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brning the reception of such pa
ents.
This specification is not sustained.
Patients are received under forms
breseribed by the board Of regents,
The certificates Of two physicians as
kto insanity and. an order OF the pro-
bate Judge of the counties from which
8fhey come
a 8. That the board Of regents are
4 in the habit Of violating section 22o|
Of the code of laws by not discharg-
ing patients who shall have recover
ed as expressly enjoined upon them
by the said section, and that the su-
>perintendent endorses said section.
. This specification is not sustained.
The testimony taken by US does not
show such violation Of section 2267.
4. That the board Of regents 1and
\ the superintendent constantly act IN
violation of section 2267 Of the code
1 of laws by requiring an arbitrary
form aud receipt to be signed by var
ious persons for the custody of pa
&ients in consideration of what the su-
perintendent terms a release against
Pthe advice and consent Of the super
intendent, instead Of an uncondltlon-
kal discharge contemplated by said
tseetiou.
We find that these conditions are
not attached to discharges upon re-
eovery, but are attached to what is
termed a 9O@day furlough, section
g259 Of the civil code provides, The
superintendent of the hospital shall,
under the authority of the board OF
regents, furlough any convaleseent
! patient at the request Of his or her
RELATIVES or friends for a period not
Exceeding three MONTHS" and further
,rovides: "That if at the expiration
IF three months the patient has not
been returned to the hospital, his or
per name shall be transferred from
=. she furlough to the discharged list
PThe conditions annexed to these fur
loughs We do not think, are IN VIOLA
ton Of law, or can we say they are
unwise. They seem to have been tax
Ken from the regulations of hospitals
Ior the insane in New York.
S. That the said superintendent
Ind board Of regents constantly vio-
ate section 2268 of the code of laws
1y receiving inebriates and
,ersons addicted to the drug
Labit who are not dangerous or vlo-
ent and by not requiring the pay
kRerein provided for, and by receiy-
iHg such patients as voluntarily ap-
pIy for admission without requiring
. ). md by retaing such patients
therein when the accommodations for
tie regular inmates are inadequate
and against their will
y The authorities at the institution
, have not strictly observed the provi-
;, sions of this section Of the code. The
section provides that "Inebriatese or
persons addicted to the opium or chic
raj habit shall not be received in the
State hospital for the insane for
treatment, unless they are violent. "
"This requirement has been observed.
\ The section also requires the eoun-
Ties from which said inebriates come,
II 5e~es ciaries, to pay to the hospital
the same amounts, $20.80 per month,
FOR board, as pay patients are re-
,,uired to pay, and if not done suit is
directed to, be brought against said
counties for the same. This require
4negt Of the law has not been. en-,
forced. The section also provides
'}Tkat ANY inebriate or person adj
eietcd to the opium or ehloral habit
Voluntarily making application to be
admitted into the hospital for treat
! znent, may, at the discretion Of the
Hoard Of regents, be received as a