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 Trruc mx.—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.——Ch. 4. 939 SEO. 4842. The board of visitors, subject to the approval of the Sec- _Powers'and duretary of the Interior, may make any needful by-laws for the govern- *}°*?t‘:)f *h°b°“’d °f ment of themselves, and of the superintendent and his em loyés, and gig.--- of the patients, not inconsistent with law; they shall visit the hospital Ibidat stated periods, and exercise so careful a supervision over its expenditures and general operations that the Government and community may have confi ence in the correctness of its management; they shall make annually to the Secretary of the Interior a re ort for the preceding fiscal year setting forth the condition and wants ofp the institution. Sm. 4843. The superintendent, upon the order of the Secretary of Adml”i°“ OH"' War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Treas- {f;‘,f_P°'§,‘Q,‘§,*?*,§’;_‘f ury, respectively, shall receive, and kee in custody until they are cured, ,-3,,,, {$0,-Ps, (th or removed by the same authority which ordered their reception, insane —··——ss persons of the following descriptions: 6615 •{““°;é86°p§· First. Insane persons belonging to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, jgyhjt ggé CQ and revenue—cutter service. 179, ss. 1,,2, v. H4, Second. Civilians employed in the Quartcrmaster’s and Subsistence PP- 93. 94- Departments of the Army who may be, or may hereafter become, insane 152 M"? jg}? "‘ while in such em loyment. 486f °` ’ t' ’p' Third. Men who, while in the service of the United States, in the Army, Nav, or Marine Corps, have been admitted to the hospital, and have been thereafter discharged from it on the supposition that the have recovered their reason, and have, within three years after such discharge, become again insane from causes existing at the time of such discharge, and have no adequate means of support. Fourth. Indigent insane rsons who have been in either of the said services and been dischargede therefrom on account of disability arising from such insanity. Fifth. lndigent insane persons who have become insane within three years after their discharge from such service, from causes which arose during and were produced by saidservice. _ _ Sec. 4844. All indigent insane persons residing in the District of Co- m$d;‘?:€S?°“°“h‘; lumbia at the time they became insane shall be entitled to the benefits the jyistdhljsgilfég of the Hospital for the Insane and shall be admitted on the authority of lumbia. the Secretary of the lnterior, which he may grant after due process of law showing the person to be insane and una le to support himself and 19g,,,_5,,C_'10,p_dg3f family, or himself, if he has no family, under the visitation of insanity. wg lllgg., 133;, c. Y r' 7p' ' Sec. 4845. The Secretary of the Interior may grant an order for the Order of admisadmission into the hos ital of any insane person not charged with a ¤i¤¤· breach of the peace, when he shall receive the certificate, as provided 28 Feb., 1861,c. in the next section, of any judge of the supreme court for the District 60, S-1, v- 12.p-177. of Columbia, or of any justice of the peace of the District, and an a · 913 1g°’·i;86i%6§- pljcation in writing, as provided in the next section, by a member of the 'S‘ ’v' ’p' ‘ ard of visitors, requesting that such order may be issued. Sec. 4846. lt must appear by the certificate aforesaid that two respect- _ Certificate ot able physicians, residents of the District, appeared before said judge or !‘{fl§° °"J“”**°°· justice and deposed, in writing sworn to and subscribed by them, that 28 Feb., 1861, c. they knew the person alleged to be insane; that, from personal examina- 60.¤·1.v-12.p·177· tion, they believed such person to be in fact insane, and a fit subject for treatment in said hospital, and that said person was a resident of the District at the time he or she was seized with the mental disorder under which he or she then labored. And it must further appear by such certificate that two respectable householders, resident of the District, appeared before said judge or justice and deposed, in writing sworn to and subscribed by them, that they knew the person alleged to be insane and that, from a personal examination of his or her affairs, they believed said person to be unable, under the visitation of insanity, to support himself, or herself, and family, in case such person have a family, or to support himself or herself alone, in case such person have no family, and una le to pay his or her board and other expenses in the hospital. The ailidavits of said hysicians and householders shall accompany the certificate of said judge or justice of the peace.