Handbook of the State Hospital Commission and the Hospitals for the Insane

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Page 136 - Subdivision four of paragraph two of section two hundred and thirty of the Greater New York Charter, as re-enacted by Chapter four hundred and sixtysix of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended as follows : 4.
Page 145 - ... a judge of a court of record of the city or county, or a justice of the supreme court of the judicial district, in which the alleged insane person resides or may be...
Page 55 - The commissioners first appointed under this Act shall continue in office for the terms of one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven years, respectively, from' the date of the taking effect of this...
Page 43 - ... to be paid by the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurer of...
Page 124 - ... the petition must be in writing and verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or his attorney, to...
Page 170 - Zone or any insular possession of the United States and attempt to enter any other place under the jurisdiction of the United States, nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as permitting him to enter under any other conditions than those applicable to all aliens.
Page 163 - An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane is not a crime. A person can not be tried, sentenced to any punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or insanity so as to be incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense.
Page 144 - If any person in confinement under indictment, or under a criminal charge, or for want of bail for good behavior, or for keeping the peace, or for appearing as a witness, or by order of any justice...
Page 47 - The commission shall, annually, report to the legislature its acts and proceedings for the year ending September thirtieth last preceding, with such facts in regard to the management of the institutions for the insane as it may deem necessary for the information of the legislature, including estimates of the amounts required for the use of the state hospitals and the reasons therefor; and also the annual reports made to the commission by the board of managers, of each state hospital and by the state...
Page 170 - States or of all forms of law or the assassination of public officials; any alien who within five years after entry becomes a public charge from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen subsequent to landing...

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