The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07

the state OF FLORIDA:
Sec. /. All sales of tax certificates
authorized by Chapter 1926, Law:
of Florida. Acts of 1887, advertised
June g and June 9, 1899, and notice:
advertised in such weekly newspa,
pers on the above dates shall DJ
construed as fulfilling the purpose
and intent of the first paragraph nj
Section of Chapter 1926, Laws a
Florida. Acts of 1887.
Sec 2. All laws or parts of law.
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed and specifically nothing ir
Chapter 1926. Laws of Florida. Acts
of 1887. shall be construed as abridg-
ing the provisions of Section / mere
of.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect
Immediately upon its becoming a
law.
Approved by the Governor May
%. 1889.
CHAPTER 1863
AN ACT Relating to the Examina-
ton and Commitment of Persons to
the Florida State Hospital, and Re-
pealing All Laws and parts of Laws
in Conflict Herewith.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
Sec. 1. On the first Monday in
July. A. D. 1899. and on the first
Monday in July of each year there
after. the County Judge of each
county in the State of Florida shall
appoint one good and lawful citizen
and two practicing physicians of
good professional standing, who shall
be graduates of a school of medicine
recognized by the American Medical
Association. all of whom shall be
citizens and residents of the county
in which the said appointment is
made, who shall act in lieu of and
perform all the duties required of the
examining committee under the pro-
visions of Sections 1909 and 2310 of
the Revised General Statutes of
Florida 1920 (Sections 1865 and 1886,
Compiled General Laws of Florida,
1920. The said committee shall serve
until the first day of July next fol-
lowing its appointment and for each
examination made during the said
period each physician on said Com
nittee shall receive the sum of Five
$4,000 Dollars, and the other COM
mitteeman Two (200) Dollars, in full
compensation for said services so
rendered. No other examining Com
mittee shall be appointed for or rem
der services required under Sections
Statutes of Florida, provided, how
ever. that the County Judge may
fill vacancies on the said Commit
tee for the uneXpired portion OF the
year in which such vacancy may
occur, and provided further that the
County Judge may appoint tempo
rarV substitutes for any member of
said Committee who may be unayoid-
ably absent at the time any eXami-
no tF-N Of "a
tee, the said substitution to be and
continue only for the particular ex-
animation for which the same is
made.
Sec. 2. The said Committee ap-
pointed under the provisions of Sec
ton l hereof shall actually and per-
sonallV see and examine each per-
son. the examination of whom has
been petitioned as provided in Sec
ton 2308 of the Revised General
Statutes of Florida, 1920, when mott
fed by the Judge. and it shall be
unlawful for any Committee and for
any member of any committee au-
thorized and appointed under the
provisions of Section 1 of this Act
TO sign any report required by Sec
ton 2310 of the Revised General
Statutes of Florida. 1920. without
having actually and personally seen
and examined said person so report
ed on, and any member of said
Committee violating the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty
of a mlsdemeanOr and punished ac-
cordingly.
Sec s. No person under the age
of fifteen years shall be committed
to the Florida State Hospital except
by transfer from another State in
stitutiOn of the State of Florida,
who. following the commitment of
such person to such other State in
stitution has actually been found to
be insane.
Sec. 4. Prior to the completion of
every examination under the prOVis-
ions of Section 2309 of the Revised
General Statutes of Florida, an in
veStigation shall be made by or I'M
der direction of the Judge to whom
the report of the Committee is to
be made to determine whether the
person is actually INDECENT or desti-
tute. and eligible to be committed
as such. or whether said person or
She estate of said 0erson or the
relatives having the legal RESPONSE
biitY for the support and mainte-
nance of such persons or are able
to pay in full or in part for the treat
ment of such person in the Florida
State Hospital. which investigation
shall he reported to the Superintend-
ent of the Florida State Hospital
and attached to and transmitted with
the commitment papers. if any, is
sued by the Judge under whom the
examination by the examining com
mittee is made.
See s. AS q part of every adj
Indication and decree and every COM
mitment issued thereon, as autho-
rized and provided by Section phil
of the Revised General Statutes of
Florida. 1920. the Judge so adiudging
and deCreeing and issuing said COM
mitment shall appoint a legal guar
dian to act in all respects for and on
behalf of the said persons so ad
Judged and dccreed to be insane and
committed To the Florida State Hos
pital, who shall act as such through
out the time such insane person
is committed to the Florida State
Hospital. provided that vacancies in
said appointment may be filed by
the Judge so adjudging and decreeing
Eaid person to be insane and lSSu-
ing said commitment.
Sec. 6. No person shall be re-
ceiVed as a patient in the Florida
State Hospital except upon COM
mitment duly issued by the Judge
under whom the examination of such
person has been conducted. or unless
the commitment so issued shall spe-
cificallv commit the said person to
the Florida State Hospital.
Sec. Z Chronic alcoholics as such
and other persons not demonstrate
ing a psychosis shall not be commit
ted to or received as patients for
treatment in the Florida State Hos
pital nor shall persons be committed
TO or received as patients for treat
ment in the Florida State Hospital
by reason alone of senility.
Sec. 8. All persons committed as
patients to the Florida State Hos
pital shall before being transported
to said institution. be physically ex-
amined and certified by the county