State of Michigan, The Probate Court of the County of.... At a session of said court, held at the probate office in in said county, In the matter of petition of be admitted to the having been appointed for hearing the praying that said as a .. 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 petition 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 is insane and a fit person for that said Order limited. maintenance, etc. hereby authorized and directed to remove said to said asylum, with full power and authority for that purpose. Judge of Probate. No person shall be admitted to any such institution under such order after the expiration of thirty days from and inclusive of the date thereof. If the order for admission is as a public patient and it shall appear from the proofs taken. in writing as aforesaid that the patient has an estate out of which the State may be reimbursed for his maintenance, the court shall direct in said order for admission the payment out of the said estate of the whole or any part of the cost of the maintenance of said patient at the asylum as he shall deem just, regard being had to the needs of those having a legal right to support out of said estate; which said order shall remain in full force and effect until modified by proceedings under section nineteen of this act or until the patient shall be discharged. Approved May 18, 1909. [No. 101.] AN ACT to revise the law relative to the care of the feebleminded and epileptic. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The institution for the custody, care, educa- Name. tion, treatment and discipline of feeble-minded and epileptic persons at Lapeer shall continue to be known as the "Michigan Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic." members, incumbents. SEC. 2. The board of control of said institution shall con- Board of sist of five members to be appointed by the Governor, by and control, with the advice and consent of the senate, who shall hold how appointed. office for a term of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The commissions shall, by their Term. terms, expire on the first day of February. The present Present members of the board of control shall continue to hold office until the expiration of their respective terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in said board the Governor shall appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office until the close of the next session of the legislature, or until such vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore provided. Members of the board of control shall be subject to Members, removal by the Governor for misconduct or neglect in office removal of. upon cause shown and after an opportunity to be heard. SEC. 3. The members of said board of control shall con- Body stitute a body corporate under the name and style of "The corporate. Board of Control of the Michigan Home for the FeebleMinded and Epileptic," and shall have the right to use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the members of said board Duty of board. to meet annually at said institution on such day as said board shall determine and establish for its annual meeting Organization. in each year, and at such annual meeting they shall elect a president, secretary and treasurer of said board from their own number to hold their offices for one year or until their successors are elected. It shall also be the duty of said board to meet at least once in each month on its own adjournment, and oftener if it shall deem it advisable. SEC. 5. The members of said board shall, before entering Oath. upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 6. The members of said board shall receive no com- Compensation. pensation for their services under this act, but shall receive their actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General on the Government, etc., to be vested in board of control. Statement, when made, etc. What to show. Treasurer to give bond. rendering of their accounts, out of any money to the credit of the general fund not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 7. The government and the sole and exclusive control and management of the Michigan Home for the FeebleMinded and Epileptic shall be vested in the board of control. It shall establish a system of government and make all necessary rules and regulations for enforcing discipline, for imparting instruction or preserving health and for the physical, intellectual and moral training of the inmates of said home. SEC. 8. The board of control of said institution shall, on or before the tenth day of November preceding each regular session of the legislature, make out and present to the Governor a detailed statement of the operations of the institution for the two fiscal years closing on the thirtieth day of the next preceding June, which shall include the report of the superintendent for such period, and a report of the treasurer of all receipts and disbursements made during the same period, which report shall be furnished the State printer for publication by the fifteenth day of November of the year when made. Such report shall show for such biennial period in detail the number and names of the superintendent, officers, teachers and all other regular employes and the salaries or wages paid to each, and what, if any, other emoluments are allowed and to whom. Said board shall also cause a full and accurate inventory in duplicate to be taken at the close of each fiscal year next preceding the regular session of the legislature by the officers in charge, which shall specify the number of acres of land and value thereof, the number, kind and value of buildings, the various kinds of personal property and the value thereof, which inventory shall be signed and sworn to by the officer making the same and certified as correct by the board of control, one copy of which shall be made in a proper book to be kept for that purpose in the institution, and the other shall be filed in the office of the Auditor General on or before the first day of November of the year when made, and a summary of such inventory shall be published in the biennial report of the institution. SEC. 9. The treasurer of said board shall be required, before entering upon the duties of such office, to give his bond to the people of the State in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars with two or more suretics to be approved by the Auditor General, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office as treasurer, and to properly account for all moneys received by him as such treasurer. He shall have the custody of all moneys, bonds, notes, mortgages and other securities and obligations belonging to said home. Said moneys shall be disbursed only for the use of such home how disbursed. in such manner and method as the board of control may direct. The treasurer shall keep full and accurate accounts Moneys. of the receipts and payments, and render statements in the manner provided for by the general accounting laws of the State. He shall also render an account to the State of his books and of the funds and other property in his custody whenever required to do so by the board of control. superintend duties. ment of, SEC. 10. The board of control shall appoint a medical Medical superintendent who shall be a well educated physician, ex- ent, by whom perienced in the treatment of the feeble-minded and epilep- appointed. tic, and shall fix his compensation. He shall be the chief executive officer of the home, and may be removed by the said board for cause. Subject to the by-laws and regulations Powers and established by the board of control, he shall have the general superintendence of the buildings, grounds and farm, together with the furniture, fixtures and stock. He shall ap- Assistants, point, with the approval of the board of control, such and etc., appointas many assistants and attendants as the board may think duties, etc. necessary and proper for the economical and efficient performance of the business of the home, and shall prescribe their several duties and places and fix, with the approval of the board of control, their compensation, and may discharge any of them at his sole discretion, but in every case of discharge he shall forthwith record the same with the reasons, under an appropriate head in one of the books of the home. He shall maintain discipline among all who are employed in the institution and force strict compliance with his instructions and uniform obedience to all rules and regulations of the home. steward. SEC. 11. The board of control shall appoint, upon the Board to nomination of the medical superintendent, a steward: The appoint steward, under the direction of the medical superintendent, Duties of. shall be accountable for the careful keeping and economical use of all furniture, stores and other articles provided for the home, and, under the direction of the medical superintendent, shall: First, Make all purchases for the home, preserve the original bills and receipts thereof and keep full and correct accounts of the same and copies of all orders drawn by himself upon the treasurer; Second, Make contracts in the medical superintendent's name with the officers, attendants and assistants and keep and settle their accounts; Third, Keep the accounts for the support of patients and expenses incurred in their behalf, and furnish the treasurer quarterly, and at other times when required by the medical superintendent or board of control, statements of such as fall due; Fourth, Report to the treasurer the names and amounts due and in arrears from private patients; Fifth, Have general oversight and charge of all the industrial departments of the home and of its farming operations Patients, how classified. Eligibility. Certificate Physicians, qualifications of. and of such other business as may be prescribed by the bylaws or directed by the board of control. SEC. 12. Patients are divided into two classes as follows: First, Public patients who are feeble-minded or epileptic and are kept and maintained at the expense of the State except as hereinafter provided; Second, Private patients who are feeble-minded or epileptic and are kept and maintained without expense to the State. SEC. 13. Feeble-minded and epileptic persons, residents of this State and above the age of six years, shall be eligible to admission to the Michigan Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic in the manner and upon the conditions hereinafter provided. SEC. 14. Certificates that a person is feeble-minded or of physicians. epileptic may in the discretion of the probate court be made by two reputable physicians, under oath, appointed by the probate court of the county where such alleged feeble-minded or epileptic person resides. The physicians must be permanent residents of the State, duly registered according to law, and shall not be related by blood or marriage to the alleged feeble-minded or epileptic person, nor to the person applying for such certificate, nor shall such physicians be officers or employes or attending physicians in the home for the feebleminded and epileptic. The qualifications of such physicians shall be certified by the clerk of the county in which such physicians reside, which certificate shall be in the following form: Form of certificate. State of Michigan, I hereby certify that of .... SS. is a duly registered physician and surgeon and has the qualifications prescribed by the laws of this State for the practice of medicine and surgery therein, as shown by.... certificate of registration now on file in my office. (Seal) County Clerk. The physicians are empowered to go where such feebleminded and epileptic person may be and make such personal examination of him as to enable them to offer an opinion as to his mental condition, and no certificate shall be made except after such personal examination. Certificates that a person is feeble-minded or epileptic must contain the facts and circumstances upon which the opinion of the physicians is based, and show that the condition of the person examined is such as to require care and treatment in an institution for the care, custody and treatment of feeble-minded or epileptic persons. Each physician making such examination |