Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-07
COMMITMENT PAPERS FOR
sTATEANE1RIATE FARM
Judge Aylins is at Work on Form tc
Z Be Used.


H. NJ. Pollock will be ready to send
out notices to the courts that commit
ments can be made to the inebriate
farm.
AS men committed to the farm are
treated for two or three weeks first at
the state hospital before they are put
on the farm, 1t Is figured that II the
farm Is ready to receive inmates by
the 21st of August that Will be In plen-
ty of time for the first commitments
that can be made.
Under the caption OF "an act pro-
viding for the incarceration of inebri-
ates," the statutes passed by the last
legislature make these provisions
about the farm for inebriates:
Who Are ~Inebriates"
Section THE term "inebriate" as
used in this act shall include all male
habitual drunkards or dipsomaniacs
who have lost the power of self control
by the Incorporate use OF stimulants
or narcotics.
ment at the Norwich state hospital q
department to be known as the state
farm for inebriates, which shall be for
males and shall be under the manage
ment OF the trustees OF the hospital,
with the hospital superintendent and
treasurer active in these respective
capacities, the act goes on to provide
that as soon as the buildings are ready
for use the trustees shall notify each
probate court and other courts having
Jurisdiction in criminal cases that it
Is ready to receive inebriates for treat
ment.
Section AFTER the receipt of such
notice the superior court, any GRIM
inal court of common pleas, or district,
city. borough, police or town court
having criminal jurisdictioh. may COM
nit to said farm any common drunk
ri -
times convicted of intoxication therein,
or who is an inebriate from the use of
any narcotic. II the commitment be
made by the superior court, criminal
court OF common pleas, or district court
of Waterbury, the costs shall be paid
by the state, otherwise by the city,
town or borough court IN which the
court making such commitment is To-
Gated.
How Commitments Are Made
Section probate courts may COM
init persons to said farm in the man.
ner provided in section 2744 Of the
general statutes upon the application
Of any friend, the selectmeE of the
town in which such inebriate resides
or q relative. The estate of any per-
son committed by a probate court, OF
in default thereof, the person or town
making the application shall be liable
to said farm for his support to the
amount Of $3.50 per week, or for such
less amount as shall be determined by
the directors to be the net averagt
cost per week of the support OF each
inmate of said farm. provided the ex.
tent of maintaining said farm shall
be betrayed as far as possible by the
inmates thereof. either in cultivatin(
the land or any other employment IL
which the directors may see fit to EN-
ploy them.
Section 6-No commitment shall b,
for a period less than six months no
more than three years, If it shall ap
pear to said trustees that any person
| committed to said farm ought to b,
paroled, said trustees may, Upon sucl
condition as it may determine, issue t
such person g. permit to be at hbert!
for a residue of the period of sucl
| commitment, and may revoke sucl
permit at any time during such perio'
of commitment. The written reQues
| of the trustees shal il be sufficient war
rant to authorize any officer Of salt
farm or any officer authorized to serv,
criminal processes to return to sait
farm any person to whom such permi
| has been given, and such officer shall
| hold such person when so requested
and shall be- paid for such services a.
are provided for arresting and holding
persons under criminal processes
- pun tic " Se14u VI SuGl
person, he may be held for tHo residu
Of the period of his original commit
ment and the time between receiving
such permit and his return to SAT-
| farm shall not be considered as par
| of such term.
The act further provides that If an,
| inmate OF the farm shall refuse to ODE,
the regulations he may, upon order o
| the trustees, be transferred to the jai
| Of the county wherein sentence wa
| imposed, his Jail term to be ii the dis
| erection Of the trustees. but not to ex
might otherwise have been detained a
said farm.
| In case any inmate shall become in
sane. 1t is provided that he may b
'detained either in the asylum at Mid
dletown or the Norwich state hospita
until he shall have recovered his san
| ity. In that case the incident,expense
shall be borne by the person &C estat,
or, if he has none, by the town where
in he resides, or, if he has no resi-
dence, then by the state.
| Some Penalties
A fine Of not more than $1,000 or i'm
| prisonment for not more than f1v
years, or both, Is the penalty provide
| for any person, not authorized by Law
who shall convey or pass. or cause
be conveyed or passed, into the in
ebriate farm, or the grounds or build
ings, any opium, cocaine, chlora
chloroform, or other narcotic, oran
Intoxicating liquors, or any firearms
| weapons or explosives of any kind, @
any rope. ladder or device which ma
be used in attempting to escape, or 1
| aiding any person to escape.
If unclaimed after 48 hours afte
written notice to relatives, the body {
any inmate who shall die at the farI
shall be at the disposal OF the Yal
university medical department. for tn
| DurOosa of adva uci7O roadicaT eciapo,