TITLE V. Public Institutions. CHAPTER I. INSANE ASYLUM. II. DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND ASYLUM. CHAPTER I. Insane Asylums. ARTICLE I. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. II. MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. V. GENERAL PROVISIONS. VI. EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF INSANE PERSONS. ARTICLE I. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INSANE ASYLUM. $2136. Under control of Board of Directors. $2137. Powers and duties of Board. $2138. Moneys for support of Asylum, how drawn. $ 2140. Compensation of Directors. 2136. The Insane Asylum, located at Stockton, is under the management and control of a Board of Directors, consisting of five persons, appointed and holding their offices as provided in Title I, Part III, of this Code. Board of Directors-appointment and term of office, $$ 368, subd. 2, and 369; same, of Trustees under former statute, 6 Cal. 509; vacancy under former statute, 37 Cal. 639. Appropriation for building-Stats. 1880, p. 234 or 61. Napa Asylum--establishment, Stats. 1872, p. 673; no intoxicating liquors to be sold in vicinity, Stats. 1874, p. 27; provision for completion of, Stats. 1874, p. 565; management of, Stats. 1876, p. 133; appropriations, Stats. 1876, pp. 801, 851; water supply, Stats. 1876, p. 883. Purchase of additional grounds for, Stats. 1881, p. 90. 2137. The powers and duties of the Board of Directors of the Insane Asylum are as follows: 1. To make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of the State for their own government, and the government of the asylum. 2. To hold stated meetings at the asylum for the transaction of business on the first Monday of each month. 3. To keep a record of their proceedings, open at all times to the inspection of any citizen. 4. To elect a Medical Superintendent, two Assistant Physicians, and a Treasurer. 5. To provide on the asylum grounds suitable apartments, furniture, provisions, and lights for the Medical Superintendent and his family, and to allow a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per month to each of the Assistant Physicians for the subsistence of themselves and their families. 6. To make diligent inquiry into the departments of labor and expense, the condition of the asylum and its property. 7. To report to the Governor a statement of the receipts and expenditures, the condition of the asylum, the number of patients under treatment, and of such other matters touching the duties of the Board as is advisable. [Approved March 13, 1883.] 2138. If the Board approve the estimates made under the provisions of Section 2153, it must notify the Controller of State, who must draw his warrant for the amount estimated in three equal sums out of any moneys in the State Treasury appropriated for the use of the Asylum. 2139. Upon the receipt of each report provided for in Subdivision 5 of Section 2152, the Board of Directors must advertise for contracts for furnishing the supplies therein specified, for three successive weeks, in one newspaper in each of the cities of Stockton, Sacramento, and San Francisco. The contract must be awarded to the lowest bidder, upon his giving satisfactory security for the faithful performance of the same. 2140. The Directors shall not be directly or indirectly interested in any contract or contracts for supplies furnished said Asylum, but shall receive, as their compensation, the sum of ten dollars per day for their services in attending monthly or called meetings of said Board, and such mileage as is provided by law for members of the Legislature of this State, payable out of any moneys set apart by law for the use and benefit of said Asylum, as other bills and accounts against the Asylum are paid; provided, the amount so received as per diem compensation for services shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and forty dollars per year to each Director. [In effect April 1, 1878.] Mileage of members of Legislature-§ 266. ARTICLE II. MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. $2150. Qualifications of. $2151. Term of office. $2152. General powers and duties. $2153. Must estimate expenses and report to Directors. $2154. Salary. $2155. Bond. 2150. The Medical Superintendent must be a graduate in medicine, and must have practiced his profession five years after the date of his diploma. 2151. His term of office is four years from and after his election. Superintendent's term of office-vacancy under former statute discussed, 6 Cal. 289; 8 Cal. 1 2152. He is the chief executive officer of the Asylum, with powers and duties as follows: 1. To control the patients, prescribe the treatment, and prescribe and enforce the sanitary regulations of the Asylum; 2. With the consent of the Board of Directors, to fix the number and compensation of, and appoint, control, and remove the attendants and assistants; 3. To prescribe and enforce the performance of the duties of the attendants and assistants; 4. To prescribe and enforce the performance of the duties of the Assistant Physicians; 5. To ascertain and report to the Board of Directors the amount, character, and quality of provisions, fuel, and clothing required for the six months ending on the first of May and November in each year; 6. With the consent of the Board of Directors, to make any expenditure necessary in the performance of his duties, except for provisions, fuel, and clothing; 7. To receive and pay to the Treasurer all moneys found upon insane persons; 8. To keep a daily record of his official acts, in the mode prescribed by the by-laws; 9. To make up his annual accounts to the first of July in each year, and as soon thereafter as possible to report a statement thereof, and of the general condition of the Asylum, to the Board of Directors. Meetings of Superintendents-of American Institutions for the Insane: Superintendent of Stockton Asylum, or one of his assistants, may attend, and have his expenses paid, alternately with Resident Physician of Napa Asylum, or one of his assistants, Stats. 1878, p. 767. 2153. He must estimate, quarterly in advance, the probable expenses of the Asylum, and submit such estimate to the Directors, at their stated meetings, for their consideration and approval. 2154. The annual salary of the Medical Superintendent is thirty-five hundred dollars. 2155. He must execute an official bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. $2168. Senior Assistant, as Medical Superintendent. $2169. Salaries. 2165. The Assistant Physicians must be graduates in medicine. 2166. Their term of office is four years from and after their appointment. 2167. They must perform the duties and exercise the powers prescribed by the Medical Superintendent or the by-laws. 2168. During the absence or disability of the Medical Superintendent, the Assistant longest in commission must perform his duties and exercise his powers. 2169. The annual salary of each Assistant Physician is twenty-five hundred dollars. 2179. No member of the Board of Directors is eligible to the office of Treasurer. 2180. The Treasurer holds his office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 2181. It is the duty of the Treasurer: 1. To act as Secretary of the Board of Directors; 2. To keep the accounts of the Board, and of the receipts and expenditures; 3. To report on the first Monday in each month to the State Board of Examiners a statement under oath of the expenses of the preceding month; 4. To perform such other duties as may be required of him by the by-laws or Board of Directors. 2182. The annual salary of the Treasurer is six hundred dollars. 2183. He must execute an official bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Official bonds-$$ 947-986. ARTICLE V. GENERAL PROVISIONS. $ 2193. Salaries, when and out of what fund payable $2198. Insane convicts, reception and return of. $2199. Restrictions upon admission of non-residents. $2200. Disposition of moneys unexpended at discharge. 2193. The salaries and compensation fixed by the provis ions of this chapter must be paid monthly out of the money appropriated for the support of the Asylum. |