conveying

asylum.

in his office, and enter the proper orders in the journal of the probate court in his office, and he may appoint a proper person or persons to take such insane person to the asylum, Provisions for who shall receive as pay for such services the sum of three insane person dollars per day, together with his necessary expenses, to be to asylum. paid upon the certificate of the judge of probate under the seal of the probate court by the county treasurer of such county upon presentation to him, and out of the general fund of such county or any other fund available for that purpose. Whenever any person is committed to the asylum on the order Provisions for of the judge of probate under the provisions of this section payment of and it shall appear to said judge of probate on the hearing expenses in thereon that such insane person has an estate, or if he has any income, annuity or pension which is not sufficient to support him and his family, if he have one, under the visitation of insanity and yet is sufficient to admit of the payment of something thereto, and if it further appears to said judge of probate that such person has no family, or that he has a family whose support and maintenance does not require the whole of such estate, income, annuity or pension, or if it shall appear to such judge that such person has an estate sufficient to support himself, or if he have a family, himself and family, under the visitation of insanity, but no person appears to execute the requisite bond or perform the requisite regulations to have such person admitted to the asylum as a private patient, then the said judge of probate may on the first or on some subsequent day of hearing had before him wherein the parties interested have been duly cited to appear, as hereinbefore provided or duly cited otherwise, make an order requiring the estate of such insane person or the guardian or other person having control of such estate, income, annuity or pension, to pay the same or such part thereof as said judge of probate shall determine to the county treasurer of such county to be by said treasurer turned into the county treasury while such insane person is a county charge, and into the State Treasury when such insane person becomes a State charge, as hereinbefore provided. If such guardian shall neglect or refuse to pay over said money to the county Provisions for treasurer as provided in said order, the said judge of probate guardian to shall cite such guardian to appear before him at such time pay over as he may direct to render an account of all moneys or other property in his hands as such guardian, and on his failure to appear or render such account, the said judge of probate may remove such guardian and appoint some other suitable person in his place. The said judge of probate shall thereupon refer the matter to the prosecuting attorney of said county, who shall enforce payment of the sums provided in said order by a proper action, in the name of the county. If it shall be made to appear to the judge of probate at any time subsequent to the commitment of any insane person to any of the asylums for the insane in this State as an indigent pa

compelling

money.

may commit

insane person to care of superintendent of poor.

tient, that such person has since such commitment become possessed of property, or estate or of an income, annuity or pension which ought in whole or in part to be used towards his support, and that the same is not wholly required towards the support and maintenance of the family of such insane person, the judge of probate shall inquire into the matter and make an order requiring the estate of such insane person or his guardian or other person having control of such estate, income, annuity or pension to pay so much or such part thereof as may appear to be proper towards reimbursing the county or the State for the past support of such person, and such part thereof towards his future support as may to him appear to be just and equitable, and before making such order such judge of probate shall cause notice, of such hearing to be served on the prosecuting attorney of the county, supervisor of the township or ward in which such insane person resided at the time of his commitment, and to the guardian and relatives of such insane person not less than six days before the day of hearing. The said judge of probate, Probate judge pending any proceedings taken to commit any insane person to any asylum in this State, may, if it shall appear upon the certificate of two physicians to be necessary and essential so to do, commit such person into the custody of the superintendents of the poor of said county, the sheriff of his county, or to the asylum of the district in which such insane person resides, to be detained until such application can be heard and determined: Provided however, That the period of such detention shall not exceed in all fourteen days, and all the expenses thereof shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the certificate of the judge of probate under the seal of the probate court out of the general fund of said county, or any Insane person other fund available for that purpose. If the probate judge shall at any such hearing find that the person is insane but is not in indigent circumstances, he may make an order admitting such insane person to any asylum in this State, public or private, as a private patient, if the requisite conditions therefor are complied with. If the probate judge shall find to Secretary of Such insane person a State charge, as hereinbefore provided, he shall certify his findings upon the question of settlement to the Secretary of the State and to the medical superintend ent of the asylum to which said insane person has been sent, and the State shall become responsible for the mainProbate judge taining of said insane person. The judge of probate shall report the result of his proceedings to the supervisors of his county and shall also state in his report all cases in which he had required by order, as hereinbefore provided, for payment by relatives to the support of the insane person, or the application of his estate, income, annuity or pension thereto, and the respective amounts so ordered to be paid. The county treasurer shall also report to the board of supervisors the amounts collected by him on such order. It shall be the

Proviso.

may be com

mitted as a

private patient.

State charges

to be certified State.

to report to supervisors.

County treas

urer to report to supervisors.

duty of the board of supervisors at the next annual meeting thereafter to raise money requisite to meet the expenses of support accordingly. The order of the judge of probate may be in the following form:

Probate court for said county.

on the

At a session of the said probate court holden at the pro

bate office in the

A. D. 189

Present

In the matter of

of

day of

Judge of Probate.

an insane person (or pauper).

This day having been assigned for hearing the petition now on file in this court, alleging that

and

a

of

may be admitted

there to

and

in said county (or that his residence is unknown), is insane, and praying that the said to the asylum for the insane at be supported at the expense of the county of having notified the said insane person and the other persons and officials required by law to be notified of the time and place of hearing said petition, and having filed the certificates taken under oath of two legally qualified physicians, and having taken the testimony of other credible witnesses, and having inquired into h settlement and having fully investigated the facts in the case with-the verdict of a jury as to the question of insanity, I, the judge of probate in and for said county, do find and adjudge that the said is insane and is in indigent circumstances (or pauper), (or, "and his estate is sufficient to support himself under the visitation of insanity, but no person appears to give the necessary bond or to perform the necessary conditions to permit said admitted to the asylum as a private patient,") and certify and adjudge that the said is insane and that he has acquired a legal settlement in said county (or that he has not acquired a legal settlement in said county, but that he has a legal residence in the county of State, or that his legal residence is unknown), and that his

to be

in said

estate is
under the visitation of insanity.

sufficient to support h

It is therefore ordered that the said

and h

family

be ad

mitted to said asylum and there supported at the expense of

the county of

(or State of Michigan) until restored

to soundness of mind, if effected within one year, and until otherwise ordered.

power and authority for that purpose. When any person is

Form of order.

Charge for

maintenance of patients to be

found to be insane and in need of treatment at an insane asylum in this State, and the question of his indigency, residence, or legal settlement cannot, for any reason then be adjudicated, he shall, nevertheless, be committed to the proper asylum to be supported at the expense of the State until such question can be properly adjudged; and if, upon the determination thereof, it shall be found that any county in this State was legally liable for the support of such person, the judge of probate shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State and to the superintendent of the asylum at which such person is detained, and the expense borne by the State pending such determination shall be charged up to such county and paid by the county treasurer out of the general fund into the State Treasury.

SEC. 29. The rate of charge per week to be paid for the board and necessary treatment of all patients of the asylums fixed annually who are residents of this State shall be annually fixed by the

by boards of

trustees in

joint meeting, etc.

Quarterly
report to

Secretary of
State.

trustees of the several asylums in joint session, and shall not exceed the actual cost of support and attendance exclusive of officers' salaries; but this provision shall not be construed so as to prevent the furnishing of extra care and attendance to patients by special contracts to parties chargeable therefor. At the close of each quarter the medical superintendents of the asylums shall certify to the Secretary of State the name, age and residence of all patients under treatment, the expense of whose maintenance shall have been wholly paid by any county for the period of one year, whether such period shall have been continuous or interrupted, and such patient shall, from and after the close of such period of one year, be maintained by the State until restored, or so long as may be deemed necessary by the board of trustees. No person who has been committed to any asylum in the State and removed or discharged temporarily or otherwise and has been absent therefrom for a period of six months or longer, shall be readmitted except upon a new adjudication as to his insanity; Maintenance of and whenever an insane person shall have been maintained in any of the asylums for the insane in this State at the expense of any county thereof for a period of two years, whether such period shall be continuous or interrupted, and shall be discharged therefrom temporarily or otherwise, and thereafter readmitted to any asylum within the State, he shall not again be chargeable to any county, but to the State. If a State patient shall be removed from an asylum on trial and his friends be unable to defray the expenses of his return to the asylum in case such return becomes necessary, the actual necessary expenses attending his return shall be defrayed by the State, the asylum paying the same and rendering the account quarterly to the Auditor General in the same manner as other bills are rendered for the support of State patients. The bills for the maintenance, clothing and other charges of such patients shall be rendered quarterly to the

insane after two years, State charge.

When State to defray expense for return of patient to asylum.

Bills for maintenance

of, how paid,

etc.

Auditor General in the same manner as bills are rendered
to county treasurers for the support of patients at county
charge, and shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the treas-
urers of the asylums in which the patients may be, on the
warrant of the Auditor General out of any moneys belonging
to the general fund. The provisions of this act shall apply
to the Wayne County Asylum as far as they may be appli-
cable and consistent with its organization.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 23, 1899.

[No. 174.]

AN ACT to make an Appropriation to furnish new Boilers to replace those now in use at the Michigan Soldiers' Home, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

for boilers.

SECTION 1. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be Appropriation and is hereby appropriated out of the general fund for the fiscal year ending June thirty, one thousand nine hundred, for the purpose of purchasing new steam boilers for the Michigan Soldiers' Home to replace those now in use.

SEC. 2. The amount appropriated by the provisions of this How paid. act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder.

porated in tax

SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate To be incorin the State taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred fevy. and ninety-nine the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be assessed and collected as other State taxes are assessed and collected, which sum when collected, shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse such fund for the amount appropriated under the provisions of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 23, 1899.

[No. 175.]

AN ACT to provide for the Sale, Disposition and Control of the Unpatented Swamp and Overflowed Lands in the Township of Clay, St. Clair County, Michigan.