Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-10


quoR AND OF INSANE Persons TILE ACUTE AND Cur
ABLE CLASS
Be Enacted by he Legislature Of the Territory Of Ha~a
SEcrIox l. There Shall be established and used in
ton with the insane asylum of the Territory of Hawaii
department branch thereof he known the "deten
ton house, which shall be specially designed and equipped for
the active aud special medical and of insane
persons of the durable class whose recovery
Improvement woudih the Judgment of the commissioners of
insanity be facilitated by their detention separate and apart
from other inmates OF the asylum whose character of alcton
conduct ond tend retard recovery such
pareny durable and where separate provision and
mediation may be made for patients suitably with refer
their customary station in life and where patients may
be separately maintained and treated wholly in part at the
expense of their relatives other persons who
may make provision therefor. - ..~.
SEcrloN 2 Special ward There shall be special ward
in said detention house for the reception and special
troll and treatment persons necessarily but
united thereto patients addicted the excessive of drugs
or liquor.
SECTION For said purposes the board of health hereby
directed to select and apart acquire by purchase other
wise suitable land upon which to erect suitable building
buildings, and properly equip the same
SECTION 4 Management of detention house Said deen-
house. including the special ward shall be under the mme
diae the superintendent of the insane asylum
subject the general direction and control of the board of
health in the provided by law for the insane
asylum. -....'@ ! HsIf s1aB
Slcyos b, Use VI detention house Any person who has
been 10 hensane shall be subject trans
fer the main institution to said detention house,
said detention house back the main institution from time
to time, the commissioners of insanity shall in their udg
en order or approve Amy such person may be
ferrr by the said special ward; but per-
committed as patient addicted tohe excessive Of
drugs liquor shall be subject transfer from the special
ward to the insane asylum except upon legal adjudication Of
s his insanity
SECTION g. Trust funds for maintenance of patient The
board of health hereby authorized accept and hold in behalf
Of the Territory any grant, gift devise of money property
for the and benefit either for the insane asylum
whole or any department thereof or for male female
patients the SPECIAL ward, for the and benefit of
any individual inmate inmates class of inmates of the
asylum or speasrd or orany other incidental purpose
and shall cause each such grant or devise to be kept
distinct fund be ued invested, applied and otherwise
disposed Of according the incident thereto and they
shall include the governor show
ing all the funds and property received held and the
J diton and applcationsher
SECTION z Proclamation. Special ward. Upon the
peon and equipment of said detention house and special
the board of health shall report such facts to the governor who
shall thereupon proclamation giving public notice that
the said special ward prepared receive patients copy of
which proclamation shall also be forwarded by mail each
circuit Judge and district magistrate in the Territory
SECTION S. Examination persons addicted to the
siye Of drugs liquor petitions Upon the filing
any district by any relative friend
any county city and county sheriff deputy, of verified
petition setting sorth that any person within the jurisdiction
patient addicted the excessive of drugs
or liquor and in need of and treatment that it dan
grou for said person be large and also stating therein
the petitioner relationship if any and the indication of lack