there to be detained until he be restored to his right mind, or otherwise delivered by due course of law. 21. Whenever the grand jury, upon any inquiry which they make as to the commission of any crime or misde- $177 Grand juries meanor, by any person, shall omit to find a bill for to inform the the causes aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such jury to certify the same to the court. 22. Whenever the jury, upon the general issue of shall acquit any person for the cause aforesaid, it shall be their duty, in giving their verdict of not guilty, to state that it was for such cause. court when not guilty, Juries acquit count of insanity so to state in their verdict. MAINE. GOVERNMENT OF ASYLUM. 1. Government vested in board of trustees; one to be a woman; appointment; term of office. 2. Superintendent; steward; matron; appointment, term of office. 3. Treasurer and steward; accounts. 4. Trustees, powers and duties. 5. Monthly inspection by trustees; reports of, compensation. 6. Annual meeting; statistics. 7. Superintendent ; qualifications; powers and duties; reports. 8. Apportionment of patients. 9. Steward to be treasurer; bond and security, powers and duties. 10. Salaries of officers. 11. Rules for government of attendants to be posted in asylum. 12. Injury to patients; discharge of attendants; penalties. 13. Erection of additional asylum. INSPECTION OF ASYLUM. 14. Inspection by committee of council. 15. Injury to patients, investigation by committee; trial and penalties. 16. Inquest of death. 17. Illegal detention; investigation of by committee; trial of, discharge. 18. Names and address of committee to be posted in asylum, writing material supplied to patients; collection of letters. 19. Letters forwarded by committee delivered to patients. 20. Monthly inspection, at irregular intervals. 21. Reports of visiting committee, compensation. 22. Neglect of duties, penalties for. ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE. 23. Definition of insanity. 24. Private patients committed without examination. 25. Examination; commitment; certificate and records. 26. Physicians' certificate, personal examination. 27. Appeal, hearing, time and place. 28. Renewal of appeal on neglect of justices. 29. Records of justices, compensation. 30. Commitment; expenses of. 31. Expenses of, by whom borne. 32. Guardian to be appointed. 33. Discharge of patient not committed during term of court. 34. Illegal commitment, proceedings; idiots and incurables, discharge. 35. Support of indigent insane. 36. Illegal detention, investigation by town officers, costs. 37. Support and removal, expenses of. 38. Reinbursement of towns. 39. Restored patients, by whom removed. 40. Discharge, notice of, removal, expenses of. 41. Towns exempt from foregoing provisions. CRIMINAL INSANE. 42. Temporary confinement in asylum of person indicted for crime. 43. Not indicted or acquitted, fact to be certified; commitment to asylum; discharge by court on recovery; recommitment on relapse. 44. Discharge on recovery, or to custody of friends; recommitment. 45. Support, expenses of, by whom borne. 46. Insane convicts, examination, transfer to asylum; on recovery before expiration of sentence, remanded to custody. 47. Incurable convicts transferred from asylum to prison hospital. Act of 1874, ch. amended 1880, Government 256, § 1, as ch. 184. § 1. of the Maine insane hospi tal vested in six trustees. 1. The government of the Maine insane hospital is vested in a committee of six trustees, one of whom shall be a woman, appointed by the governor, with the advice of the council, and commissioners to hold their offices during the pleasure of the governor and council, but not more than three years under any one appointment. 2. The said trustees shall appoint a superintendent, and a steward and treasurer, subject to the approval of and to hold office during the pleasure of the governor and council, and all other officers necessary for the efficient and economical management of the business of the institution; all appointments shall be pointed. made according to the by-laws. Ibid § 2 as amended $11. ent, steward how ap Ibid § 3. steward and how audited and settled. 3. The trustees at their next meeting after the expiration of each quarter, shall examine carefully the books and vouchers of the steward and treasurer, and audit his Accounts of accounts, and submit the same immediately there-treasurer after to the governor and council for their approval, before such accounts shall be settled; and the governor and council are authorized and required, from time to time, to inquire into the condition and management of the financial affairs of the institution, and to make such changes as they shall deem judicious, in the mode and amount of expenditures and the general administration of its financial affairs. council re Governor and quired to infinancial af tution. quire into the fairs of insti R. S. of 1871, Trustees have management, ch. 143, § 2. the general hold property, make by-laws commence and 4. They shall have the general care and management of the institution; see that it is conducted according to law and the by-laws for its internal government and economy, which they are hereby authorized to establish, not inconsistent with the laws of the state; hold in trust for the state any land, money, or other defend suits. property, granted, bequeathed, or given, to the institution, and apply the same for the support, comfort, or improvement of the insane, and the general use of the institution, and have power to bring actions, in the name of the treasurer, for all dues to the institution, and to defend all suits brought against it. 5. There shall be a thorough examination of the hospital monthly by two of the trustees; quarterly by three; and annually by a majority of the full board; and bid $4. Examinations and records of them; pay of officers and trustees; may discharge pa tients. at any other time, when they deem it necessary, or examine and the superintendent requests it. At each visit, a written account of the state of the institution shall be drawn up by the visitors, recorded, and presented at the annual meeting of the trustees; at which meeting they, with the superintendent, shall make a particular examination into the condition of each patient, and discharge any one so far restored that his comfort and safety, and that of the public, no longer require his confinement. They shall receive two dollars a day for such visits, and the same sum for every twenty miles travel. Their accounts shall be audited by the governor and council, and they shall draw their warrant, on the treasurer of state, for the amount due them and the other officers of the institution, except attendants on the patients and laborers on the premises, and for all money appropriated by the legislature for the insane hospital. 6. They shall hold an annual meeting on the first day of December, at which there shall be made a full and Ibid § 6. ings and reports to the governor and council. Annual meet detailed report, containing a particular statement of the condition, concerns, and wants of the hospital; and this report, and the reports of the superintendent. and steward, shall be made up to the first day of December, and laid before the governor and council at that time, for the use of the government. Ibid § 7, 1873, ch. 151, 1. supt. 7. The superintendent shall be a physician; reside constantly at the hospital; have the general superintendence of the hospital and grounds; receive all patients. legally sent to the hospital, unless the number exceeds its accommodations, and have charge of them, and the direction of all persons therein, subject to the regulations of the board of trustees; and annually, on the last day of November, report to the trustees the condition and prospects of the institution, with such remarks and suggestions relative to its management and the general subject of insanity, as he thinks will promote the cause of science and humanity. 8. He shall apportion the number of patients, who can be Ibid § 8. Apportionment of accommodated in the hospital, among the towns, according to their population by the last census; and when the applications for admission exceed or are liable to exceed that number of patients, he shall give patients. preference to those from towns that have not their full proportion of patients in the hospital, and may reject others. Duties of the 9. The steward shall be treasurer; give bond to the trustees, in such amount and with such sureties as they deem Ibid § 10. sufficient, for the safe keeping and proper disburse- steward. ment of the funds of the institution; under the advice and direction of the superintendent and of the trustees, make all necessary purchases of supplies and provisions; hire attendants and other laborers; see to the proper cultivation of the farm and grounds; have a careful oversight of the patients when employed thereon; perform such other duties as the trustees direct; and annually make a detailed report to them of his receipts and expenditures, and of the financial affairs of the institution. Act of 1879, ch. 150, § 11. 10. The compensation of the superintendent of the insane hospital shall be thirteen hundred dollars per annum; two assistant superintendents, eight hundred Compensation and fifty dollars each per annum; one steward, who of officers. shall also perform the duties of treasurer, nine hundred dollars per annum, in full for all services; chaplain, two hundred dollars per annum; matron, three hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Ch 143, § 27. regulations Rules and 11. The superintendent shall keep posted, in conspicuous places about said hospital, printed cards containing the rules prescribed for the government of the attendants in charge of the patients. to be kept posted. ill-treatment how punished. 12. When it appears that any such attendant treats any patient with injustice or inhumanity, he shall be Ibid § 28. immediately discharged. When the superintend- Intentional ent is satisfied that any attendant intentionally of patients, abuses or ill treats any inmate of the hospital, he shall discharge him at once, and make complaint of such abuse or ill treatment before any court having jurisdiction of the offenses charged; and such attendant, upon conviction. thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not more than ninety days. 13. The trustees of the Maine insane hospital are hereby authorized to erect a suitable building or buildings Act of 1879, for the accommodation of especially sick patients, Buildings for ch. 136, p. 104. |