Report of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, for the years 1883-84 : by authority.
- Michigan Asylum for the Insane
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, for the years 1883-84 : by authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![State of Michigan, ) ..County. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original order made b}7, me. In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Pro¬ bate court, at.. this.day of., A. D. 18. I L. S. ) \ , Judge of Probate. 2. Indigent insane persons admitted on the order of the probate judge. “Src. 26, Public Act 194, Laws of 1877. When a person in indigent circumstances, and not a pauper, becomes insane, application may be made in his behalf to the probate judge of the county where he resides; and said probate judge shall call two respectable physicians, and other credible witnesses, and also immediately notify the prosecuting attorney of his county, and the supervisor of the township or ward in which such insane person resides, of the time and place of meeting, whose duty it shall be to attend the examination and act in behalf of said county; and said pro¬ bate judge shall fully investigate the facts in the case, and either with or without the verdict of a jury, at his discretion, as to question of insanity, shall decide the case as to his indigence, but the decision as to indigence shall not be conclusive in such county; and if the probate judge certifies that satisfactory proof has been adduced showing him insane, and his estate is insufficient to support him and his family, or, if he has no family, himself, under the visitation of insanity, on his cer¬ tificate, under the seal of the probate court of said county, he shall be admitted into the asylum, and supported there at the expense of the county to which he belongs until he shall be restored to soundness of mind, if effected in two years, and until otherwise ordered. The judge of probate in such case shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and jurors,and shall file the certificates of the physicians, taken under oath, and other papers, in his office, and enter the proper order in his [the] journal of the probate court in his office. The judge of probate shall report the result of his proceedings to the supervisors of his county, if such person belongs to that county, whose duty it shall be, at the next annual meeting thereafter, to raise money requisite to meet the expenses of support accordingly.” The provisions of this section secure the benefits of the institution to a class by far more numerous than any other in this State, who, though possessed of some property, find it insufficient to meet the expenses of treatment and the support of a family at the same time. The form of order arranged in accordance with the requirements of this section, copies of which may be pro¬ cured at the Asylum, is as follows: State of Michigan, ) County of.j ss' At a session of the probate court for the county of., hoi den at the pro¬ bate office at — .. .day of.., in the year one thousand eight hundred and. Fresent,.. Judge of Probate. In the matter of... an indigent insane person: On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of.., praying that said.-----.•» an insane person residing in __.. may be admitted to the Michigan Asylum for the insane, there to lie supported at the expense of the county ot...., and having taken the depositions of....and.two respectable physicians, and. ...credible witnesses, and having duly notified the prosecuting attorney a,1fi ., supervisor, of the.in which said insane person resides ot the time and place of hearing of said examination, and having fully investigated the tacts, and it satisfactorily appearing that the said __.is insane, and has no estate in possession or held in trust for. .sufficient for the support of *-* - „ - - -selt (and.. .family), under the visitation of insanity. therefore, It is ordered, I hat the said.under and according to the provisions of section 26 of “ An act, etc., approved May 22d, 1877 ” be admitted to the Michigan Asylum tor the Insane at., there to be supported at the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30318415_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
