The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
CHAPTER l470.

Il
tenance. Management. and Control Of
| the Rhode Island School For the Feeble
Minded.
| Passed April g. 1907
| II IN enacted by the General Assembly an
| follows:
| Section l. A school to be known az
| the Rhode Island School For the Feeble.
| Minded shall be established and shall be
| under the management and control or the
| state board Of education.
| Sec. 2. Said board is empowered to lease
| necessary land and buildings for said
| school. the expense thereof TO be paid
out Of any moneys appropriated for the
| maintenance of said school. and to pur-
I chase land and erect buildings for the
| use OF said school the expense thereof
| to be paid out Of any moneys approprl-
| ated for that purpose. Said board shall
| have power 10 make such bylaws and
populations for the government thereon,
| not Inconsistent with the provisions or
| this act, az they may deem expedient.
| They shall appoint such officers, teach
| err. and employees az shall be necessary,
| and prescribe their duties and fix their
| salaries and compensation, and shall
| purchase such furniture books, school ap-
| paratus. and other supplies necessary 10
| the equipment and carrying on OF said
| school.
| Sec. e. In said school shall be main
| tained q school department for the In
| struction and education of feeble minded
persons who are within school age, or
| who are in the judgment OF said board
| capable of being benefited by school In
| struction; and custodial department for
| the care and custody OF feeble-m minded
persons beyond school age, or VINO are
| not capable Of being benefited by school
instruction.
Sec. T. All feeble minded persons I'm the
| care and custody of the state. or OF any
| town in this state, capable of being ben
| Gifted by school instruction shall be trans
ferrsd to and received into said school
whenever said board considers the con
ditions in said school suitable and the
| accommodations In said school ample for
| the proper care and instruction Of such
| persons.
| Sec. 8. Said board may gratuitously re-
ceive, maintain, and educate In said
school such feeble-minded persons, resi-
dents OF this state. ss they, upon investi-
| cation, believe are without means OF sup
port and whose lawful guardians are
unable to pay for such maintenance and
| education or are not liable for the same
Other pupils may be received from this
| state or elsewhere, at such a charge as
said board may in their discretion fix.
| Overscsrs of the poor In all the towns
of this state shall receive and forward
| to said board any applications that may
| be brought to their attention for the ad-
| mission TO said school OF any feeble
| tive towns. All applications for admission
| OF any feeble minded person to said
school, under the provisions OF this sec
ton, shall be made in writing, to said
board, by the parent or parents, guardian
or the person having the care and Gus
tody of such feeble minded person and
each such application shall be accom-
panied by the certificate of two practicing
physicians in good standing, that such
| person. whose admission is sought into
| said school. is feeble minded and proper
| subject for admission to said school Said
board shall have full control and au-
| thority over the inmates OF the school
and may, whenever they consider II
necessary or expedent, discharge any
pupil Of said school delivering said dis
| charged pupil 10 the person or place
| liable for his support and in default OF
| such liability, 10 the state almshouse.
Sec. o. Whenever complaint In writing
and under oath shall be made to any
| Justice or clerk OF the district court that
any person within the district wherein
| such court is established is feeble minded,
40 as to require restraint for his own
welfare or for the welfare OF the public,
such justice or clerk shall Issue his war
rant under his hand and seal, returnable
forthwith, directed to the sheriff deputy
| shoriffs. chiefs OF police. town sergeants,
or coHstables IN the county wherein such
district is situated, requiring the officer
person and have him with such warrant
| before such district court for examina-
ton relative to such complaint at such
time and place within the district as shall
be named in the warrant Such court
may continue or adjourn any such hear
ing or examination pending before II from
time TO time and to the same or to "a
different place In the same district, and
| may pending the hearing or examination
order the person so apprehended to be
detained in the Rhode Island school for
the feeble minded or may, II II deem
proper, require him to enter into recog
niZanCe in such sum as the court shall
direct. with sufficient surety or sureties
satisfactory to said court, with condition
that the person so aVprehended will ap-
pear before such court at the time and
place OF such examination or hearing. and
for want OF such recoGnsance such per-
son shall he commended to the Rhode
Island school for the feeble minded. II
the court on such examination and upon
the testimony of two practicing physi-
| clans In good standing shall adjudge such
complaint to be true, II shall, unless some
provision for the adequate restraint of
such person satisfactory TO said court
shall bs made, commit such person by
! warrant under its hand and seal to the
Rhode Island school for the feeble mind
| ed, there to be detained until In the
| judgment OF the state board of education
SUCH persons snail be no longer under
| the necessity of restraint. or until ade
| ouate provision satisfactory to such dis
| trct court for the restraint OF such per
son shall be made before II. Application
| for the discharge from the Rhode Island
school for the feeble minded Of any per
son 80 committed may be made by him.
| or by some person I'm his behalf. To the
| district court by which such person was
committed. and a time and place for the
| hearing of such application shall be ap-
| pointed by such court to whom such
| application shall have been made, and
such court shall have the power TO order
| tho discharge OF such person. Any person
| aggrioved by the order Of any district
| court committing such person 10 such
school for the feeble minded or refusing
| 20 discharge such person thercfrom shall
| have the same right OF appeal as is pro-
vided from ihe Judgment of a district
| court in criminal cases.
! Sec. :. Said board shall annually i'm the
| month OF January prepare and present
| 10 the general assembly written or
| printed report OF said school. including
| therein statements OF it's work its ex-