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 SIXTY-E1G1-1TH coxonnss. sms. II. GH. 4co. 1925. 1137 the petition, be detained in any place provided for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of any criminal or quasicrgnmal offense. nc. 11. At an time after the filin of the etition an P¤>°‘S*°*>¤¤>k¤¤bY the final disposition of the case the cdiirt may Idontinue tl;  iniliiuigiiizi more demfrom time to time. The court shall in all cases take proofs as to the financial circumstances of the patient and his relatives legally liable for his support, and shall take proofs as to the alleged condition of such person and his personal and family history, and shall fully investigate the facts before making an order, and if no jury is required the court shall determine the question of whether such person is a feeble—minded erson. If the court shall deem it neces- S‘““m°°*”¢ °‘*“'Y- sary, or if such alleged feeble-minded erson or any relative or any person with whom he may reside shall) so demand, a jury shall be summoned to determine the question of whether such person is feeble-minded. Such jury shall be selected from the jurors in attendance upon the court or a special jury may be summoned to determine such question. “P H. dis . 1 Sec. 12. If the court or the jury shall find such alleged feeble- andepizign discharged minded (person not to be feeble-minded as defined in this Act, he §,k§{'.§1_f°“d ‘°°bl°' shall or er the petition dismissed and the person discharged. If the court shall find such alleged feeble—minded person to be feebleminded and subject to be dealt with under this Act, having due regard to all the circumstances appearing on the hearing, the guiding and controlling thought throughout the proceedings to be the we fare of the feeble-minded person and the welfare of the com- 1).,,,,,,,, 1,],,,,,,,,;,,,,,,,. munity, the court shall enter a decree directing that such feeble- &,g¤¤¤,j1*;*ggg** ********1 minded person be laced in the said institution, and such decree so gk ` entered shall standp and continue binding upon all persons whom it may cgncern until rescinded or otherwise regularly superseded or set asi e. Sec. 13. If at the time of or before the making of such order a Su%,,*,§‘§{fd,{,"{,’§’*$$1'},,iZ’§ bond in the penal sum of $1,000, executed b a surety company g§h:rw¥;;;V:;,j1bQ§,**¤¤*· authorized to do business in the District of (golumbia, or by two ` or more sureties to be approved by the court, running to the United States and conditioned fiir the payment of the support and maintenance of the patient in the manner prescribed by law, shall be delivered to the court, together with the sum of $50 as an advance payment toward the support of such patient, admission shall be ordered as a private patient, otherwise as a public patient. _Such b0'f¤;·;;;¤**°¤'°¤°‘ bond and advance payment, together with the order of admission ' and bond. shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court to the superintendentl of the institution. Until such bond and advance payment are delivered to the superintendent the person shall be admitted to the home and training school only as a public patient. At the R°“°“‘°""’“‘·°‘°· request of the superintendent the court_ shall require the sureties on such bond to justify their responsibility anew or order that a new bond be given in place of the original, which justification or new bond shall be transmitted to the superintendent, and unless such justification or bond shall be delivered to the superintendent within thirty days the patient shall from the time of such request be regarded as a public patient. _ Umm md b_ Src. 14. If the order for admission is as a public patient_ and it H, ,,,,,,,,,{, ,,,,*§‘§,§“,,,, shall appear from the proofs taken in writing as aforesaid that geggaepgwgghfg the patient has an estate out of which the Government may be exc. reimbursed for his maintenance, in whole or in part, the court shall direct in its order of admission the payment out of such estate of the whole or such part of the cost of maintenance of said patient at said institution as it shall deem just, regard being had or the needs of those having a legal right to support out of said estate,