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be held, and requiring the alleged lunatic to attend, unless the alleged lunatic shall waive such notice and elect that the inquest shall be sooner held; provided, that every inquest concerning the lunacy of any person shall be brought and conducted in the name of the people; provided further, that no inquest shall be had as to the lunacy of any person charged with a criminal offense until the like notice has Notice to disbeen given to the district attorney or other officer trict attorney. charged by law to prosecute such offense, and that nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to exempt the relatives and next of kin to any insane pauper from their Expenses, liability for his or her support; and all moneys chargeable. expended by any county for the maintenance of any such insane person, under the provisions of this chapter, may be recovered of the person or persons who are or may be liable by law for his or her maintenance.

where

§ 1727.

port of insane;

12. All sums of money received into the state treasury, from the collection of the tax for the support of lunatic paupers, as provided in the chapter concerning Fund for sup revenue, shall be kept separate and apart from all how kept. other funds in said treasury, and shall be designated as the "fund for the support of the insane," and such fund shall be disbursed as follows:

§1728,

as amended by

act of 1877. support of

Fund for

insane; how

13. Whenever any county shall hereafter expend any sum of money in the necessary support, maintenance or preserving in custody of any lunatic pauper, such county shall be reimbursed from the fund for the support of the insane. The county commissioners of such expended. county shall present an account of all such expenditures, expressing the items of such expenditure, the name of the pauper for whose support the same was made, and the time of such expenditure, to the auditor of the state, and together with such account they shall present the accounts of the persons to whom such sum of money was paid, with attached thereto the affidavit of such person that such account is true and just, that the services charged for were actually and necessarily rendered in the support and keeping of such pauper, and that he hath received from such county payment therefor; also, together with said account shall be presented an exemplification of the record of the proceedings in the county court of such county,

whereby such pauper was adjudged to be a lunatic, and a certificate from the county judge that such lunatic hath not been since adjudged sane as provided by law; provided, that such exemplification shall be filed and preserved by the auditor in his office, and at any subsequent presentation of any claim for the support of the same lunatic, it shall not be necessary to renew such exemplification. Upon the presentation of such account, verified as aforesaid, and upon proof by the affidavit of two or more of such county commissioners, that such lunatic hath no estate, and no relation within the state, so far as known or believed by them, or none of sufficient ability to maintain him or her, the auditor, if nothing appears to show that such claim is fraudulent or factitious, shall allow the same, and draw his warrant upon the treasury for the amount so allowed, payable out of the insane fund. Until tion of lunatic such time as the state of Colorado shall have provided a place for the custody and subsistence of lunatic paupers, the same shall be transported to some convenient asylum, either within or out of the limits of this state, where such pauper will receive such attention and treatment as he or she may require; the expense necessarily incurred in and about the transportation of such lunatic pauper, as well also his or her bills at the asylum, shall be borne and paid by the county of which such lunatic pauper is a resident, the same upon proper vouchers, presented for that purpose, to be repaid to such county out of the state fund for the support of the insane.

Transporta

to, and keeping at, asylum of other

states; how expenses paid.

14. All such warrants shall be paid as other warrants are, in § 1729. Payment. the order in which the same are presented. 15. If at any time after the payment of any such account for the support of any lunatic pauper, it shall appear that such lunatic had, at the time, relations within support of lu- the state, bound by law, and of sufficient ability, to atives bound support him or her, an action shall lie in behalf of the state to recover from such relative all such sums

§ 1730. Recovery of moneys expended for the

natic from rel.

for his support.

of money so expended.

16. The term lunatic, as used in this chapter, shall be construed to include idiots, insane and distracted per

§ 1731. Construction

natic.

of the term lu- sons, and every person who, by reason of intemperance, or any disorder or unsoundness of mind, shall be incapable of managing and caring for his own estate.

600.

Insane per

17. A lunatic or insane person without lucid intervals, shall not be found guilty of any crime or misdemeanor with which he may be charged; provided, the act so charged as criminal shall have been committed in the condition of insanity.

sons not to be of crime.

found guilty

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1. The land of the state and its appurtenances in Middletown Gen. Stat Rev. shall be and remain the Connecticut hospital for

of '75, tit. 8,

ch. 4, § 1. the insane. Establishment.

Ibid § 2.

tees, how ap

pointed.

2. Its government shall be vested in a board of trustees, consisting of the governor, one from each county to Board of trus be appointed by the senate, and three from the vicinity of the institution to be appointed by the others. The places of the two senior members of the board in the order of their appointment shall be vacated annually, but they may be eligible for reappointment as junior members. No trustee shall receive compensation for his services.

3. The trustees shall have charge of the general interests of

Ibid § 3.

trustees.

the institution, make and execute its by-laws, appoint and remove its officers and attendants, fix Duties of their compensation, exercise a strict supervision over all its expenditures, and may receive by bequest, devise, or gift, property for the use of the hospital.

4. They shall appoint a superintendent, not of their own number, who shall be a competent physician and Ibid § 4. reside in or near the hospital.

5. *

Superinten't.

* the Connecticut

The trustees of * hospital for the insane, * * * their necessary Tit. 13, ch. 2. expenses, to be paid by the state, as audited by the of trustees. controller.

Compensation

85.

6. They shall appoint a treasurer, with a salary not exceeding four hundred dollars a year, who shall give a Tit. 8, ch. 4, bond to the state of ten thousand dollars to account Treasurer. faithfully for all property received by him as treasurer, and keep accurate accounts of his receipts and expenditures, and of the property entrusted to him, which accounts, with the vouchers, shall be submitted quarterly, and oftener if required, to the trustees, with a written statement of his disbursements and funds in hand, and his books shall be at all times open to the trustees.

Act of 1877,

1.

Trustees of

7. There is hereby created a board of trustees of the insane poor hospital at Mansfield. It shall be composed of five persons, who shall be appointed by the general ch. 147,$1 assembly for the term of five years, and one shall be appointed each year for the term of five years. The trustees appointed in 1877 shall be appointed for the term respectively of one, two, three, four, and five years.

insane poor hospital at Mansfield.

8. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purchase of the land and buildings at Mansfield, heretofore used as the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, for purchase to be used as an insane poor hospital.

Ibid § 2.
Appropriation

of the land.

9. There is hereby appropriated for the proper furnishing of said hospital at Mansfield, the sum of one thou- bid § 3. sand dollars.

For furniture.

Superinten

10. The trustees shall appoint a superintendent of said hospital, not of their own number, and such additional bid § 5. help, both male and female, as may be needed to dent take charge of such hospital: provided, that the total annual

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