Guardian. Bond. Form of order of admission. as pay for such services, the sum of three dollars per day, together with his necessary expenses. The court, upon making such order for admission into an asylum, if, in his judgment, a guardian of such insane person is needed before a guardian of his or her person and estate can be readily appointed, may by a separate order, and without further notice, appoint summarily a guardian of the person only, of such insane person, which guardianship of the person shall continue only until a guardian both of his person and estate shall be regularly appointed. Such guardian of the person shall give a bond in such sum as may be directed by the court, and with sureties to be approved by the court. The guardian shall have the same rights and be subject to the same duties with respect to the person of his ward as guardians of incompetent or insane persons have by law, except that he shall not interfere with the admission and detention of the insane person pursuant to the order for admission. The order for admission shall be substantially in the following form: State of Michigan, The Probate Court of the County of At a session of said court, held at the probate office in the on the of day of in said county, .A. D. .... be patient, and due notice of the hearing on said petition having been given as required by law and as directed by said court, the said petitioner appeared It appearing to the court upon filing the certificates of two legally qualified physicians, and after a full investigation of said matter, with ... the verdict of a jury that said ... is insane and a fit person for care and treatment in said asylum, and that admitted to said asylum as a It is ordered, that said asylum as a .... ... patient. It is further ordered, that authorized and directed to remove said patient. should be said asylum, with full power and authority for that purpose. Judge of Probate. After said order for admission has been regularly made and entered as provided herein, the judge of probate shall mail a certified copy of such order to the medical superintendent of the institution to which the patient has been committed, and upon receipt of such order the said medical superintend ent shall, as soon as there is room for such patient at such institution, notify the judge of probate of that fact, whereupon the judge of probate shall cause the patient to be transported to said institution for admission thereto : Provided, Proviso, That no person shall be admitted to any such institution admission. under such order after the expiration of twenty days from and including the date of receipt of such notice by the judge of probate. of patient. SEC. 27. It shall be the duty of the medical superintendent Transfer of any asylum for the insane of the State to make application to the board of trustees governing the asylum of which he is superintendent to transfer any insane person or persons under treatment in said asylum, who exhibit unmistakable, dangerous or homicidal tendencies, rendering his or her presence a source of danger to others. And it shall be the duty of the said board of trustees to investigate all the facts and report to the Governor, who may, in his discretion, order the transfer of such person or persons to the State asylum. The expense attending the transfer of such person or persons Expense. shall be chargeable to the State of Michigan or the county or person or persons who are responsible for the maintenance of such patient. SEC. 32. The medical superintendent may discharge any Discharge patient in the following cases: of patient. notice First, A patient who, in his judgment, is recovered; Second, Any patient who has not recovered, but whose discharge, in the judgment of the superintendent, will not be detrimental to the public welfare, nor injurious to the patient: Provided, however, That before ordering such discharge, the Proviso, superintendent shall send notice by mail to the friends of such patient or to the superintendent of the poor of the county whence he came, and if such patient is not removed within ten days thereafter, he shall be returned to his home and friends or to the superintendent of the poor of said county. When the superintendent is unwilling to discharge an unrecovered patient upon request, and so certifies in writing, giving his reasons therefor, the probate court of the county from which the patient was admitted into the asylum may, upon certifi cate, and an opportunity for hearing thereon being accorded the superintendent, and upon such other proofs as may be produced, direct, by order, the discharge of such patient, Discharge upon such security to the people of the State as the court may require for the good behavior and maintenance of the patient. A certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the superintendent of the asylum from which the patient is discharged. The superintendent may grant a parole to a Parole. private patient, not exceeding thirty days at any one time, under general conditions prescribed by the board of trus lees. Such parole shall not affect the validity of the bond by court. given for the support of such patient. A patient who has Re-admission. been discharged by the medical superintendent may, with the approval of the superintendent, be re-admitted to the asylum under the original order of admission at any time within one year after the date of such discharge, but thereafter he shall only be re-admitted upon a new adjudication of insanity and a new order for admission. If the patient has been discharged by order of any court, or has been found restored to soundness of mind as provided in section thirty-four, he shall not again be admitted to the asylum except upon a new adjudication and order for admission. Approved April 28, 1915. Act amended. New section. Advance from [No. 98.] AN ACT to amend act number seven of the Public Acts, second special session of nineteen hundred twelve, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of armories and making an appropriation therefor," by adding a new section thereto to stand as section four. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Act number seven of the Public Acts, second special session of nineteen hundred twelve, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of armories and making an appropriation therefor," is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to stand as section four, said section to read as follows: SEC. 4. For the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen appropriation. hundred fifteen, the Auditor General shall advance to the armory building fund from the appropriation due in the year nineteen hundred sixteen authorized in sections one and two of this act the sum of fifteen thousand dollars from the general fund not otherwise appropriated, which shall thereupon become available for the purposes of this act. The said sum appropriation. of fifteen thousand dollars shall be deducted from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen authorized under sections one and two of this act, and credited to the general fund when collected. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Deduction from Approved April 28, 1915. [No. 99.] AN ACT making appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, for current expenses and for building and special purposes for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, and June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, and providing a tax therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the current Amount expenses of the Michigan Employment Institution for the appropriated. Blind for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred seventeen, the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. The further sum of nine thousand four hundred Further appropriation. seventy-five dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred sixteen for purposes and by amounts as follows: For the erection, completion and Purposes. furnishing of a superintendent's cottage, or official residence, seven thousand dollars; for addition to warehouse, thirteen hundred dollars; for painting and decorating, three hundred dollars; for eave troughing and conductors on administration building, dormitories, factory, warehouse and stables, three hundred seventy-five dollars; for procuring reading matter, appliances, fixtures for free lending library for the blind of Michigan, required to be maintained by said institution, under the provisions of section thirteen of act one hundred sixty-nine of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred three, five hundred dollars. transfer SEC. 3. The further sum of five hundred dollars is hereby Further, appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen appropriation. hundred seventeen, for procuring suitable reading matter, shelving and necessary fittings for said free library: Pro- Proviso, vided, That if the amounts designated in sections two and of funds. three of this act, for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the said work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of other work or purchase specified in said sections may, by obtaining the consent in writing of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire nine thousand nine hundred seventy-five dollars available for the purposes stated herein, if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and the Auditor General, it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby made. SEC. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of How paid out this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Tax clause. treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his account to the Auditor General thereunder. SEC. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred fifteen, the sum of thirtysix thousand nine hundred seventy-five dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred sixteen, the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars, which sums when collected, shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Water bills to be audited. Payment. [No. 100.] AN ACT to empower and direct the Board of State Auditors to examine and audit all bills and accounts of the city of Jackson for water furnished by the Michigan State Prison from January one, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, to January.one, nineteen hundred fifteen, and to provide for the payment of such bills and accounts when audited. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The Board of State Auditors is hereby empowered and directed to examine and audit all bills and accounts of the city of Jackson for water furnished by said city to the Michigan State Prison from January one, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, to January one, nineteen hundred fifteen, provided such bills and accounts are presented to said Board of Auditors within three months after this act takes effect. If any sum shall be found to be justly due said city of Jackson for water so furnished, the bills therefor, when audited, shall be transmitted to the Auditor General, who shall draw his warrant for the same, payable from the general fund of the State. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. |