The age-herald., 1900-12-16
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does he Cor she) hold?
 QW In what way is the person trouble some? Or dangerous? In what way is he Cor she) indecent or uncleanly? How has he tor she) attempted self-injury? Or to injure others? How has he Cor shel- att tempted to destroy property? How well does he Cor she) attend to ordinary work? Or business?
 Q) What is the alleged cause of his Cor her) insanity?
 Q9 What near relatives of the person have been insane on fathers side? On mothers side? Brothers of the patient in sane? Sisters? Names of relatives in an Alabama Insane Hospital?
 q3) Is the person deaf? Dumb? Blind? Lame? Maimed in any way? Paralyzed: How much is he Cor she) confined to bed? How Is he Cor she) sick or diseased other wise than being insane?
 Q4) Will the person be an indigent or a paying patient?
 21. On receipt of the application of the judge of probate and the answers to tho foregoing interrogatories describing the case, the superintendent shall promptly forward a reply, stating whether the pa- tient can be received, and to which hospital he Cor she) shall be sent.
 p. When informed by the superinten- dent that the person can be re- ceived patient, the Judge of Probate shall call witnesses, at least one of whom shall be a physician, and fully investigate the facts of the case, either with or without a jury, and either with or without the presence in court of the person whose sanity is in question, accord ing to his discretion; and if the judge or thekjury, as the case may be, believe that the person Is sufficiently defective mentally to be sent as a patient to the hospital for insane persons, according to the description heretofore set forthA of who shall be pa- tients in the insane hospitals of the State, the Judge of Probate shall make two copies of a certificate ,one copy of which shall be filed in his office and the other he shall send with the patient to the hospitali which certificate shall read substantially as follows:
 I, GA. B), Judge of Probate of the Coun- ty of -, and the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that 1t having been alleged to me that e. D.), a resident of said coun- ty, is insane, and that his Cor her) own and the public welfare demand that he Cor she) be sent to the hospital for insane persons for custody and treatment, pursuant to the statute provided in such cases, I have call ed before me the following credible wit nesses (giving their names) and pr. -, reputable physician, practicing medicine in the State, and having examined them un- der oath, and otherwise fully investigated the facts of the case, with the said co. D.) present in court Cor not, as the case may be), do hereby certify that sufficient proof has been adduced before me tor the jury) to satisfactorily show that the said co. D. is insane, and that he Cor she) ought to be committed to the hospital for insane per- sons for safe-keeping and treatment.
 I further certify that satisfactory proof has been adduced before me tor the jury) that said co. D.) has Cor has noD sufficient means to pay his Cor her) expenses in the hospital.
 I therefore commit him Cor her) to the - Hospital at -, according to in- structions received from the superintend- ent, as indigent Cor paying) patient.
 Given under my hand at -, in the county and State aforesaid, this - day of -, in the year -.
 GA. B.), Judge of Probate.
 2S. The judge of probate shall depute one or more persons, relatives, friends or of-
  to the hospital, and all necessary expenses incurred in conveying an indigent patient to the hospital shall be paid out of ths county treasury on order from the county commissioners.
 2. At the same time that the judge. or the jury, investigate the degree of mental effectiveness of the person, if adjudged in- sane, the judge Cor jury) shall also exam I, @o Ii l1r r, arA financial standing and if he Cor she) has not sufficient means to pay for his Cor her) support in the hospital, the judge shall so state it in the certificate, and the exy rese of the patient shall be paid by tho State in the manner hereinafter described.
 25. If, however, 1t appear that the patient in his Cor her) own name has the means; or, if a minor, that his Cor her) guardian or parents have the means; or if his Cor her) relatives or friends agree to provide the means, for his Cor her) support in the hospital, the judge of probate shall state in the certificate that he Cor she) will be a paying patient; and the judge of probate shall contract with responsible parties for the payment quarterly in advance of the amount charged under the direction of the Board of Trustees, for such patients, and to that effect shall cause a bond with sui ficient surety to be made, which bond shall be approved by the judge of probate One copy of said bond shall be filed in the office of the probate judge, and another sent with the patient to the hospital and shall read substantially as follows:
 Know all men by these presents that we and -, of the county of -, in the State of Alabama are firmly held and bound unto the trustees of the Insane Hospitals of Alabama in the penal sum of three hundred dollars, for the payment of which we hereunto bind ourselves jointly and severally. Sealed with our seals and dated this = day of -, A. D., 19-.
 The conditions of the above obligations are as follows:
 Wheras e. D. of the county of -,