The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-23
ruApmrP I.HlII.


An Act to regulate and contloh private insane
or treatment Of persons ofunsound mind.
l. Be 1t enacted by the 5e1ate ana General
Assembly of the state Of ersey, That
no lpS1Ts6 "a as si, son, shall AL
stfthti0n, for the CARE cu5t 81 Of Treatment
OF the insane, or persons OF uDsound mind,
tor compensation or hire. without first OBJ
tanning license therefor from thu board of
managers of state hospitals; provided, that
this section shall not apply to any safe asy-
lum, or institution, or to any asylum or in
stitution, established or conducted by any
county and provided, also, that Il shah not
person OF unsound mind, is detained AID
treated at his own house. or that OF some reh-
tive.
2. And be 1t enacted, That every application
for such license shall be accompanied by plan
of the premises proposed to be occupied,
describing the capacities OF the buildings tor
the uses intended, the extent and location OF
the grounds appurtenant thereto, and the
number of patients of either sex proposed
to be received therein; and it shall not be
lawful for 1.-The board of managers OF the state
hospitals" to grant any such license, without
having first caused examination by one
OF its number of the premises proposed TO be
licensed, and upon being satisfied by such
examination that they are as described, ana
are otherwise fit and suitable for the purpose
for which they are designed to be used, shall
B. And be il enacted That "the board OF
managers of the state hospitals may make
proper rules for the management and con-
duct of ali private institutions. to which such
license may be granted, and shall have power
to revoke any such license, upon being salts
fed, after investigation and hearing of the
licensee, that such rules have been violated.
4. And be it enacted, That the said the
board of managers of the state hospitals"
shall cause every such licensed institution
to be visited, by at least one of its number,
at least once In every year, and shall be en-
titled to receive twenty-five dollars each year,
from each institution so licensed, which sum
shall be used TO detray the expenses Attendant
upon examination and VisitAiioRs q such IL
censed ms titution. " >
s. And be it enacted, That EVERY person,
| association, corporation. or institution. IL
censed by 1.-THE board of managers of the
state hospitals" under the provisions OF this
the care custody, or treatment OF the insane,
or of persons of unsound minds shall have
the right and power. while such license re-
mains III force and unrevoked. 70 receive and
hold any patient, or person, VINO shall be de-
| livered into the care, CUSTODY or charge of
such licensed person, association, corpora
| or commitment of any judge or justice of any
court OF record of this state, OF by virtue OF
the certificate of two respectable physicians,
! under oath, setting forth. the insanity or I'M
soundness of mind of such person which GER
tificate shall be dated within one month of
the reception of such person, and shall be
of the person by whose direction such patient
is sent, stating the age and place OF nativity,
| If known, the christian name and surname,
place OF residence, occupation of such pa
| tent, and the degree OF relationship, or other
circumstances of connection between the pa
tent and person requesting his admission
ana each person signing such request or GER
| tificate shall annex to his name his profession
or occupation, and the place of his residence,
unless these facts appear on the face of the
document; and every such certificate and
| req uest shall be delivered to, and lodged with
the superintendent, or manager, of the IL
censee, upon the reception OF such patient.
and shall be forthwith copied, ana entered
in a book, to be kept by such licensee tor the
purpose, together with minute OF the date OF
| the reception of such patient
| g. And be it enacted, That within i've days
after the reception of such patient the licensee
shall mail to othe board of managers of the
state hospitals to the address OF the secretary
thereof a copy of the oruGf Gfff FgDsn1nftine nj
or request and certificate which accom- panied
| UGH patient and within the firstweek OF each
quarter such licensee shall report in writing
mailed to the said secretary, the name, resi-
dence and physical and mental condition OF
every patient then IN the custody of the IL
eensee, together with the date and cause OF
discharge or death of every patient who shall
have been discharged or died since the last
previous report, and shall keep an accurate
record of all such matters,
T. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts, inconsistent with the provisions Of
this act be and the same are hereby repealed
an d this act shall take effect July fourth, one
thousand eight hundred and nfnety-hve.
Approved February rs, 1895.