so certify in writing to the warden or superintendent of the institution, from which such convict was received, or to which the superintendent of state prisons may direct that he be transferred, such convict shall forthwith be transferred to the institution from which he came, by the medical superintendent of the hospital, or, if received from one of the state prisons, to such state prison as the superintendent of state prisons may direct; and the warden or superintendent of such institution shall receive such convict into such institution, and shall, in all respects, treat him as when originally sentenced to imprisonment.

152. Certificate of conviction to be delivered to medical superintendent and copy filed. Whenever a convict is transferred to the Dannemora hospital, the warden or superintendent in charge of the prison, penitentiary or reformatory from which such convict is transferred, shall cause a copy of the original certificate of conviction of such convict to be filed in the office of such warden or superintendent, and shall deliver the original certificate to the medical superintendent of such hospital; and whenever any such convict shall be transferred to any penal institution from such hospital, as hereinbefore provided, the medical superintendent shall deliver to the warden, or superintendent in charge of such institution, such original certificate, which shall be filed in the clerk's office of the same.

§ 153. Communications with patients. No person not anthorized by law or by written permission from the superintendent of state prisons shall visit the Dannemora hospital, or communicate with any patient therein, without the consent of the medical superintendent; nor without such consent shall any person bring into or convey out of the Dannemora hospital any letter or writing to or from any patient; nor shall any letter or writing be delivered to a patient, or if written by a patient, be sent from the Dannemora hospital, until the same shall have been examined and read by the medical superintendent or some other officer of the hospital duly authorized by the medical superintendent. But communications addressed by such patient to the county judge or district attorney of the county from which he was sentenced, shall be forwarded, after examination by such medical superintendent, to their destination.

ARTICLE 7

PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE.

Section 170. Psychiatric Institute.

171. Maintenance of institute.

172. Director of institute; residence and maintenance of staff.

§ 170. Psychiatric Institute.- The pathological institute heretofore established by the commission in connection with the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's island is hereby continued and shall hereafter be known as the Psychiatric Institute. The object of such institute shall be the making of psychiatric and pathological researches and investigations, and the giving of instruction to the members of the medical staffs of the several state hospitals for the insane. Such institute shall be under the general supervision and control of the commission. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Law's of 1910.)

§ 171. Maintenance of institute. Such institute shall be maintained as a part of Manhattan State Hospital, and all the provisions of this chapter relating to the maintenance and purchase of supplies and material for such hospital shall apply to such institute, and the laboratories thereof except as far as in the opinion of the commission, other provisions may be necessary to carry out the purposes of such institute. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 172. Director of institute; residence and maintenance of staff. The director of such institute shall be appointed by the commission, after a special civil service examination therefor. He shall perform, under the direction of the commission, such duties relating to psychiatric and pathological research and the instruction of medical staffs of the several state hospitals, and such other duties as may be required by the commission. He shall have the supervision and control of such institute and of the physicians and others employed therein, subject to the general direction, supervision and control of the commission as provided in this article. He shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the commission, subject to the approval of the governor. The Manhattan State

Hospital shall co-operate with the institute in such manner as the commission may from time to time direct. The director shall reside and have his office upon Ward's island and he shall be furnished a residence and maintenance for himself and family as provided by law in the case of the superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital. The physicians of the staff of such institute shall, if required by the commission, reside upon Ward's island, and shall be furnished with residence and maintenance as provided by law in case of the assistant physicians of the Manhattan State Hospital. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Laws of 1910.)

ARTICLE S

LAWS REPEALED; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT

Section 190. Laws repealed.

191. When to take effect.

$ 190. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.

§ 191. When to take effect.-This chapter shall take effect immediately.

SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED

Revised Statutes.... Part 1, chapter 20, title 3,