The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-05
MAKES DEPORTATION
OF INSANE DIFFICULT.
Diversity in Laws of States
Raises PerpIexina Questions
for Officials.

Diversity in the requirements for le7
gal residence in the different states IS
causing the board of control and it's
agent, D. A. Lindsay, much perplex1ty
in relation to the deportation of insane
persons. Owing to differences in state
laws it is possible for person to have
a legal residence in the United States
and still none in any state of the Union
Or, in other words, he may by removal
from one state to another, forfeit MS
residence in the state he has left, by
the provisions of the laws of that state,
before he has acquired legal residence
in the state to which he has removed
according to the requirements of that
state Also he may have been long
enough in the United States to have es-
tablished legal residence in the coun-
try without having remained sufhclent
time in any one state to become legally
a resident of the state.
For some years it has been the policy
of Minnesota to deport all insane per-
sons who have not established Legal
residence in this state, it having been
determined that this course, even
though it involves the cost of transpor-
tation to Europe for the patient and
a guardian, is far less expensive than
the care of the patient in one of the
state institutions would be. Before the
burden can be thus shifted, however,
1t is necessary to locate the RESPONSE
bility elsewhere and to prove not only
that the insane person has no legal
residence in Minnesota, but also that he
has one somewhere else. This is where
in the trouble arises. 49,
Question of Legal Residence.
Mr.. Lindsay now has under consider
alton the case of patient in one of
the insane hospitals of the state whose
last known legal residence was in
Pennsylvania. Since leaving PennSyl-
vania the man had wandered over five
states, remaining only short time in
each before he was passed along the
line of some railroad by one or an
other community that did not wish to
undertake his care or take the trouble
to return him to where he belonged.
He has not been a year in Minnesota,
and therefore under the laws of this
state is not legally q resident of this
state. He is subject for deportation,
but to what particular point has not
yet been ascertained. The question in
lost his residence in Pennsylvania; and,
if so, if he has remained long enough
| III any of the other states included in
his itinehary to establish a residence
in that state under it's laws.
Another case now pending is that of
Claus Stahl, who is at present in the
Fergus Falls hospital, and came to
Minnesota from Iowa about nine
months ago. The laws of Iowa, like
those of Minnesota, require a resi-
dence of one year in the state, and a
person leaving that state does not for
felt his legal residence until after the
expiration of one year. There is a
clause in the Iowa law, however, which
provides that a person who has set
tied in community may at any time
before the expiration of one year be
notified by the authorities ofsthat COM
| munity that he is otaconsidered de-
sirable citizen and his presence there
is Objectionable. In that case, although
he should remain more than year, he
cannot establish a legal residence.
In the case of Stahla question may
arise as to whether he was served with
such a notice.