Ibid § 13. duties of com- Report to legislature. have full power and exclusive control of and over all the grounds, buildings, property, and inmates of the asylum, and shall furnish or cause to be furnished all needful supplies, provisions, and medicines for the care of the insane, and have charge of all other matters connected with the institution. They shall establish such rules, regulaBy-laws. tions, and by-laws for the construction and government thereof as they may deem proper. The board of commissioners shall cause to be kept a record of their proceedings, Records. which shall at all times be open to inspection by a committee of the legislature. During the first week of the session a report shall be submitted to the legislature, showing the annual receipts and expenditures, the condition of the asylum, number of patients admitted during the year, number remaining in the asylum at the date of report, and all matters touching the general affairs of the institution as they may deem proper, and shall from time to Visits. time, visit the asylum, examine into its affairs, condition, government, and make thorough inspection thereof. The board of commissioners shall, at the expiration of the present contract with Drs. Langdon & Clark, of the state of Provision for California, enter into a new contract with Dr. Asa until comple. Clark, of the state of California, to care for the insane patients of this state until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at the price per day per patient now paid Langdon & Clark. the insane tion of the asylum. Ibid § 14. of superin 16. The board of commissioners shall elect one resident physician, who shall be the general superintendent Appointment of the asylum, subject at all times to the order and tendent. direction of said board, who shall have power at any time to discharge and remove said superintendent whenever in their judgment it shall be deemed proper for the best interests of the state. The superintendent so elected shall re His qualification. He side at the asylum, be a graduate of medicine, and receive a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, in equal instalments. His accounts. shall cause to be kept a fair and full account of all his doings, and of the entire business and operations of the institution, and submit a monthly report to the board of com Powers. missioners. The superintendent shall employ all necessary help needed at the asylum, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners. 17. The governor, state controller, and state treasurer, are hereby constituted a board of commissioners for the Compiled purpose of providing for the care and maintenance of the indigent insane of this state. Laws 1873, constituted. Quorum, chase build 18. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board, as consti- $3741. tuted herein, shall have power to purchase a suita- Board to pur ble building or buildings of sufficient capacity for ings, etc. the accommodation of all the indigent insane in this state, and land connected therewith, not exceeding two hundred acres, or to purchase said quantity of land and erect thereon such building or buildings, and cause the insane of the state, now at Stockton, California, to be removed there. § 3742. Debts con tracted, how allowed. audited and 19. All debts, contracted under the provisions of this act, shall be allowed and audited in the same manner as other proper charges against the state, and it may be lawful for the board of commissioners to pay for any land or lands and buildings, purchased with the bonds of this state issued under and by virtue of the provisions of this act, passed at this session of the legislature, entitled "An act to authorize a state loan for the purpose of paying the state proportion of the bonds issued under the act approved February sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and to fund the floating debt and place the state upon a permanent cash basis." District judge to examine plication. papers on ap 20. From and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the judge of the district court, in each judi- §3743. cial district in this state, upon the application of any person under oath setting forth that any person by reason of insanity is unsafe to be at large, or is suffering under mental derangement, to cause the said person to be brought before him at such time and place as he may direct; and the said judge shall also cause to appear, at the same time and place, one or more licensed practicing physicians, Physicians. who shall proceed to examine the person alleged to be insane; and if said physicians, after careful examination, shall certify upon oath that the charge is correct, and if the judge is satisfied. that such person is, by reason of insanity, unsafe to be at large, sane. Indigent in- and is incompetent to provide for his or her own proper care and support, and has no property applicable for such purpose, and no kindred in the degree of husband, or wife, father or mother, children, brothers or sisters, living within this state, of sufficient means, and ability to provide properly for such care and support, he shall cause the said in Expenses now borne. digent insane person to be conveyed to the insane asylum of this state, at the cost and expense of the county from which such person shall come, and place the said person in charge of the proper person having charge of said asylum, together with a copy of the complaint, commitment, and physician's certificate, which shall be in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe. § 3744. Appropriation. 21. The sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys now in or hereafter coming into the state treasury, not otherwise specially appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and all sums due for the support, care, clothing, and all other needful expenses, when certified by said board of commissioners and approved by the board of examiners, shall be audited by the controller and paid by the state treasurer out of the fund hereby created. 22. It shall be the duty of the said board to make a full report of all its proceedings under this act to the legislature at each session thereof. § 3745 Board re quired to report. Act of 1877, ch. 86, § 1. Indigent in sane. 23. The board of commissioners for the care of the indigent insane of this state, are hereby authorized and directed to make a contract for the proper care and maintenance of the indigent insane of this state, with the parties at present in charge of the insane; provided, that such contract shall not be for less than four years, and that the price per patient shall be the same as under the existing contract between the state and the same parties. Act of 1879, ch. 42, § 15. Patients removed from California. 24. From and after the completion of this asylum, and when it shall be ready for the reception of patients, the insane patients now in California shall be received therein, and it shall be the duty of the judge of the district court in each judicial district in this state, upon the application of any person, under oath, setting forth that any per son, by reason of insanity, is unsafe to be at large, or is suffering under mental derangement, to cause the said person to be brought before him at such time and place as he may direct; and the said judge shall also cause to appear at the same time. and place one or more licensed practicing physicians, Judge to call who shall proceed to examine the person alleged to physicians. be insane; and if said physicians, after careful examination, shall certify upon oath that the charge is correct, and if the judge is satisfied that such person is, by reason of insanity, unsafe to be at large, and is incompetent to provide for his or her own proper care and support, and has no property applicable for such purpose, and no kindred in the degree of Indigent inhusband or wife, father or mother, children, brother saue. or sister living within this state of sufficient means or ability to provide properly for such care and support, he shall cause the said indigent insane person to be conveyed to the insane asylum of this state, at the expense of the state, and place the said person in charge of the proper person having charge of the said asylum, together with a copy of the complaint, commitment, and physician's certificate, which shall be in such form as the board of commissioners may prescribe. bid $ 16. Paying 25. Paying patients whose friends or property can pay their expenses, shall pay according to the terms directed by the board of commissioners; but the insane poor patients. shall, in all respects, receive the same medical care and treatment from the institution, and good, wholesome Rights of indifood, and no record of debt shall be made against gent patients. them. Expenses, 26. All sums due for the support, care, and clothing of the insane, and all other needful expenses of the asyid § 17. lum shall be certified by the board of commissioners how paid. of said asylum and approved by the board of examiners, as now provided by the constitution of the state of Nevada, and audited by the controller, and paid by the state treasurer, out of any moneys in the state treasury appropriated for that purpose. Warrants. 27. The state controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant in favor of the commissioners for their incidental expenses in carrying out the provisions of this act, after the board of examiners have properly allowed the same. Act of 1883, 28. Whenever a convict, while undergoing imprisonment in the Nevada state prison, shall become insane and be so adjudged by a commission of lunacy, appointed to be removed by the court as in other cases of insanity, it shall be the duty of the warden to deliver such convict to the superintendent of the state insane asylum at Reno, Nevada, for detention and treatment therein. to asylum. Ibid § 2. When returned to state prison. 29. The superintendent of the insane asylum shall receive such insane convict and safely keep him, and if such convict be restored to sanity before the expiration of his sentence to said prison, shall deliver him to the warden thereof, who shall retain such convict therein for the unexpired term of his sentence, unless said convict shall be released by order of the board of pardons. An escape from said insane asylum by any convict confined therein under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed an escape from the state prison, and be punished as such. Escape, penalty. |