of the institution Irou WHICH
he was committed.
Sec. As. Whenever the superintendent OF
any state hospital shall report to the board
Of trustees that any insane person Ia t ~
hospital under his charge is manifestly IN
durable. that his disease has become chrome
and that he is not likely to be further ben
cited by treatment therein ana tnat ne ne
may safely and properly be taken care . OF
in a private family, but whose own 1amlly
ane not able to support him, said board OF
trustees may authorize sala snpetlnten, ad
and taken care of in some suitable private
family at an expense not to exceed three
dollars per week which f sna,l De p a1o b oS.
pital Said superintendent shall by himself
or some one of the medical staff of such
| hospital or some one delegated by MIN,
cause such insane person to be visited as
often as once in three months, and when-
ever. in the judgment of said superintend-
family where he has been placed, or for
any reason he deems it best that he should
be again cared for and treated IN the nos
pital, he shall Immediately cause his re-
Sec. A. Whenever in the judgment Of
the superintendent of any state hospital
patient therein. as part Of the treatment,
and that it is prudent SO to DO, or that
it will be conducive to the recovery OF any
patient to return home or to his friends,
or to be absent on trial, in case such pa
tent has not been committed while under
charge of any criminal offense, said super
o1lo n b.
sent on parole for such specified time as
he may deem advisable, not exceeding six
months. The order of commitment in such
patient is discharged according to law, and
his parole may be at any time revoked, In
the discretion OF the supernteneeent; .+o+.
hospital for the insane shall discharge any
patient certified by him to be recovered, un-
convicted Of some criminal offense. In al!
other cases patients shall be discharged
only by the board Of trustees, and three
trustees shall constitute a quorum to dis
charge a patient. When patients, improved
or unimproved, are reported to the board
Of trustees and recommended for discharge
by the superintendent, such recommenda-
a discharge is advised Whenever a pa
tent is discharged in any of the ways here
in provided. the superintendent of the hos
pital from which he has been discharged
shall Immediately mail to the judge Of the
probate court of the county in which the
warrant of commitment was issued and
to the guardian or next of kin. certificate
signed by him, stating that such person has
been discharged and the date thereof
which certificate, when received by such
judge Of probate, shall be fled in his Office
Sec. 46: It shall be the duty of the super
lect from time to time from the patients
Of the hospital under his management such
idiotic and feeble minded children and
youths as in his opinion are proper subjects
for training and instruction, and to trans
fer the same to the directors or managers
OF the Minnesota institute for detectives
at Faribault, provided there is room for
the reception of such persons in said in
stitute for detectives subject to the ap-
prevail Of the board Of trustees.
Sec. A.. Every person committed to a