Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

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thereof there shall be minor, insane or
mentally incompetent heirs, devisees or
legatees entitled to such estate or any part
thereof, and no person interested IN such
estate or minor, insane or incompetent per-
son shall, within thirty days after such
removal, resignation or refusal to act or
within thirty days after such maj SETTLE
ment and assignment, apply to the proper
county court for the appointment Of an ad-
ministrator or guardian, or When IN any
case there is no person entitled TO Apply
for administration or guardianship WITHIN
the county known to the county court, ana
no application by any one entitled to al
miniStration or guardianship is mace anu
1t appears to the court necessary that az
minfstration or guardianship should be
granted without delay in order TO protecG
and preserve such estate in the interest OF
those entitled thereto, or OF any creoltofS,
the county court having jurisdiction OF Sucn
estate or of such minor, insane or incom-
petent person his estate shall, upon It's
own motion or upon the application OF Tue
public administrator, II such court snali
deem necessary, grant administrator OF
such estate or guardianship OF the estate
of such minors insane or incompetent per,
son to the public administrator, ana II snaI
thereupon be lawful for the public admins
traitor to take possession OF the properly
and effects Of the interstate, testator or
minor, or insane or incompetent person ana
protect and preserve the same, ana TO
proceed with the administration of such
estates and with the care and management
of the estate Of such minor, insane or IN
competent person, as the case may require,
until administration or letters OF GUARDIAN
ship thereon shall, upon proper appIlca-
ton of some person entitled to apply thefe-
for, be granted to some other person. II
such intestate, testator or minor, insane or
incompetent person be NONRESIDENT, au-
ministration or guardianship OF MS estate
shall be granted to the public administrator
Of the county where the property may DC
found. Such administration or guardian
SHIP may be revoked at any time upon the
appointment and qualification of an ad-
mtniStratOr or guardian upon application
Of any person lawfully entitled to apply
therefor, or when for any other cause the
court shall deem it just or eXped1ent; but
such revocation shall not impair the public
administrators rights to receive from the
estate his legal charges and disbursements,
to be determined by the county court. Such
estate shall be administered by the public
administrator in the same manner as other
estates, except as otherwise provided
herein.
Section 81. Section 5s5 of the statutes
is amended to read: Section $50, l.
When a resident Of this state, or any per-
son found therein whose residence has not
been ascertained, shall be or be supposed
to be insane, application may be made IN
his behalf, by any three respectable citi-
zens to the judge of the county court, or
of any court of record for the county in
which such supposed insane person is found,
for judicial inquiry as to the mental con-
ditIon Of such supposed insane person, ana
for an order of commitment to some hos
pitaI or asylum for the insane.
2. Such application shall be in writing,
and substantially in the following form:
To ........ County Judge of .......
County, Wisconsin: The undersigned, citi-
zens Of the said state, hereby make appli-
cation In behalf Of ........, person sup
manning the city town or village) in the
county OF ........, for judicial inquiry
as to. the mental condition of said person,
and for an order committing such person
n hOSOital q insane
II found to be insane.
Dated this day OF ........
TO-.
......."
........
s. On receipt of such application the
Judge to whom 1t Is directed, or in case Of
his absence or other disability to act, any
other judge of a court of record in said
county, shall appoint two distinguished ply
sicians Of good repute for medical skill
and moral integrity to examine the person
alleged or supposed to be insane.
4. No physician shall be appointed such
examiner in lunacy, unless he shall be a
graduate of a legally incorporated medical
school, or shall have been duly licensed
to practice medicine in this state, and shall
have had at least two years eX-
perience In the practice Of his profession,
or shall have had one years experience as
g physician In an insane hospital after his
graduation, and shall be registered by such
county judge as thus qualified on a list lU
DC kept 1OE LudI puFpOSe III Ills OluCG
8. Said judge may cause the person
named In such application to be brought
before him, and said physicians shall, in
the presence Of the judge, if he so desires,
and inquiry, satisfy themselves as to his
mental condition, and report the result Of
their examination to said judge.
g. Such physicians shall, before making
such examination, give notice to the person
under examination that application has
been made for an inquiry into his mental
condition, Withholding the names Of the
applicants If they shall deem it wise, and
that he can be heard In respect to the same,
or II In the judgment of such physicians
such notice would be Injurious to such
may withhold such notice and shall set
forth at length their reasons for so doing
in their report to the judge by whom they
were appointed.
T.. The report OF the physicians shall
consist of the following questions and the
answers Of said physicians thereto:
I. What Is the age of the patient?
2. Where was the patient born?
3. Present place of residence?
4. Married. widowed or single?
8. If children, how many, and the age
of the youngest?
9. What has been the occupation of the
patient and the pecuniary circumstances?
Z. When were the first symptoms of the
disease manifested, and what were they?
8. Is this the first attack? If not,
when did others occur, and what was their
duration?
O. What was the cause of this attack?
10. Is the disease increasing or station
ii. Are there rational intervals? If so.
how often and what is their duration?
u. Have any changes occurred in con-
dttion of body or mind since the attack?
13. On what subject or in what way Is
arrangement now manifested? State fully
Are there any permanent Authorizations or
delusions2
IA. Has the patient shown any DISPOSE
iOfuFp
from sudden passion or generalization?
10. Has suicide or homicide ever been
attempted? If So. in what way? Is the
10. Has the patient any disposition to
destroy clothing or other property?
IT. Is there any disposition to filthy
IS. What treatment was pursued for the
relief of the patient2 Mention fully par
ticulars and effect.
10. Have you made physical examina-
ton OF patient? State fully what is the
present physical condition.
20. Has restraint or confinement ever
been employed If so, what and how long?
81. Did the patient manifest any pc
culiarities of temper, habits, disposition or
pursuits before the accession of the disease,
and predominant passions, religious i'm
pressions, ETC.?
%. Was the patient ever addicted to the
incorporate use OF intoxicating drinks,
drugs or tobacco, or any improper habits?
%; has the patient ever had any injury
20 the nead, paralysis, epilepsy or other
fits; any sign of tubercular or syphilitic
disease; any suppressed eruptions, dis
charges or sores, or any strong predisposi-
ton to hereditary disease?
"a. Has the patient been successfully
vaccinted?
%. If epileptic, state duration and fire.
quency Of parOxysms and duration of dis
ease.
90. Has the patient served In the army
or navy of this or any other country?
%. What relatives, including grand
parents and cousins, have been insane?
%. Were the parents blood relations to
each other?