the rent or sale of any grant or devise of lands or personal property, to be applied to the maintenance of insane persons, or to the general use of the asylum or from any source whatever, also the balance of any money belonging to the asylum in the hands of the steward, or subject to his draft in bank or banks, or in the hands of any person or persons, the receipts of the current month, and to what fund each belongs. These balance sheets shall also show a detailed statement of all receipts and disbursements during the month, together with the name of the payé and the prices paid. They shall be submitted with the balance sheets, the original bills of purchase, vouchers for the same, and receipts for all other disbursements of whatever kind, which bills of purchase, vouchers and receipts, after being carefully folded and numbered, shall have endorsed upon the back of each of the sig natures attached thereto, with the day, month, and year of payment. After the said original and duplicate balance sheets shall have been endorsed by the medical superintendent and a majority of the trustees, the steward shall, within two days thereafter, file the original balance sheet in the Balance office of the board of trustees, and the duplicate thereof, with sheets, the original bills of purchase, vouchers, and receipts per- where filed. taining thereto, he shall file in the office of the auditor of state, having previously taken an oath, to be endorsed on the said balance sheet, that the caid balance sheet and accompanying papers is a full, true, and correct account of his stewardship for the preceding month, to the best of his knowledge and belief. [73 v. 80, sec. 8.] SECTION 11. The steward shall under the direction of the medical superintendent and trustees, make engagements with and discharge those employed in and about the asylum, close all contracts on behalf of and make all purchases for the asylum where they can be made on the best terms, pay the employés in and about the asylum, take vouchers for all expenditures, have a personal supeintendence of the farm, garden, and grounds, and perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the board of trustees or medical superintendent, and not otherwise. The steward shall keep a book, to be called a contract-book, in which shall be recorded all contracts entered into by him and approved by the medical superintendent and trustees, with the name of each and every person interested therein, the signatures of the party or parties of the first part and of the medical superintendent and a majority of the board of trustees to be attached thereto. [73 v. 80, sec. 9.] SECTION 12. To secure a more perfect accountability, the trustees of each asylum shall appoint a competent person as book-keeper and store-keeper, for the term of two years, unless Booner removed for cause, who shall keep ail the accounts of the asylum, as provided in section ten, receive and be responsible for all purchases made by the steward and delivered into his keeping, and shall examine, weigh, measure, or Duties of steward. Trustees to appoint book-keeper and storekeeper. His duties, bond, etc. Trustees may remove mat ron, steward, superintendent, etc. Qualification of medical superintendent, assistant physician, druggist, etc. Duties of matron. Treasurer of state may advance sum not exceeding $3,000, gauge every article purchased by the steward for the domestic purposes of the asylum, and receipt to the steward for the same, stating quantity and quality. He shall make a monthly report to the medical superintendent and trustees of all articles on hand at the close of the preceding month the quantity of all articles received during the month, and the quantity of all articles issued during the month, to the different departments of the asylum, upon whose order delivered and to whom delivered, with receipts for the same. He shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties, and receive as compensation a sum to be fixed by the trustees, not exceeding six hundred dollars per annum, and his board in the asylum. SECTION 13. The board of trustees may at pleasure remove any matron or assistant physician, druggist, or steward, and they may remove the medical superintendent also, for incompetency, gross neglect of duty, or refusal to discharge the duties devolving upon him, or for any misconduct which renders it improper for them longer to continue in the institution. [73 v. 80, sec. 10.] SECTION 14. The medical superintendent of said institution shall be a physician of acknowledged skill and ability in his profession, and shall sustain a good moral character. He shall have the entire control of the medical, moral, and dietetic treatment of the patients, and see that the several officers and employés in the institution faithfully and diligently discharge their respective duties. He shall employ or direct the employment of attendants, nurses, servants, and such other persons as he may deem necessary for the efficient and economical management of the asylum, assign them their respective places and duties, and may, at any time, discharge or direct the steward to discharge any of them from service. The assistant physician and druggists shall be men of good moral character, and possess such other qualifications as to be able to perform the ordinary duties of medical superintendent during the sickness or necessary absence of such medical superintendent; and the medical superintendent and assistant physicians, steward, book-keeper, and matron, shall devote their entire time in the interest of the asylum, to which they may respectively be appointed. [73 v. 80, sec. 12.] SECTION 15. The matron, under the direction of the superintendent, and not otherwise, shall have the general supervision of the domestic arrangements of the institution, and do what she can to promote the comfort and the restoration of the patients. [73 v. 80, sec. 13.] SECTION 16. The treasurer of state may, from time to time, advance the steward on his own order, approved by the medical superintendent and two of the board of trustees, a sum not exceeeding three thousand dollars, to meet current expenses, and he shall account for the whole sum of three thousand dollars before another order is approved. [73 v. 80, sec. 15.] SECTION 17. Each county shall be entitled to send patients to the asylum of the district in which such county is situated in proportion to the population of such county. No person shall be admitted into either of the asylums belonging to the state, except an inhabitant of the district in which the asylum is located; and no person shall be considered an inhabitant within the meaning of this act who has not resided within this state one year next preceding the date of his or her application; and no person shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this chapter, except persons whose insanity has occurred during the time such person shall have resided in this state. All persons who have been or may hereafter be admitted into either of the asylums for the insane belonging to this state, shall be maintained therein at the expense of the state. The trustees may direct the discharge of a patient when they shall deem it expedient. The medical superintendents of each of the asylums shall inform the probate judges of the different counties, comprising the district, monthly of the quota of patients to which each county is entitled, and the number in the asylum from the said county, and the probate judge may at any time forward an acute case: provided, the quota is not full and the papers and clothing supply are in compliance with law. [73 v. 80, sec. 16.] SECTION 18. If at any time, either of the asylums cannot accommodate the patients of the district to which it is attached, such patients may be transferred to the asylums of either of the other districts, which may at the time have room for said patients, such transfers to be made upon the order of the governor, upon the recommendation of the medical superintendent of the asylum of each district to be thereby affected. [73 v. 80, sec. 17.] SECTION 19. For the admission of patients to any of the asylums for the insane, the following proceedings shall be had, viz: Some resident citizen of the proper county shall file with the probate judge of such county, an affidavit, substantially as follows: The state of Ohio, county, ss. , the undersigned, a citizen of Ohio, being sworn, says that he believes county, is insane (or that in consequence of his insanity, his being at large is dangerous to the community.) He has a legal settlement in township, in this county. Dated this day of [67 v. 42, sec. 20.] SECTION 20. When the affidavit aforesaid shall be filed, the probate judge shall forth with issue his warrant to some suitable person, commanding him to bring the person alleged to be insane before him on a day in such warrant named, which shall not be more than five days after the affidavit Same. Same. Same. shall have been filed, and shall immediately issue subpoenas 1. That the patient is free from any infectious disease and vermin. 2. The age of the patient, and a concise history of the case. 3. The duration of the disease, dating the first symptom, and specifying the number and duration of previous attacks. The supposed cause of the disease, and whether it is hereditary. 4. 5. Whether the patient has been subject to epilepsy. 6. Whether the patient has made any attempt to commit violence on himself or oth-rs. 7. The medical treatment pursued in the case, as near as the same can be ascertained, to which the witness shall add . any other information or circumstances known to him which may tend to throw light upon the subject. [53 v. 81, sec. 22; S. & C. 840.] SECTION 22. The probate judge, upon receiving the certificate of the medical witness, made out according to the provisions of the preceding section, shall forthwith, apply to the superintendent of the asylum for the insane situated in the district in which such patient shall reside. He shall, at the same time, transmit copies, under his official seal, of the certificate of the medical witness, and of his finding in the case. Upon receiving the application and said certificate, the superintendent shall immediately advise the probate judge whether the patient can be received, and, if so, at what time. The probate judge, when advised that the patient will be received, shall forthwith issue his warrant to the sheriff, or any other suitable person, commanding him to forthwith [to] take charge of and convey such insane person to the asylum. If the probate judge shall be satisfied from proof, that an assistant is necessary, he may appoint one person as such assistant. The warrant of the probate judge shall be substantially as follows: To The state of Ohio, county, ss: Office of the probate judge of said county: All the proceedings prescribed by law to entitle to be admitted into the asylum for the insane having been had, you are commanded forthwith to take charge of and convey said to the asylum for the insane at, and you are authorized to take as assistant. After executing this warrant, you shall make due return thereof to this office. Witness my hand and official seal, this A.D. day of probate judge. Upon receiving such patient, the superintendent shall endorse upon said warrant, a receipt substantially as follows: Asylum for the insane, at This warrant, with the receipt of thereon, shall be returned to the probate judge who issued the same, and shall be filed by him, with the other papers relating to the case. all cases, the relatives of the insane person shall have a right, if they choose, to convey such insane person to the asylum for the insane, and in such case the warrant shall be directed to one of such relatives, directing him to take another of such relatives as his assistant: provided, that in case the medical witness shall not state in his certificate that the patient is free from any infectious disease and from vermin, it shall be Same. the duty of the probate judge to refuse to make the application to the superintendent, as herein before provided, until such certificate is furnished. The relatives of any person charged with insanity, or who shall be found to be insane, shall, in all cases, have the right to take charge of and keep said insane person or persons charged with insanity, if they desire so to do; and in such case the probate judge before whom the inquest shall have been held, shall deliver such insane person to the person or persons desiring to take such person. [53 v. 86, sec. 25; S. & C. 840.] SECTION 23. When a patient is sent to the asylum for the insane, it shall be the duty of the probate judge to see that the patient is supplied with the proper clothing, and, if not otherwise furnished, the probate judge shall furnish such clothing, and in such case the same shall be paid for upon Probate judge to see that patient has proper clothing. |