The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-17
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ing, Leavenworth county, Kansas, suit
aoIe buildings to be known as the state
: the. purpose OF holding in custody and
caring for such insane persons, idiots,
lmbeeiles and epileptics as may be COM
JURISDICTION, or otherwise, or transferred
5Snereto by the board of directors of the
oeate Renltent1ary, the board or managers
OF the Kansas State Industrial Reform
atory and the state Board of Control;
ana the said board of directors of the
State Penitentiary is hereby authorized
ana empowered to supervise and manage
o us Taa s.atg b asylum for the %, danger sf
Penitentiary shall act as the medical
superfntendent of the asylum; provided.
the. state hospital for the insane may be
| called In consultation by the physician
of zthe State Penitentiary in all cases
| Wnen deemed necessary.
sec. Whenever any person confined
! N the State Penitentiary, the Kansas
er penal institution in the state is al
| legged to be insane, the warden, superin-
Wifb mt or other person in charge shall
said penal institution, cause the person
to be examined by the probate court of
me county in which he is confined, as in
case he is found to be insane, he shall
bate eort to by fS fat ordeT Of sa or
| dangerous Insane, there to be kept and
maintained as in the case of other insane
zeal superintendent of the State Asylum
for the Dangerous Insane, his sanity is
! restored restore before the period OF his com
pred, he shall be removed upon the GER
tificate of said medical superintendent to
there to complete the period of his SEN
tence. whenever any such person shall
| nal warrant of his commitment to the
penal institution shall be sent with him
and returned to the penal institution upon
M n Sen11 av A Cd
thereof shall be preserved at the penal
institution. A prisoner who is removed
/ OF returned under this act shall be held
in the place to which he is so removed
or returned in accordance with the terms
of his original sentence, unless sooner
is removed shall be counted a part of
the term of the confinement. In case the
insanity of any such person shall continue
after the expiration of his sentence, he
| shall be retained in said asylum until his
sanity is restored, when he shall at once
| be discharged.
Sec. 3. Whenever any inmate of a state
hospital or asylum for the insane or cpl
| is found by the State Board of Control
| to have honicidal tendencies, or to be
under sentence or indictment or informa-
| ton, or whose presence is dangerous to
the other inmates of said institution. he
shall upon the order of the State Board
of Control be transferred to said State
| Asylum for the Dangerous Insane for safe
keeping and treatment The original
| lunacy warrant to the superintendent of
said Institution. in case of no lunacy
warrant then the application for admis-
sion, and also all other papers pertain
| ing to the case shall be transferred with
him to said State Asylum for the Dan
gerous Insane.
dictment or information, and before or
during the trial thereon, and before YER
dict is rendered, shall be found by the
court in which such Indictment or infor-
| nation is filed, or by commission or
another jury, impaneled for the purpose
| of trying such question. to be insane, an
idiot or an imbecile and unable to com
! prehend his position, and to make MS
NIT him to en the State Asylum for the Dan
| gerous Insane for safe keeping and
! treatment; and such person shall be re
tuition until he shall recover. when he
shall be returned to the court from which
ne was ad to 6 oe Gn
| Sec 3. Whenever during the trial of
any person on an Indictment, or in
formation, and evidence is INTRODUCED to
prove that he was insane, an idiot or
| iillbecile or of unsound mind at the time
of the commission of the offense and such
date of the, offense alleged in said in
dictment or information. insane, an idiot.
ground, the jury or the court, as the
case may be- Shall so state in the verdict
| and in said case it shall be the duty OF
the jury to pass specially on the ques-7
ton of the sanity of the defendant, and
the court shall thereupon, forthwith COM
NIT such person to the State Asylum for
/ the Dangerous Insane for safe keeping
and treatment, and such person shall be
| received and cared for at said institu-
| ton. No such person so acquitted shall
be liberated therefron, except upon the
order of the court committing him thereto
and until the superintendent of the said
| Asylum for the Dangerous Insane shall
certify in writing to such committing
wholly recovered and that no person will
| be in danger by his discharge.
Sec 6. The expense of the transfer or
any insane person to the State Asylum for
the Dangerous Insane from any of the
| state Institutions mentioned shall be paid
| out of the estate of such person or by
| relatives bound by law to maintain him,
| or out of the funds of said institutions
upon duly verified vouchers approved , oy
| institutions; and the cost of the proceed.
! ings. and transportation and clothing or
under sections and of this act shall
| be paid out of the estate of such person,
6f py or bJ the county as in the case Of
insane persons sent to the state hospitals
for the insane.
| Sec. Z. Any inmate may correspond
! freely without censorship with the gov
ernor and with the board of directors or
any member thereof
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
| in the official state paper.
mated in the Senate, and passed that body
$780, RICHARD ]. HOPKINS,
President of the Senate.
WALTER A. JOHNSON,
Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the House March LIST, 1911.
G. H. BUCHANAN,
Speaker of the House.
EARL AKERS,
Chief Clerk of the House.
Approved March 10, 1911,
W. r. STUBBS, Governor.
State of Kansas,
Office of the Secretary of State
I, Chas II. Sessions, Secretary of State
of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a correct
| copy of the original enrolled bill now on
| file in my office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name
ISeal.1 and affixed my official seal,
this 18th day of March 1911
CHAS. H. SESSIONS,
Secretary of State.
By ]. T. BOTKIN,
Asst Secretary of State
| Published In The Topeka State Journal