The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

construction of said buildings to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars Said commissioners may appoint person. or persons to have charge oi the property devoted to the use of said epileptic colony until the same may be established as provided for in section eight and the salaries of the persons so appointed shall be paid from the appro- priations authorized by this act. Said commissioners are further authorized to sell any personal property which shall come into their possession under the pro- vision of section D. which, in their opinion, Is not needed for the purposes Of said epieptic colony, and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the treasury of the colony
 Sec. ,. The commissioners of the Ala bama iEpileptic Colony are hereby au- thorized and empowered to receive and to hold in their official capacity and not otherwise in trust for the State of Ala bama, such authority and property titles to pass to their successor or successors in office. any grant or devise of lands' any donation or bequest of money or other personal property made for the use of said Epleptic Colony, and for the pur- pose of preserving and investing the pro ceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured
 
 other safe securities, with all the powers necessary to carry said purpose to et- feet. And they shall have the power 10 expend any donations or bequests or any part of the same, in the erection or new, or alteration of old buildings or lands belonging to the State for the use or said Epieptic Colony, provided that all snch buildings shall belong to said State Tor use of the Epileptic Colony and be man aged as a par. thereof.
 Sec. G. The commissioners shall receive such compensation, while engaged in se- celting a site for said Epieptic Colony. the purchase of lands therefor and the construction and equipment or buildings on lands selected and purchased, as the Governor and State Board of Health small determine, but after the establishment or the Epileptic Colony they shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be reimbursed from the treasury of the State for the expenses incurred in the performance of official duty.
 Sec. I. When the buildings constructed under the act so far completed that in the opinion of the commissioners the admission of patients may properly be made thereto, said commissioners snail so notify the Governor, who shall there upon issue his proclamation establishing the Alabama Epileptic Colony and there after the commissioners may receive into the Epileptic Colony any person over five years of age who Is subject to epilepcy, provided such person be neither criminal, an inebrate or violently in- sane.
 Sec. 8. Persons subject to epilepsy who are five years of age or over may be admitted under special agreement to be supported in said t,pileptic Colo ny by relatives or friends upon com- plying with the required forms of admission and paying the costs of sup port agreed upon; but no person shall be received in said colony as patient without lodging with the superintendent a written request stating the full name, place of residence, place of nativity oc- cupation of the patient and degree of relationship to the patient of the appi- cant. and other circumstances between the applicant and the person for whom admission is sought, together with the certificate of two physicians who are le- gal practitioners of medicine in Alabama, setting forth the fact that the person for whom admission is desired Is an epileptic and is eligible to admission to said col ony. Such certificates shall be under oaths and shall be in accordance with forms adopted by the board of commits soners of said colony. All persons main- tained at the colony at private charge, shall in addition to the above require- ments, furnish bond payable to the treasurer or his successor in office in such a sum and with such securities as shall be approved by the superintendent and conditioned for the cost and support of the patient so long as he shall re- main in the colony No such person shall be detained for more than three months after having given written notice of his desire or intention to leave said colony. When any patient is received at said Epileptic Colony the superintendent shall report the particulars of the case to the commissioners who may investi- gate the same.
 Sec. g. Any resident of Alabama who is five years of age or over desiring to be admitted or for whom admission is desired, to the Alabama Epileptic Colony under the provisions of section seven or this act, who is not of sufficient ability to pay the charge of his support in said Epileptic Colony and who has no person or kindred bound by law to maintain him, of sufficient ability to pay such charges may apply by petition to any judge of probate qualified to commit in sane persons. asking for the approval of his application as hereinafter provided. No such person shall be admitted in said , Epileptic Colony except in accordance with the provisions of this act.
 Sec TO- Such petition shall be accom-
  superintendent of said Epleptic Colony for admission thereto, signed by the pe- titioner and sworn to by him or by some relative or friend for him, setting forth his place of residence and to the best of his knowledge his place of settlement. also stating that he Is an epileptic and that neither he nor any other person bound by law to maintain him is of suf- | fcient ability to pay the charges of his support.
 Sec H. The petitioner shall give mo- tice to the commissioners court of the county in which the applicant resides, of his intention to bring such petition; and, should such application be received and cared for in said Epileptic Colony, there shall be paid In quarterly payments to the treasurer of said board of com missioners by the county treasurer on Ithe order of the commissioners court of I each county from which an indgent per- ! son has been committed to the colony, or transferred from an almshouse, State hospital or institution or county poor | house where they were previously main | tained at public expense the sum of two dollars per week, and in addition a sum | not to exceed thirty dollars per annum for clothing for each patient received, as aforesaid and the certificate of the su- 1 perintendent of the colony that such pa | tient has been received and maintained l shall be sufficient authority to sue for. 1 and to recover in the name of it's treas l urer, from the county indebted, all sums | that may be due for the support, mainte- nance and clothing of any such patients | as in any action on contracts. | Sec. 12. The hearing of such petition | shall be at such time and place as the probate judge shall appoint. If upon such hearing the probate judge finds that | the netitioner is subject tO epilepsy and