Restric

tions upon

section must not engage in the private practice of medi

business of cine, but must devote their whole time to the performphysicians.

Discharge

of patients

on

recovery.

Insane

convicts,

reception

and

return of

Restrictions upon admission

of nonresidents.

Disposition of moneys

unex

pended at discharge

patient.

ance of their duties unless granted leave of absence by the Board of Directors.

SEC. 2197. Insane persons received in the Asylum must upon recovery be discharged therefrom.

SEC. 2198.

Insane convicts must be received into the Insane Asylnm and returned to the State Prison again, as provided in section twelve hundred and thirty of the Penal Code.

SEC. 2199. No insane person, non-resident of this State, must be received into the Asylum unless he became insane within this State.

NOTE.-This provision meets the approval of Doctors Wilkins and Shurtleff.

SEC. 2200. If at the time of the discharge of a person from the Asylum, or after the death and burial of any

or death of person therein confined, there remains in the custody of the Directors or Treasurer any moneys paid for the support or maintenance of such person, it must upon demand be repaid.

ARTICLE VI.

EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF INSANE PERSONS.

SECTION 2210. Examination, before whom.

2211. Two witnesses.

2212. Two physicians.

2213. Witnesses, duty of.

2214. Physicians, duty of.

2215. Certificate of physicans.

2216. To be made on forms, etc.

2217. Action of Judge. Commitment.

2218. Sheriff to deliver insane person, commitment, etc., at

Asylum.

2219. Money found on insane person to be delivered at Asy

lum.

2220. Judge to inquire into pecuniary ability of insane per

son.

2221. If possessed of property must pay, etc.

SECTION 2222. Indigent insane, when kindred must support. 2223. Bond may be required of kindred.

2224. Action for breach of bond.

2225. Idiots, imbeciles, etc., not to be admitted.

2226. Fees of Sheriff.

2227. Fees of physicians.

tion, before

whom.

SEC. 2210. Whenever it appears by affidavit to the sat- Examinaisfaction of a magistrate of the county that any person within the county is so far disordered in his mind as to endanger health, person, or property, he must issue and deliver to some peace officer for service a warrant, directing that such person be arrested and taken before any Judge of a Court of record within the county for examination.

witnesses.

SEC. 2211. When the person is taken before the Judge Two he must issue subpoenas to two or more witnesses best acquainted with such insane person to appear and testify before him at such examination.

SEC. 2212. The Judge must also issue subpoenas for at Two least two graduates of medicine to appear and attend

such examination.

physicians.

duty of.

SEC. 2213. At the examination the persons subponed Witnesses, must appear and answer all questions pertinent to the

matter under investigation.

duty of.

SEC. 2214. The physicians must hear such testimony Physicians, and must make a personal examination of the alleged

insane person.

of

SEC. 2215. The physicians, after hearing the testi- Certificate mony and making the examination must, if they believe physicians. such person to be dangerously insane, make a certificate. under their hand showing, as near as possible:

1. That such person is so far disordered in his mind as to endanger health, person, or property;

2. The premonitory symptoms, apparent cause or class of insanity, the duration and condition of the disease;

3. The nativity, age, residence, occupation, and previous habits of the person;

To be made on

4. The place from whence the person came, and the length of his residence in this State.

SEC. 2216. The certificate must be made in the form forms, etc. prescribed by, and if they can be had, upon blanks furnished by the Medical Superintendent of the Asylum.

Action of Judgo; commitment.

Sheriff to

deliver insane

person,

commit

SEC. 2217. The Judge, after such examination and certificate made, if he believe the person so far disordered in his mind as to endanger health, person, or property, must make an order that he be confined in the Insane Asylum.

SEC. 2218. The insane person, together with the order of the Judge and certificate of the physicians, must be delivered to the Sheriff of the county and by him must at Asylum. be delivered to the officer in charge of the Insane Asylum.

ment, etc.,

Money

found on

son to be delivered

at Asylum.

SEC. 2219. Any moneys found on the person of an insane per- insane person at the time of arrest must be certified to by the Judge and sent with such person to the Asylum, there to be delivered to the Medical Superintendent, who must deliver the same to the Treasurer. If the sum exceed one hundred dollars, the excess must be applied to the payment of the expenses of such person while in the Asylum; if the sum is one hundred dollars or less, it must be kept and delivered to the person when discharged, or applied to the payment of funeral expenses if the person dies at the Asylum.

Judge to inquire into pecuniary ability of insane

person.

If possessed of property

etc.

SEC. 2220. The Judge, at the time of the examination, must inquire into the ability of insane persons committed by him to the Asylum, to bear the actual charges and expenses for the time that they may remain in the Asylum.

SEC. 2221. In case an insane person, committed to the must pay, Asylum under the provisions hereof, is possessed of property sufficient to pay the charges and expenses, the Judge must cause the facts to be certified to the Directors and also to the Probate Court of the proper county, and the estate of such person must pay to the Board of Directors

the sum of fifteen dollars each month, quarterly in advance, for the maintenance of such insane person, and must also pay for such clothing as the Medical Superintendent furnishes to such person; such expenses are a charge against such insane person's estate so long as any

remains.

insane,

when kin

dred must

SEC. 2222. Indigent insane person's kindred in this Indigent State in the degree of husband, father, mother, or children, of sufficient ability, must support such person to the extent as in the last section provided.

SEC. 2223. The Judge, at the time of the examination, must inquire and determine whether such kindred reside in this State, and if so, he must require of them the execution of a bond, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of a guardian for an insane person, except that it must be joint and several, conditioned for the maintenance of such insane person.

SEC. 2224. A breach of any such bond may be prosecuted in the District Court of any county in this State in which any one of the obligors may reside, by the District Attorney of the county in which the action is.

support.

Bond may

be required of kindred.

Action for

breach

of bond.

Idiots,

imbeciles,

SEC. 2225. No case of idiocy or imbecility, or simple feebleness of mind, or old cases of harmless insanity, etc., not to must be maintained at, nor must any case of delirium admitted. tremens be admitted into the Asylum.

be

Sheriff.

SEC. 2226. The person delivering insane persons to Fees of the Asylum is allowed therefor forty cents per mile, one way only, for the legal distance from the county seat of the county where such insane person was committed to the Asylum; and for every additional patient taken at the same time, twenty cents per mile. He must also

receive the necessary expense of an assistant, when more than one person is required to convey such insane persons; payment thereof to be made by the State Treasurer on the Controller's warrants, issued on the approval of the account by the State Board of Examiners.

Fees of physicians.

SEC. 2227. The physicians attending each examination of an insane person are allowed five dollars each, to be paid by the County Treasurer of the county where the examination was had, on the order of the Board of Supervisors.

NOTE. The original section did not contain amount of fees for conveying patients to Asylum; but as it is a State charge, it was thought best to place it here, rather than under the head of Sheriff's fees.

CHAPTER II.

DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND ASYLUM.

ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

II. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
III. PRINCIPAL TEACHER.
IV. TREASurer.

Object of
Asylum.

Who

entitled to

ARTICLE I.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECTION 2237. Object of Asylum.

2238. Who entitled to its benefits.

2239. Same.

2240. Maintenance.

2241. Blindness and deafness defined.

2242. Geological cabinet.

2243. Salaries, how paid.

2244. Approval and filing of official bonds.

SEC. 2237. The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum, located in Alameda County, has for its object the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind.

SEC. 2238. Every deaf, dumb, or blind person resident its benefits. of this State, of suitable age and capacity, is entitled to an education in this Asylum free of charge.

S&me.

SEC. 2239. Such persons not residents of this State are entitled to the benefits of this Asylum upon paying to the Treasurer thereof eighty-five dollars quarterly in advance.