940 Tum: r.1x.—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.-cu. 4. _=}r>pli<‘¤¢i¤¤ by Sec. 4847. The application by a member of the board of visitors must H€';_ be made within five days after the date of the ulliduvits aforesaid, und Ibid. it must appear therein that the visitor made the application after an inspection of the uflidavits and certificate. It shall be the duty of such visitor to withhold his application, if he has reason to doubt the ix digence of the party in whose behalf the application is desired, until lliis doubt is removed by satisfactory testimony. Conveyance to Sec. 4848. The order of the Secretary of the Interior, grunted upon h°BP’**l- the certificate of a judge or justice and the n plication of :1 member of jab., 1857, c. the board of visitors, shall authorize any police officcr or constable to 36.F-3.v-1Lp-157- assist in carrying such indigent insane person to the hospital, whenever such assistance is represented to he necessary by the person holding the order; but all the expenses of witnesses before the {judge or justice of the peace, and of carrying such patient to the hospitu . shall he borne _ _ _ by his friends, or by the_ local authorities of the District. Admwslvfloli HQ; _ Sec. 48-19. Whenever it appears in the case ot any insane person whose
‘“ :nsa.n1ty_ commenced while he vvas za. resident of the District of (olunnbia
.—t;;_ that he is able to defray 21 portion, but not the whole of the expenses of 602;* §€l>Y2l86}5 his support and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, im *" *P‘ ‘ the board of visitors of the hospital is author1zed to inquire into the facts of the case; and if it appears to the board, upon such inquiry, that such insane person has property and no family, or has more property than is required for the support of his family, then, as a. condition upon which such insane person, admitted or to be admitted upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior, shall receive or continue to receive the benefits of the hospital, there shall be paid to the superintendent from the income, property, or estate of such insane person such dportion of his expenses in t c hospital as :1. majority of the board shall etcrinine to he just and reasonable, under all the circumstances. A<lml°$l°¤°f“°P‘ Sec. 4850. Any indigent insane person who did not reside in the Dis-
- $2€°“tS °f Dm` trict at the time he became insane may, in like manner, upon the certifi-
- —- cate of a. judge or justice und the application of a member of the l>o
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367 l;°l}·i1185i;g· visitors, be admitted into the hospital upon the application of the gover- ’°‘ "‘ ’P‘ °nor of the District, and at the expense of the District durin the continuance of such insane person therein, it being hereby desi ned to give the superintendent thereof authority to take charge of sudln insane person until the governor can discover who his friends arc, or whence he came, with :1 view to the return of such person to such friends, or to the place of his residence, and thus relieve the District of the expense and charge of such indigent insane non-resident. B statute of 20 June, 187-I, c. 337, . ‘, . 1 , . 16, th . office of govdyrnor was abolished, and the po:reis`lhe2i·eiof<irc exelrcised by that oilieer were conferred upon the commissioners whose appointment was therein authorized, subject only to the limitations cuntained in the statute of 1874. Admi¤¤i¤¤ <>fi¤- Sec. 4851. If any person, charged with crime, he found, in the court
- 8****, i’§’“Q:‘s “°` before which he is so charged, to be an insane person, such court shall
$E°2fI.E°i..u certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who nmy order Such Ibi<l-,¤-5,P-158- person to be confined in the Hospital for the Insane, and. if he he not ?3 QI""'? 1874* c' mdicrent, he and his estate shall be charged with expenses of his support 46°’ l' 18* p` 2m` in the hospital. Insane convicts. _Si·:c. 4852._Ang¢ pprson becoming insane during the continuance _0f § his sentence in the_ mted States penitentiary slur] have the szimc priv- 36,,_6,`-_]1,p_f,5g_ 1lt3gC of treutment in the hospital during thecontinuance of his Hlcnml 23 ,hme, 1874, c. d1801'dO1' as is grunted .1n_ the preceding section to persons wvhp escape 465» l· 18» P· 251- the consequences of criminal acts by reason of insanity, unless it be t 6 opinion, both of the physician to the penitentiary and the superintendent of the hospital, that such insane convict is so depraved und furious ilu his character us to render his custody in the hospital insecure, and 1S examp e pernicious. Privatepatients- Sec. 4853. Whenever there are vacancies, rivate tients from the 3 Man, 1855, c_ District may be received at 9, rate of boardpm be <lell;ermined by H10 199,s.6,v.10,p.68s. visitors, to be in no case less than the actual cost of their support.
