Ch. 114, § 23. Proceedings on acquittal on ground of insanity. quitted by the jury, by reason of insanity, the jury, in giving their verdict of not guilty, shall state that it was given for such cause; and thereupon, if the discharge or going at large of such insane person is considered by the court manifestly dangerous to the peace and safety of the community, the court may order him to be committed to the hospital for the insane, for safe keeping and treatment, or may order him to be committed to prison, or may give him into the care of his friends, if they shall give bonds with surety, to the satisfaction of the court, conditioned that he shall be well and securely kept; otherwise he shall be discharged. MISSISSIPPI. GOVERNMENT OF JACKSON ASYLUM. 1. State asylum continued, corporate powers. 2. Government vested in a board of trustees, appointment, term of office. 3. Trustees in office to hold until successors appointed. 4. Governor to be ex-officio president; president pro tem. to be chosen. 5. Vacancies temporarily filled by governor. 6. Vacancy, when presumed; quorum. 7. Trustees to have general control; by-laws and regulations. 8. Records, monthly inspection, meetings, reports. 9. Steward, bond. 10. Salaries of officers fixed by trustees. 13. Vacancy, temporarily filled by 14. Removal of superintendent and trustees. 15. Superintendent, powers and duties. service. EAST MISSISSIPPI ASYLUM. 18. Establishment and title. 19. Commissioners for selection of site; 20. Powers of commissioners. 23. Government vested in board of trustees of Jackson asylum; to furnish asylum; term of office. 24. Appropriation for equipment. 25. Superintendent, powers. 26. Appropriation for asylum. ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE. 27. Who may be admitted; judge's certificate of indigence. 28. Order of court to authorize admission, when there are vacan cies. 29. Admission by trustees without proceedings in lunacy. 30. History of patient's lunacy; trustees may refuse admission on noncompliance with regulations 31. Inquisition of lunacy of insane going at large; commitment to asylum, or temporary confinement in jail. 32. Removal of harmless incurables. 33. Removal and support of harmless incurables, estate liable for. 34. Relatives liable for. 35. Removal to county of settlement. 36. Discharge on recovery, above provisions applicable to. 37. Inquisition of lunacy for appointment of guardian. CRIMINAL INSANE. 38. Investigation of insanity, report to court of chancery. § 642. 1. The state lunatic asylum, heretofore established,* shall continue to exist as a body politic and corporate, by R. C. 1880. that name and style, with all the rights, powers and Organization. privileges incident to such a body, and necessary and proper * At Jackson. to accomplish the end of its organization, and may receive, hold, and dispose of, all real and personal property conveyed to it; and continue to hold and use all of the property, real and personal, heretofore secured to it. § 643. Control vested in trustees. 2. The management and control of said lunatic asylum shall be vested in five trustees, appointed by the governor of the state, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, who shall continue in office for four years, and until successors are appointed. § 644. 3. The trustees now in office shall continue, according to the terms of their appointment, and until their successors shall be appointed. Present trustees continued. 4. The governor shall be ex-officio president of said board of trustees; but in his absence, the board may elect from their number a president for the time. $645. Who president of trustees. § 646. Vacancies 5. The governor may fill vacancies occurring in the board. of trustees, during a recess of the senate, and his appointees shall continue in office until a meeting of the senate, and thereafter, during its session, until successors are appointed. among trustees during recess of senate. § 647. Trustees dis 6. Upon the removal of any trustee beyond the distance of ten miles from said asylum, or on his failing to visit placed, when. said institution, as may be required by the by-laws of said board, the governor shall appoint a trustee in his stead, upon the facts being duly certified to him by the board of trustees. A majority of said board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, to do any business connected with said asylum, except the repeal of any of the by-laws, for which purpose it shall require at least four of the board to act. 7. The trustees shall have charge of the general interests of the asylum, and shall manage and direct its affairs, and make all proper by-laws and regulations for its control and government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state. § 648. Powers and duties of trustees. § 649. Trustees to keep record and make reports. 8. The board of trustees shall keep, in a bound book, to be provided for that purpose, a fair and full record of all their doings, which shall be open, at all times, for the inspection of the governor of the state, and all persons whom he or either house of the legislature may appoint to examine the same; and the trustees shall maintain an effectual inspection of the asylum, for which purpose one or more of them shall visit it, at least once in every month, and they shall hold a meeting of said board at the asylum once every three months, or oftener, if required; special meetings shall be called in the manner prescribed in the by-laws; and they shall, on or before the first Monday in December, make a true report of the actual condition of said asylum to the governor, accompanied by the annual report of the superintendent; and upon the meeting of the legislature, the governor shall transmit said reports to it. To appoint a shall give 9. The board of trustees shall appoint a steward of the asylum, who shall give bond for the faithful perform- $650. ance of his duty, in such sum, and with such sure- steward who ties, as the board of trustees may prescribe and ap- bond. prove; which bond shall be payable to the state, and be filed in the office of the auditor of public accounts; and the board of trustees may require, from time to time, the renewal of said bond. Trustees to fix compensaployes. tion of em 10. The board of trustees shall determine the compensation of the steward, and such other officers and assistants as they may deem necessary for the just and economical administration of the affairs of the asylum. 11. The medical superintendent of the asylum, now in office, shall continue, according to the terms of his ap- $652 poinment, and until his successor shall be qualified. appointment. His successor shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate. Medical supt., 12. The term of office of the medical superintendent shall be four years. § 633. Vacancy, how 13. The governor shall fill any vacancy in the office of medical superintendent, which shall occur during a §654. recess of the senate, and his appointee shall con- filled. tinue in office until the meeting of the senate, and thereafter, during the session of the senate, until his successor shall be qualified. Removal of 14. The governor shall have power to remove the medical superintendent, or any of the trustees, for neglect of $6.55. duty, or other proper cause, and appoint a successor, officers. during a recess of the senate. 15. The medical superintendent shall have power to appoint $ 656. Powers and duties. and remove all subordinate officers and employes allowed by the board of trustees; and he shall make, in a book kept for the purpose, at the time of reception, a minute, with the date of reception, of each patient, with name, age, sex, residence, office and occupation of the person, and by whom and by whose authority each insane person is brought to the asylum, and have all the orders, warrants, requests, certificates and other papers accompanying him or her, carefully filed and forthwith copied in said book. He shall also have general superintendence of the buildings, grounds and farm, with their furniture, fixtures and stock, and the direction and control of all persons therein, subject to the by-laws and regulations of the trustees. He shall daily ascertain the condition of the patients, and prescribe their treatment, in the manner prescribed in the said by-laws; and he shall also be required to see that all the rules and regulations for the discipline and good government of the institution are properly obeyed and enforced. He shall cause full and fair accounts and records of all his doings, and of the entire business and operations of the institution, to be kept regularly, from day to day, in books provided for that purpose, in the manner and to the extent prescribed in the by-laws, and shall see that all such accounts and records are fully made up to the first day of December in each year, and that the principal facts and results, with his report thereon, are presented to the trustees immediately thereafter. $ 657. Duties of steward. 16. The steward shall keep a regular account of all daily disbursements for the institution; take vouchers for all payments; and keep carefully and file away all original bills for supplies, purchased by him for said asylum, and settle his accounts with the superintendent and treasurer, once in every month, and with the board once in every three months. He shall keep his accounts always open for the inspection of the superintendent, or any trustee, or the treasurer. The steward shall be accountable for the careful keeping and economical use of all furniture, stores or other articles provided for the asylum; he shall annually, during the month of November, make and file with the trustees a true and perfect inventory, verified by oath, of all personal property, of every description, belonging to the asylum, with the estimated value |