Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-22
PROVISIONS OF BILL
FOR INEBRIATEs' FARM
Process of Commitment and Govern
ment of Norwich State Hospital Ad-
iunct,

The bill providing for the establish
ment of state farm for inebriates,
On the Gallup farm owned by the Nor
Wich State hospital, is as follows:
section l. The term "inebriate" as
used in this act shall include all male
habitua1 dRunkards OF dipsomaniacs
who have lost the power of self-con-
troll by the Incorporate use of stinu-
lants or narcotics.
Sec. 2, There is hereby established
at the Norwich State Hospital for the
Insane department for the detention
| treatment, and care of male inebriates
| to be known as the State Farm for
Inebriates. Said farm shall be under
| the management and direction of the
board of trustees of said hospital and
the superintendent and treasurer shall
be respectively the superintendent and
treasurer of said farm.
Sec. 3. Said trustees may make such
alterations in the buildings situated
upon that portion of real estate in the
town of Norwich owned by the state
and known as the Gallup farm as
may be necessary to render the same
I suitable for the care and custody of
not less than 35 inebriates, and may
build and equip such buildings and
| make such improvements therein as
may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this act, and as soon as
such buildings shall be ready for use,
said trustee shall notify each probate
court and other courts having juris-
diction of criminal cases that it is
ready to receive inebriates for treat
ment therein.
| Sec. 4. After receipt of such notice
the superior court, any criminal court
of common pleas. district, city, Dor
ough, police. or town court having
| criminal jurisdiction. may commit to
any person who has been three times
| convicted of intoxication therein, or
who is an inebriate from the use of
any narcotic: If 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
located.
Sec. 5. Probate courts may com
nit persons to said farm in the man
ner provided in section 2744 of the
general statutes upon the application
of any friend, selectmen of the town
| in which such inebriate resides, or rel
atives. The estate of any person COM
mitted by a probate court, or in de-
fault thereof, the person or town max
| ing the application shall be liable to
the said farm for his support to the
amount Of three dollars and fifty cents
per week, or for such less amount as
shall be determined by the directors
of the support Of each inmate Of said
! farm, provided the expense Of main
tanning said farm shall be betrayed so
far as possible by the inmates there
| of, either in cu1tivating the land or
any other employment in which the
directors may see fit to employ them.
Sec. 6. No commitment shall be for
a period less than six months nor more
| than three years. If 1t shall appear
to said trustees that any person COM
mitted to said farm ought to be pa
rolled said trustees may, upon such
conditions as it may determine issue
| to such person a permit to be at lib
erty for q residue of the period of said
commitment, and may revoke such
permit at any time during said period
of the trustees shall be sufficient war
rant to authorize any officer Of said
farm or any officer authorized to serve
criminal process to return to said farm
or any officer authorized to serve
criminal process to return to said farm
any person to whom such permit has
been given. and such officer shall hold
such person when SO requested and
shall be paid for such service by the
trustees such fees as are provided for
similar service of arresting and hold
| ing persons under criminal process.
| Upon the return to said farm Of such
person he may be held for the residue
| of the period of his original commit
ment and the time between receiving
such permit and his return to said
farm shall not be considered as part
| of said term.
Sec. z. Said farm shall be subject
at all times to inspection by the board
Of charities which shah have the same
authority therein as in relation to hos
pitfalls for the insane or other chart
table institutions.
Sec. 8. Any inmate of said farm who
| shall refuse to obey the regulations of
the officers thereof may. upon the or
| der Of said trustee be transferred to
the Jail of the county wherein sentence
was imposed for such term as the trus-
| tees thereof shall direct not exceeding
the term which such person might
otherwise have been detained at said
farm.
Sec. 9. In case any inmate shall be-