Ibid § 5. Duties of su 23. The superintendent of the state lunatic asylum, on receipt of the decision of the said county and properintendent. bate judge, with the copies of the original statement by the said citizen, and statement of said physician or physicians, as heretofore prescribed, shall immediately notify the said county and probate judge of his readiness to admit the said insane person into said asylum, if there be room unoccupied; but if there be not room unoccupied, he shall notify the said county and probate judge of the fact, and shall return to him the copy of his decision, with the accompanying papers, endorsed accordingly; and he shall enter upon an appropriate page of the register of said asylum, the name of the said insane person, and the name of his (or her) county, in the order in which the decision of the said county and probate judge was received, and he (or she) shall be entitled to precedence of all who may come thereafter. Ibid § 6. Warrant to sheriff. 24. On receipt of notice from the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum, of his readiness to admit said insane person into said asylum, the county and probate judge to whom such notice is directed, shall, immediately issue a warrant or order, with the seal of his office attached, commanding the sheriff of his county, or suitable deputy, to take the said insane person into custody, and deliver him (or her), without delay, to the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum of Little Rock. Execution of warrant. 25. The sheriff of any county, or any person deputized by Ibid § 7. the county and probate judge, to whom a warrant or order, properly issued, may come, commanding the arrest and delivery to the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum of any insane person, shall proceed without delay to execute such warrant or order, and may call to his assistance such physician, nurse or other person as the said county and probate judge may indicate, as necessary for the safe and judicious transfer of the person to be so arrested and delivered, and shall deliver the said insane person as directed, without unnecessary force, restraint or publicity, by the most direct and practicable route and method of travel. 26. Whenever any sheriff, or any person deputized for the purpose, shall deliver any person duly admitted and accepted to the superintendent of the state lunatic Ibid § 8. Endorsement of date. asylum, the superintendent shall endorse the warrant upon which such person was delivered, as follows: Received the person within named this 188, attended by assistant. " Signed day of sheriff (or deputy), and Supt. Indigent 27. Any citizen or resident of the state of Arkansas, duly found to be insane, according to the proceedings bid § 9. specified in this act, may be admitted into the state patients. lunatic asylum, if there be unoccupied room; and if it appear upon examination, as specified in section 3 of this act, that said insane person has not more than sufficient estate for the support of his (or her) natural dependents, he (or she) may be maintained, treated and otherwise cared for in said asylum, at the public expense, till removed, as hereinafter provided. 28. Any citizen or resident of the state of Arkansas, duly found to be insane, according to the proceedings specified bid § 10. in this act, may be admitted into the state lunatic Pay patients. asylum, if there be unoccupied room upon conditions, to-wit: If he (or she) has been found upon examination, as specified in section 3 of this act, to possess estate, over and above all indebtedness, more than sufficient for the support of all his (or her) natural dependents, his (or her) natural or legally constituted guardian shall pay to the treasurer of the said asylum, in advance, an amount equal to six (6) months board, at a rate not exceeding four (4) dollars per week, except as hereinafter provided; shall obligate himself (or herself) in a sufficient bond, to pay all damages which said insane person may do to the building or furniture of said asylum, not exceeding twenty (20) dollars; shall supply him (or her) with sufficient and suitable clothing, as may be required by the superintendent, and shall remove him (or her) when so required and notified by the president of the board of trustees and superintendent of said asylum. The natural or legally constituted guardian of said insane person may contract with the superintendent for special attentions to him (or her) at an additional rate not exceeding the amount of fifteen (15) dollars per week, as may be agreed. In case of the death or removal of said insane person, before the expiration of the time for which any payment may have been made, the treasurer of said asylum shall refund to the natural or legally constituted guardian of said insane person, an amount proportional to the unexpired time, for which such payment had been made, provided that indigent persons who are not able to pay, or who have no estate out of which to pay such expenses, shall have preference over those who have such estate. Ibia § 13. Degrees of insanity. 29. All persons found to be insane, for whom application. for admission to the state lunatic asylum shall be made in compliance with the provisions of this act, shall be classified as "acute," "chronic" or "probably incurable," such classification to be determined by the duration of the disease, and such complications as are known to render recovery doubtful, if not impossible. All cases of less than one year's duration, from first recognized symptoms of insanity, shall be classified as "acute;" all cases over one year's, shall be classified as "chronic;" and all cases complicated with epilepsy, original imbecility or feeble-mindedness, deformities of skull from injuries, old age, or general paralysis, shall be classified as "probably incurable;" and a reasonable discrimination shall be made by the authorities in charge of the asylum in the admission of insane persons, in favor of, first, "the acute," second, "the chronic," third, "the probably incurable,” provided, that no person of either classification shall be refused admission, as long as there is unoccupied room for patients in the asylum. But no idiot, nor congenital imbecile, nor epileptic person, not otherwise insane, shall be admitted or retained in said asylum, after the fact of such condition becomes apparent to the superintendent, under any circumstances. 30. Whenever application is made for the admission of an insane person, according to law, and there is, at the time, no unoccupied or available room in the asylum, if it shall appear from the history of the case presented, that it is "acute" and uncomplicated, the superintendent shall, as soon as practicable, make room for the admission of such patient, by discharging some one inmate belonging to the "probably incurable" class, if such there be in the asylum, or one belonging to the "chronie" class, if there be no one dischargeable from the third class; but in making such selection for discharge, the superintendent shall Ibid § 14. Power of superintendent to discharge in order to make room. No appeal discriminate and discharge such an one as may have been longest in the asylum, if not violent or dangerous to the community, or such an one as may be the least dangerous to the community, or whose discharge will effect the least public inconvenience or costs; and no appeal shall be had from the decision of the superintendent of the asylum in matters of admission and discharge of inmates, except to the board of trustees of the asylum, who may direct the superintendent to admit or discharge any person under any circumstances not involving a violation of the law. from superincision, except tendent's de to trustees. Ibid § 15. of discharge. 31. When, by reason of recovery, or necessity for the benefit of an insane person of the "acute" class, the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum thinks proper Form of notice to discharge any inmate of the asylum, he shall send an official notice to the county and probate judge of the county from which such inmate was committed, by mail, which shall be substantially as follows: "State Lunatic Asylum, Little Rock, Ark., To the county and probate judge of You are hereby notified that asylum, who was admitted from 188 county: an inmate of this county on day of 188, is this day registered for discharge, (because of recovery, or to make room,or whatever circumstances govern the case,) and you are requested to cause his (or her) immediate removal. The sheriff will, or not, need the assistance of persons for his (or her) safe return to your county. Signed, [L. S.] Ibid § 16. judge when notice of discharge is 32. The county and probate judge of any county in the state of Arkansas, who may receive official notice from the superintendent of the state lunatic asylum, that an inmate from the county of which he is county and probate judge has been registered for given. discharge, and a request to cause the removal of such inmate, shall forthwith issue a warrant or order to the sheriff, or a suitable person whom he may deputize to perform the service, commanding him to remove such inmate without delay, and authorizing him to employ such assistance as the superintendent's notice may indicate, if any. The said county and probate judge shall, at the same time, notify the guardian, family or immediate relatives of the person so discharged from the asylum (if he or she have any) of such discharge, and the sheriff, or person deputized, as hereinbefore indicated, shall deliver the person so discharged to his (or her) guardian or home, if he (or she) have such guardian or home, still in the county, or to such party and place in the county as may be provided for the further custody and maintainance of the person so discharged, if he (or she) be not recovered and capable of taking care of himself (or herself); and shall make due return of his warrant when executed; provided, that nothing herein specified shall prevent an inmate of the lunatic asylum, who may have recovered his (or her) reason, from being unofficially removed from the asylum by consent of the superintendent, or any person being removed by their friends with the consent of the superintendent, or by direction of the board of trustees of said asylum. But notice of such removal shall be sent at once to the county and probate judge of the county from which such person so removed was committed. 33. Any sheriff or deputized person, who may be commis Ibid § 17. Duties of sheriff on delivery sioned to transfer and deliver a person declared insane, to the state lunatic asylum, from any county in the state of Arkansas, shall, before delivering such person to the superintendent of said asylum, see that the person so to be delivered, is provided with sufficient and suitable clothing, which shall consist of not less than two shirts, two pairs drawers, two pairs socks, one pair shoes, one pair pants, one vest and one coat, for men; two chemises, two skirts, two waists, two pairs drawers, two pairs stockings, two dresses, one shawl and one bonnet, for women, which shall be clean and in good order, as good as new; or, if more convenient, the sheriff may deposit with the superintendent sufficient funds to enable the asylum to furnish any deficiency found to exist in the supply of clothing brought with the person, because of quantity or quality of same, the amount of which deposit the superintendent shall endorse upon the sheriff's warrant as received. 34. Each county in the state of Arkansas shall be chargeable for all expenses of commitment, delivery to and removal from the state lunatic asylum, of persons resident of the respective counties, and shall reim Ibid § 18. Expenses chargeable to counties. |