CHAPTER 64. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. AN ACT to Amend Sections Two, Three and Nine, Chapter 129, Acts S. F. 279. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: A. amended. SECTION 1. That section 2, chapter 129 of the acts of the Sec. 2, chapter Sixteenth General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended 129, acts doc. as follows: By inserting after the word "county" in the third line thereof the following words: "and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be ex-officio a member of said board and president thereof." Strike out the word "they" in the third line of said section and insert in place thereof the words "the Board of Directors." amended. SEC. 2. That section 3 of said chapter be amended by strik- Sec. 3 ing out of the fourth line of said section the words "president and"; and section 9 of said chapter is hereby amended by striking out of the second line the words "Superintendent of Public Instruction" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Governor." SEC. 3. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, Publication. shall be in full force and effect upon its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Leader March 31, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. HEALTH. H. F. 178. CHAPTER 65. CHANGING TIMES OF MEETINGS OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH. AN ACT to Amend Section 24 of Chapter 151 of the Laws of the 18th General Assembly Changing Times of the Meetings of Local Boards of Health. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section twenty four of chapter one hundred fifty one of the laws of the Eighteenth General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word Changing from "May" in the second line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "April;" also by striking out the word "November" in the third ber to October. line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "October;" and also by striking out the word "November" in the seventh line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "October." Approved April 3, 1888. From Novem 8. F. 405. CHAPTER 66. TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. AN ACT to Amend Section Six, Chapter 104 Acts of the Twentyfirst General Assembly, to Regulate the Practice of Medicine and Surgery. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section Six, Chapter One Hundred and Four, Acts of the Twenty First General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the followCertif. of other ing words: "Provided Further, the board may also issue cerState Boards tificates to persons, who, upon application present a certificate of having passed a satisfactory examination before any other State Board of Medical Examiners, upon the payment of the fee provided in Section Three. received. Approved April 12, 1888. CHAPTER 67. RELATING TO DISEASED SWINE. AN ACT to Amend Section One of Chapter 79 of the Acts of the H. F. 14. 21st General Assembly of Iowa, Relating to Diseased Swine Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: A., amended. SECTION 1. That section one of chapter 79 of the acts of the Sec. 1, Chap. 21st General Assembly is hereby amended by adding at the end 79, acts 21 G. thereof, the following: It shall also be unlawful for any person, negligently or willfully to allow his hogs or those under his control, infested with hog cholera or other plague or contagious disease, to escape his control or run at large. Approved April 3, 1888. CHAPTER 68. CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS ALLEGED TO BE INSANE. AN ACT to Amend Sections 1401 and 1403 of the Code Relative to s. F. 156. the Confinement of Persons Found or Alleged to be Insane. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section 1401 of the Code be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word "fees" in the fortieth line the following; And no person during such investi. gation, or who shall be found to be insane, as above provided, shall during investigation, or after such finding and pending commitment to the hospital for the insane or when en route to said hospital be confined in any Jail or prison, or other place of Insane persolitary confinement; except in cases of extreme violence, when sons not to be it may be deemed absolutely necessary for the safety of such jail or prison. insane person, or of the public; and if such violently insane person be so confined there shall at all times during such confinement be some suitable person or persons in attendance in charge of such insane person; but at no time shall any female be placed in such confinement, without at least one female attendant remaining in charge of such insane person. SEC. 2. That section 1403 of the Code be amended by adding to said section the words-Provided however that any female that may be so confined in such poor-house or Jail shall be at all confined in of a female Personal care times under the personal care of a suitable female attendant, who shall hold a key of the apartment in which said insane person is confined. attendant. Publication. SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 6, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa H. F. 545. Government. Transfer of convicts. Physician. Unexpired term of cured convicts. CHAPTER 69. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INSANE, MANAGEMENT. AN ACT to Organize and Manage the Department for Criminal Insane at the Penitentiary at Anamosa, and to fix the Compensation of the Officers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. The department for the criminal insane in the penitentiary at Anamosa shall be governed by the warden as a part of the penitentiary. SEC. 2. Whenever the building now being constructed for this department is ready for occupancy the warden shall notify the Governor, who shall order all convicts now being held in the Asylums at Mount Pleasant and Independence, to be transferred from such asylums to the department for criminal insane at the penitentiary at Anamosa, the State to pay the expense of such transfer. SEC. 3. Whenever any convict at the penitentiary at Fort Madison shall have become insane, the Governor, upon receipt of a certificate from the physician of said penitentiary at Fort Madison, that such convict is insane, shall order him transferred to the penitentiary at Anamosa to be kept in the department for criminal insane for treatment. SEC. 4. Whenever a convict who has been transferred from the penitentiary at Fort Madison is confined in the department for the criminal insane, and who shall be pronounced cured before his time has expired, he shall be held in the penitentiary at Anamosa, to serve out his unexpired sentence. SEC. 5. Whenever a convict in the penitentiary at Anamosa is pronounced insane by the physician of said penitentiary the warden shall place him in the department for criminal insane for treatment. sentence. SEC. 6. No insane convict shall be discharged from the hospital apartment, provided for the criminal insane, until such convict shall be restored to reason, except as hereinafter provided. At the expiration of the term of sentence of such con- Examination vict, an examination shall be made by competent physicians, at end of term and if it shall be found that such convict has not been restored to reason, such fact shall be certified to the Governor; thereupon the Governor shall investigate the matter and if in his discretion, such insane convict should be transferred to one of the hospitals for the insane, he may order said convict to be transferred or he may order that said convict shall be retained in the hospital apartment of the prison for criminal insane. SEC. 7. The physician for the penitentiary at Anamosa Physician. shall also be the physician for the department for criminal insane, and his salary is fixed at one hundred dollars per month, for his entire services as physician for the penitentiary and the criminal insane. SEC. 8. Whenever the department for criminal insane is Rooms used. ready for occupancy, the warden may use one ward for female convicts until such time as the department for female convicts is completed; also a portion of the building may be used for hospital purposes for the main prison, until such time as the hospital is built: provided, however that the use of said rooms shall not interfere with the comfort of the criminal insane. SEC. 9. The warden shall be governed by the same law in appointing guards for the department for insane, as he is in ap pointing them for the penitentiary. SEC. 10. Whenever the department for criminal insane is Assistant completed the warden may appoint an assistant deputy who deputy. shall give a bond to the State in the sum of three thousand Bond. dollars to be approved by the Governor; said assistant deputy to have charge of the department for criminal insane, under the direction of the warden and deputy, and to assist the dep uty in other work if desired, and who shall receive for his ser- Compensation. vices eighty-three and one-third dollars per month. Approved April 10, 1888. |