The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
Proposed to Erect One
 at Folsom.
THE LEGISLATURE WILL ACT
PRISON DIRECTORS AND LUNACY
 COMMISSION INTERESTED.
Citations Issued to the Guardians of Insane People to File Their Reports, as Required
 by Law.

An important joint meeting of the State Board of Lunacy Commissioners and Pri- son Directors will be held next Friday at Folsom. The purpose of the conference Is to devise ways and means for the erec- ton of an institution in which criminal and convict insane may be confined
 Secretary John F. Carrere of the Insan- ity Commission and Warden Aull of Fol- some Prison have been in consultation for several days past and they expect to have mass of valuable information and facts to present at the meeting for the guidance Of the two boards in the proposed move
 There Is a nice distinction between the criminal and the convict insane, but 1t is Intended to incarcerate both classes in the same asylum. By criminal Insane is meant those who have committed crime and escaped the penalty of the law by successfully pleading insanity as the cause of their misdeeds. They are there upon sent to an insane asylum. It is pro- posed to eliminate that element by having them sent to the new institution.
 By convict insane is meant those who nave become insane in prison and these will likewise be segregated.
 At the meeting the two boards will con- plete plans for building quarters and a bill will be prepared for presentation to the next Legislature. According to War den Aull an appropriation of $100000 will be asked for and this, it is said, will be none too much.
 Provision will be made for the admin tstratOn of the institution and the bill will also carry with it an amendment to the Penal Code for the direct commitment of criminal insane to the new asylum. The end of next year will probably see the completion of the structure, which has come to be an absolute necessity.
 Secretary Carrere returned yesterday from the Home for FeebleMinded near Glen Ellen, where he went to place twenty unfortunateS who had been taken from the various asylums throughout the State.
 The trip was uneventful," he said As we neared Glen Ellen l got my charges to singing, and they were in an exceedingly merry frame of mind. They appeared to like their new quarters very much. AS to the proposed new home for criminal and convict insane, we will take such steps as will be sure to bring about that class of lunatics should be by them selves and as soon as everything is ready we will proceed to eradicate them from the insane hospitals just as We are now at work segregating the Predetermined.
 Another good work to be accomplished by the Board of Lunacy Commissioners will be to compel guardians of estates of insane persons to file a report of their guardianship, with a statement of ac- counts. While the law requires that this shall be done annually 1t has never been the law, and yesterday seventeen cita- tions were issued for these guardians to appear before the Probate Court to pre- sent their reports. We do not accuse any one of dishonesty, but the law is very clear on the subject, and the insane ward should have an assurance that his estate is properly handled.
 ''The Pension Commissioners of the United States are interested in this Ques- ton. l know of case where man was committed to the asylum for being insane some years ago. A certain saloon-keeper was appointed his guardian. The man draws an insanity pension of $50 a month from the Government. Now I find that the pensioner is not an inmate of any ir- sane asylum but is working somewhere in the northern part of the State. The pension is drawn regularly every month by the guardian, and we will inquire into 1t. If the man is sane enough to be at large and able to work he is not entitled to the pension"