Members to 4. The members of the said council, unless assigned to some special duties by the vote and special provi- nia § 5. sion of said board, shall receive no compensation receive no for their services, but their actual expenses incurred unless assignin the performance of their duties shall be paid by duties." the treasurer of the state when audited by the comptroller and certified by the governor. compensation ed to special persons to 5. Said council may appoint from their own number, or from any county in which such institution exists, Ibid § 6. not to exceed two persons, to aid them in inquiry atd into any county, township, city or town institution in inquiry. of charity or correction in said precincts, who shall, in such case, be duly authenticated by the certificate of said council, signed by the president thereof; no inspection of any state institution shall be had by any inspector appointed by this council outside of its own members. Ibid § 7. May appoint delegates to national con 6. The council may, each year, appoint one from its own number, and one from the officers of any correctional or charitable institution of this state, as a delegate to the annual meeting of the national confer- ference. ence of charities and correction; and it shall be their duty to make full report in writing for use by said council of charities and correction; and upon the auditing of said council and approval by the governor, the treasurer is authorized to pay their bill for actual expenses to an amount together not exceeding one hundred dollars. of bid § 9. 7. The warden, physician, steward or other officer in charge any institution of charities or correction in this state, whether state, county, township, city, town or borough, shall keep an exact register, in a form to be Officer in charge of any charities, etc. institution of to keep regis ter of name, age, etc. of prescribed by the council of charities and correction, in which he shall enter the name, age, sex, nationality, each person. orphanage or half orphanage, condition (whether married or single) of each person in his charge, and other facts throwing light upon the former heredity and history; also the dates of receipt and discharge, the time and authority of commitment, by whom committed and discharged, the cost of maintenance per day of each person, and the amount earned by each if employed in productive labor, and the hours of labor, with the amounts paid to or received from each; and on or before the first day of October of each year, as the council may direct, each state institution of charities and correction, and each county, township, city, town or borough shall send to the clerk of said council, at Trenton, an abstract of the same, for which the directors of any state charity or correctional institution may order payment, and for which each county, township, city or town governing board of any such local institution of charity or correction shall pay what they shall regard as adequate for the service rendered; said returns shall be uniform, on blanks furnished by the state, corresponding as nearly as possible with the books kept; and these facts shall be so studied and arranged by the council of charities and correction as may be necessary to aid in a knowledge of the cause of dependency, pauperism and crime. Ibid § 10. Annual report the legis lature. 8. The council of charities and correction shall annually prepare and present for the use of the legislature a to be made to report of all their doings during the year, stating the expenses incurred, the names of officers and agents employed, and showing the actual condition of the institution into which they have, by inspection, by statistics or by correspondence, inquired, and make such suggestions as they may deem necessary; and the council shall either accompany or give full information to any legislative committee that may from time to time be appointed to visit any such. institutions. 1877, p. 607, $1. Managers, ed and vacan TRENTON ASYLUM. 9. [Ten persons who are named are appointed managers, two Revision of to go out of office every year], and they shall hold their office until others are appointed in their stead, how appoint subject to being removed by the supreme court, at cies filled. any time, upon the recommendation of the governor; their successors shall be appointed by the supreme court, at the January term, and shall hold their offices for five years and until others are appointed in their stead, and subject to be removed in the manner aforesaid; the supreme court, at any term, may fill vacancies in the board, but the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall only serve under such appointment for the unexpired time of the person whose place he is to supply. 10. The government of the state lunatic asylum shall be § 2. duties of vested in the said board of managers, five of whom, Ibid p. 608, at least, shall reside within twelve miles of said Powers and asylum; they shall have the general direction and managers. control of all the property and concerns of the institution, not otherwise provided for by law, and shall take charge of its general interests, and see that its design be carried into effect, and everything done faithfully, according to the requirements of the legislature and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the asylum (and to this end they shall confer, counsel, advise and co-operate with the commissioners appointed to erect said. asylum, whenever and as often as occasion may require); and the first meeting of the said board of managers shall be held in the city of Trenton, on Tuesday, the sixth day of April next. 11. Whenever the proper time shall arrive, the said board. of managers shall provide the necessary stock, furni- Ibid p. 608, $ 3. ture, and property for the conducting of said asy- appoint offlum, and appoint a superintendent, who shall be a asylum. well educated physician, and a treasurer, who shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his trust, in such sum and with such sureties as the said managers shall approve; they shall also, on the nomination of the superintendent, appoint a steward, who shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his trust, in such sum and with such sureties as the managers shall approve; they shall also, on the nomination of the superintendent appoint an assistant physician and a matron, all of whom shall constantly reside in the asylum, and be designated the resident officers thereof. Managers to cers of 12. The treasurer of the state lunatic asylum shall not be required to reside in the asylum, nor be designated Ibid p. 614, § 41. a resident officer thereof. * * * Treasurer need not be resident. Ibid p. 615, § 57. 13. The managers of the state lunatic asylum are hereby authorized, on the nomination of the superintendent, to appoint a second assistant physician, who shall reside in the asylum, and be designated one of the resident officers thereof.* Managers second ass't physician. * The further provisions for the government of the Trenton asylum are omitted, since the act of 1847, p. 18, and its supplements of 1848, '49, '50, 52, '55, '67, '69, '71 and '81, R. S., pp. 607-616, have become identical with the act of 1876, regulating the government of the Morristown asylum, see infra, pl. 23-58. Ibid p. 617, § 65, p. 620, § 83. MORRISTOWN ASYLUM. 14. There shall be appointed by the governor of the state, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, as amended by [seven] competent persons, one from each of the Commissioners present congressional districts of the state, "commissioners to select a site and build an asylum for the insane of this state;" said commissioners shall not receive any compensation for the services herein imposed upon them except the actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, nor shall said commissioners be in any way concerned in any contract for the erection of the said building or for furnishing supplies of any kind for the same. 1877, p. 620, § 84. Commission board of man agers. 15. The asylum * * * * shall be known by the name, Revision of style and title of "The State Asylum for the Insane, at Morristown, New Jersey," and for the purpose of ers constitute organizing the details connected with the opening of said asylum, and for the purpose of opening the same for the admission of patients as soon as practicable, the aforesaid commissioners are hereby constituted a board of managers for said asylum, until otherwise ordered, with all the powers and authority given by law to the managers of the "New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum," and the said "The State Lunatic Asylum for the Insane at Morristown, New Jersey," shall, in all matters relating to the admission, treatment, continuance, and discharge of patients in and from the same, be subject to all the laws now in force relative to the said "New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum." 16. The governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint three additional members of the board of managers of the state asylum for the insane, at Morristown, New Jersey, said members to be appointed from counties sending their indigent insane patients to said asylum, and not now represented in said board of managers. Act of 1879, Ibid § 2. 17. In February next, the members of said board of managers shall classify themselves by lot, so that two Term of office. shall go out of office in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and two in every year thereafter, and they shall hold their office until others are appointed in their stead, subject to being removed for cause, at any time, by the governor; their successors shall be appointed in like manner by the governor, and shall hold their offices for five years, and until others are appointed in their stead, and subject to be reremoved in the manner aforesaid; the governor at any time by the advice and consent of the aforesaid may fill vacancies in the board, but the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall only serve under such appointment for the unexpired term of the person whose place he is to supply. § 82. Ibid p. 620, Liquor not to two miles of be sold within asylum 18. From and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or expose for sale, or cause or knowingly permit to be sold or exposed for sale, directly or indirectly, any spirituous, malt, vinous or intoxicating liquors or beverages, or grounds. any composition of which such liquors or beverages or any of them shall form the chief ingredient, on any lands or place, lying and being within two miles of the boundary of the grounds owned by the state in the county of Morris, for the accommodation of the insane; and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction, shall for the first offense, be fined not less than fifty Penalty. nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and for each subsequent offense not less than one hundred dollars and imprisonment for not less than twenty days in said jail; provided, however, that this act shall not apply to any lands or places which are now within the corporate limits of the town of Morristown. Rules and regulations tribution between the asylums of 19. The board of managers of the New Jersey state lunatic asylum, and the board of managers of the state Ibid p. 620, asylum for the insane at Morristown, New Jersey, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed, by and with the consent of governor of this state, and in the manner hereinafter provided, to make, adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the apportionment and distribution to and between the said asylums of such insane persons as are now or may hereafter be sent to an asylum of this state by virtue of any law thereof, and for the removal of insane patients from either of the said asylums to the other, and from time to time to alter and repeal such rules and patients, etc. |