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OREGON.

GOVERNMENT OF ASYLUM.

1. Board of trustees, title; may hold property in trust, powers and duties, records.

2. Superintendent and officers, appointment; bond of superintendent; salaries, duties.

3. Trustees to receive no compensation.

4. Private secretary of governor, exofficio secretary.

5. Superintendent, powers and duties,
trustees and officers not to be in-
terested in contracts.

6. Accounts of superintendent.
7. Pay-roll, warrants how drawn.

8. Bills for support submitted to di

rectors.

Act of 1882,

p. 23, § 1.

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1. There is hereby created a board of trustees, consisting of the governor, who shall be president of the board, Board of trus- the secretary of state and state treasurer. The board lished. of trustees, created under the provisions of this act, shall be known by the name and style of the “Board of Trustees of the Oregon State Insane Asylum," and by that name. they and their successors shall be known in law, may receive, take and hold property, both real and personal, in trust for the state, and for the use and benefit of said asylum. They shall have power to govern, manage and administer the affairs of the asylum, make and adopt by-laws for their government and the government of the asylum; they shall appoint all officers and employes of said asylum, prescribe their duties, and remove them when in their judgment. the good of the public service requires it; they shall cause to be kept a full and correct record of their proceedings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of any citizen desiring to examine the same; they shall hold stated meetings at the seat of government monthly; a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum to do business; they shall visit the

Powers and duties.

Report of gen

asylum once in three (3) months, and keep themselves constantly advised of all items of labor and expense, and the condition of the buildings and the property of the asylum; they shall submit to the legislative assembly, biennially, on or before the fourth day preceding the regular session of the legislature, a report showing the receipts and expenditures, the general condition of the asylum, the number of patients under treatment during the two legislature. preceding years (up to the first Monday of the month next preceding the meeting of the legislature), and such other matters, touching the general affairs of the asylum, as they deem advisable.

eral condition

of asylum to

be made to

bid § 2.

Officers.

2. The board of trustees shall appoint a medical superintendent, who shall serve four years, or during good behavior, and on his nomination one or two assistant physicians, and other officers, according to the requirements of the institution, each of whom shall hold office for four years, or during good behavior, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The superintendent before entering upon the duties of his office shall enter into a bond to the state of Oregon, with four or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge his duties as such officer, which bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The salary of the superintendent shall be twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars per annum, and Compensation. that of the first assistant eighteen hundred (1,800) dollars per annum, and that of the second assistant twelve hundred (1,200) dollars per annum, and each of them shall be furnished room, household furniture, provisions, fuel and light, at, and from the supplies of the asylum. The superintendent shall reside at the asylum, shall be a well educated physician, a regular graduate in medicine, and shall have practiced at least five years from date of diploma. All the assistant physicians shall reside at the asylum and shall be regular graduates in medicine. The superintendent, chief and assistant physicians, and all other officers and employes in and about said asylum shall be subject to removal by the board of trustees at any time for cause. The superintendent and assistant physicians shall give their entire time and attention to

Duties and qualifications.

promote the best interests of the patients in said asylum. Their duties, not specified in this act, shall be prescribed in the by-laws of the board of trustees.

Ibid § 3. Compensation of trustees.

3. The trustees shall be paid their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties under this act; such payments to be made out of any money appropriated for the current expenses of the asylum, by an order drawn by the secretary of the board; provided, such compensation does not exceed one hundred (100) dollars per annum for each member of the board.

4. The private secretary of the governor shall act as secretary of the board of trustees.

Ibid § 4.

Secretary.

Ibid § 5.

Duties of su

5. The superintendent shall be the executive officer of the asylum, under the regulations and by-laws of the perintendent. board of trustees. He shall have control of the patients, prescribe or direct their treatment, adopt sanitary measures for their welfare, and discharge such as in his opinion have permanently recovered their reason, or such other patients as the best interests of the state and the institution require. He shall maintain discipline among the subordinate officers and employes, and enforce obedience to the laws, rules and regulations adopted for the government of the institution, and is empowered to discharge any employe or attendant for violation of the laws or rules of the asylum and submit the same to the board of trustees immediately for their approval. He shall estimate and report to the board of trustees the amount, kind and quality of furniture and household furnishing goods, provisions, fuel, forage, clothing, and other material required for six months ending on the first day of June and December of each year, and the trustees shall then advertise when practical for four successive weeks for contracts for furnishing said supplies, or so much thereof as they shall deem necessary. All contracts shall be awarded to the lowest bidder or bidders, upon their giving to the board of trustees satisfactory security for the faithful performance of the same. The board of trustees shall have the power to reject any and all bids, and in no case shall more than the customary price in open market be paid for supplies, or other articles purchased on account of said asylum. Necessary expenditures, other than those for provisions, fuel, forage, clothing and furniture and household fur

Supplies.

nishing goods, may be made by the superintendent, subject to the approval of the board; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent the board from purchasing contingent supplies at the lowest market rates, and, provided, further, that neither the board of trustees, or the superintendent or any employe of the institution shall be in any wise pecuniarily interested in any contract for the purchase of supplies for said asylum, or services performed by other persons in or about the asylum.

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Ibid § 6.
Sup't shall

cause accounts

to be kept.

6. The superintendent shall cause accurate and careful accounts to be kept of the daily expenditures, of all articles of stores and property placed in his charge, and shall at the end of each month submit the same to the board of trustees for their inspection, and on each daily report shall be shown the number of persons fed and lodged in the asylum, whether as officer, employe or patient. A monthly report of the same character shall be made to the

trustees.

Payment of

7. At the end of each month the superintendent shall cause a pay-roll to be made which shall show the name of Ibid § 7. each person employed in or about the asylum, giving employes. the capacity in which each is employed, the rate of salary or wages and the amount due each; upon receiving this pay-roll, duly certified by the superintendent and audited by the board, the secretary of the state shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in payment of the several amounts audited and allowed by the board, and in favor of the person to whom the same is allowed, in like manner as other warrants are drawn for the payment of claims against the state.

8. All bills on account of the support and maintenance of the asylum shall be presented to the superintendent Ibid § 8. for his approval, and shall be by him submitted to the board of trustees to be audited.

Act of 1878,
County judge

p. 72, § 2.

to provide for care of insane.

9. The county judge of any county in this state, upon application of any two householders in his county, in writing under oath, setting forth that any person by reason of insanity, as the case may be, is suffering from neglect, exposure or otherwise, or is unsafe to be at large, shall cause such person or persons to be brought before him at such time and place.as he may direct; and said county judge

shall also cause to appear at the same time and place, two or more competent physicians, and the prosecuting attorney of his judicial district, or his deputy, (or in the event of his absence or inability to attend) some practicing attorney of the state, whose duty it shall be to represent the state and protect its interests, who shall proceed to examine the person or persons alleged to be insane or idiotic; and if the said physicians, after careful examination, shall certify upon oath that the said person or persons are insane or idiotic, as the case may be, and the county judge shall find from the consideration of the said certificate and the testimony that may be produced before him, that the said person or persons are insane or idiotic, then said judge shall cause the said insane or idiotic person or persons to be conveyed to, and placed in charge of, the party or parties contracting to keep and care for the insane and idiotic of this Proviso. state; provided, that an appeal shall lie from the decision of the said county judge in such cases, in the same Appeal. manner as is provided for appeal from the judgments of county courts in other cases, which appeal may be taken either by the householders making such application, or by or on behalf of any person who shall be adjudged to be insane or idiotic; or the same may be taken by the state whenever in the judgment of the prosecuting attorney for the district the interest of the state requires such appeal to be taken; provided further, that the county judge shall make diligent inquiry, and when an insane or idiotic person, committed under this act, shall be found to own any estate, real or personal, said Appointment judge shall immediately, without further petition or notice, appoint a guardian for the estate of such person, who shall execute his trust under the direction of said. court, make the same returns and give the same security as in case of the estate of a minor, and said estate shall be liable to the county for the cost of such commitment, and to the state for the costs of conveying such insane or idiotic person to the asylum. In case there is a wife and child, or children, or either, dependent on said estate for support, the county judge shall first make proper allowance for their support out of said estate. A husband shall be liable to the county for the cost of committing his insane or idiotic wife to the asylum, and to the state for the cost of conveying her to

of a guar

dian.

Support of wife and children.

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