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brought by them pursuant to law; and they shall also be allowed the same daily pay, for attending to any such suit, as is allowed them for the performance of their official duties.

credited in as

(1513.) SEC. 48. Such allowances may be credited to them, 411owances in their accounts for moneys collected for penalties, and may counts. be deducted from such moneys; and the balance of such penalties shall be paid over to their successors in office, or to the County Treasurer, as directed by law, in respect to such penalties.

to be

Township charge.

(1514.) SEC. 49. If there be not sufficient moneys in their when hands to satisfy such allowances, the same shall be paid as other township charges.

etc., exempt

Keeper from Ser

(1515.) SEC. 50. Every Poor House, Alms House, or other Poor Houses, place provided by any city, township or county, for the recep- from taxation; tion and support of the poor, and all real and personal property vice in Militia. whatever, belonging to or connected with the same, shall be exempt from all assessment and taxation, levied either by the State, or by any county, township, city or village; and the keeper of every Poor House, Alms House, or other place provided as aforesaid, shall be exempt from all service in the militia, from serving on juries, and from all assessment for labor on the highways.

etc., out of Poor

(1516.) SEC. 51. In those counties where County Poor Houses Support of Idiots, may be established, the Superintendents may provide for the House. support of paupers that may be idiots, or lunatics, out of such Poor House, in such manner as shall best promote the interests of the county, and conduce to the comfort and recovery of such paupers.

to be Educated;

paid.

(1517.) SEC. 52. The Superintendents of the Poor of each Certain Paupers county, or the Directors of the Poor of each township liable expense of, how for the support of its own poor, are hereby required to cause the paupers of such county or township respectively, who may be over five and under sixteen years of age, under their charge, to be taught and educated, in the same manner as other children are taught in the primary schools of this State, at least one-fourth part of the time the said paupers shall so remain under their charge; and the expense therefor shall be paid in the same manner as other contingent expenses are paid for the support of said paupers.

to make annual

contain.

(1518.) SEC. 53. It shall be the duty of the Superintendents Superintenden ↑ « of the Poor of each county in this State, on or before the Report; what to twentieth day of December in each year, to report to the Secretary of State, in such form as he shall direct, the number of

Township Clerk to Report to

missioners; what to contain.

paupers that have been relieved or supported in such county the preceding year, distinguishing the number of county paupers from the number of township paupers, if any; the whole expense of such support, specifying the amount paid for transportation of paupers, and any other items which do not compose any part of the actual expense of maintaining the paupers, and the allowances made to the Superintendents, Directors, Justices, keepers and officers; the actual value of the labor of the paupers maintained, and the estimated amount saved in the expense of their support in consequence of their labor.

(1519.) SEC. 54. It shall be the duty of the clerk of every Board of Com township in those counties where all the poor are not a county charge, to report to the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, within fifteen days after the accounts of the Directors of the Poor have been settled by the Township Board, in each year, an abstract of all such accounts for the preceding year, which shall exhibit the number of paupers that have been relieved or supported in such township the preceding year, specifying the number of county paupers, and of township paupers, the whole expense of such support, and specifying the allowance made to Directors, Justices, constables, or other officers, and any other items which shall not comprise any part of the actual expense of maintaining the paupers. Abstract to be The said abstract shall be delivered by the Clerk of the perintendents. Board of Commissioners to the County Superintendents, to be included by them in their report aforesaid.

delivered to Su

Neglect; Duty

State,

Forfeiture for (1520.) SEC. 55. Any Superintendent or County Clerk, or of Secretary of Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, who shall neglect or refuse to make such reports, abstracts or copies aforesaid, or who shall willfully make any false report, abstract or copy, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered by the Prosecuting Attorney of the County, in the name of the People of this State, and to be paid into the County Treasury. The Secretary of State shall give notice to the Prosecuting Attorney of the County, of every such neglect or misconduct; and it shall be the duty of the Prosecuting Attorney, on receiving such notice, or in any way receiving satisfactory information of such neglect or misconduct, to prosecute for the recovery of such penalties.

Duty of Secretary of State.

(1521.) SEC. 56. The Secretary of State shall annually lay before the Legislature, during the first month of its session, an abstract of the said returns and reports.

TITLE XIV.

CHAPTER XLI.

OF THE DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, AND INSANE,

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1527. Subsequent Meetings; By-Laws and Rules. 1528. Government of Asylums; Principals and other Officers of Institutions.

1529. Tuition and Board in Asylums. 1530. Annual Report of Trustees. 1531. Expenses of Trustees to be reimbursed. 1532. Powers of Board to receive donations, and select site for Asylums.

1533. Lands donated to be under control of Trustees; Proceeds of Sale to constitute Asylum Fund.

1534. One of Trustees to be appointed Building Commissioner; Trustees to make Annual Report of Receipts and Expenditures. 1535. Treasurer of Board to give Bond, and receive Moneys.

SECTION

1536. Auditor General to audit and allow expenses, and for services of Board. 1537. Further Appropriation of Land. 1538. President of Board to select Lands; Lands to be under control of Board. 1539. Proceeds of Lands, how disposed of. 1540. Repeal of contravening Acts. 1541. Moneys appropriated for Asylums from General Fund, to be reimbused from Sales of Lands.

1542. Authority of Board to convey certain Lands.

1543. Salaries of the Principals of Asylums, and of Subordinate Officers.

1544. Appointment of Trustees for Asylum of Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and their term of office; Vacancies, how filled. 1545. Appointment of Trustees for Insane Asylum, and their term of office; Vacancies, how filled.

1546. Power of Governor to fill Vacancies. 1547. Powers and duties of Boards of Trustees. 1548. Clothing to be furnished to Inmates of Asylum for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, in certain cases.

1549. Repeal of contravening Acts.

Joint Resolution Relative to Statistical Information of the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind.

[Approved April 3, 1848. Laws of 1848, p. 463.]

Township and
Ward Assessor s

transmit to

State Statistics relative to Insane Deaf, Dumb

sons.

(1522.) Resolved, by the

Senate and House of Representatives
That it shall be the duty of the

to Collect and of the State of Michigan, Secretary of Assessors of each township and ward in the State, at the time of making out their assessment rolls, to ascertain and set down and Blind Per-in tables prepared for that purpose, a list of the names of all insane, deaf, dumb, and blind persons in said township and ward under separate heading; the patient's age, general health, habits and occupation; kind, degree and duration of such affliction; sex; whether married or single; whether under medical treatment; pecuniary ability of patient and relatives liable for his or her support, and such further information relative to this unfortunate class of our citizens as may be deemed useful; they shall cause said list, together with all the facts brought down to the first of October, to be delivered to the Supervisors of their respective townships or wards, whose duty it shall be to cause the same to be delivered to the County Clerk at the annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors, to be laid before them in each year, which board shall carefully condense the facts exhibited, and transmit the same to the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of November in each year, and the Secretary of State is hereby required to make a report of the same to the next Legislature at the commencement of the session.

Appropriation of
Saline Lands for

and Dunb.

This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

An Act to Establish an Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, and also an Asylum for the
Insane, of the State of Michigan.

[Approved April 3, 1848. Laws of 1848, p. 246.]

(1523.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Asylum for Deaf Representatives of the State of Michigan, That there shall be established in this State institutions under the title and style of the "Michigan Asylum for the Educating the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind," and "Michigan Asylum for the Insane," and that fifteen sections of the State salt spring lands be, and is hereby appropriated for the erection of suitable buildings therefor. (a)

(a) As Amended by Act 133 of 1849. Laws of 1849, p. 138.

lums.

(1524.) SEC. 2. The government of said Asylums shall be Trustees of Asyvested in a Board of Trustees, to consist of five members, who shall be elected annually by the Legislature of this State in joint Convention: (b) Provided, The Governor shall have the authority to appoint the first Trustee under this act.

body Corporate.

(1525.) SEC. 3. The Trustees authorized pursuant to the Trustees to be foregoing section, shall constitute a body corporate with the name and title of the "Trustees of the Michigan Asylums," with the right as such of sucing and being sued, of making and using a common seal, and altering the same at pleasure. (1526.) SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the above named Meeting of TrusTrustees to meet at such time and place as the Governor shall tion of Treasurer appoint, and elect of their own body a Treasurer and Clerk, who shall hold their offices one year, and until their successors are chosen and qualified.

tees, and elec

and Clerk.

Meetings.

(1527.) SEC. 5. Said Trustees shall meet once in every three subsequent months, on their own adjournments, or oftener if they deem it advisable; have power to pass such by-laws and adopt such By-Laws and rules and regulations for the management and control of the institution, as they may deem just and right.

Rules.

Asylums.

(1528.) SEC. 6. The Trustees shall have power, and it shall Government of be their duty to enact laws for the government of said Asylums, and also to appoint a Principal for each institution, ✦ whose respective salaries shall not exceed eight hundred dollars per annum, and who shall nominate, for the action of the Principals and Board of Trustees, all necessary subordinate officers, who may Institutions. be dismissed by said respective Principals for inefficiency or misconduct; but in case of every removal a detailed statement of the causes shall be reported to the Board of Trustees by the Principal making the removal.

other Officers of

Board in Asy

(1529.) SEC. 7. Tuition and Board shall be free to all can- Tuition and didates from this State, but the Trustees may admit appli- lums. cants from any other State, and may fix the compensation to be paid by the parents or guardians of such applicant: Provided, That the same shall be sufficient to cover all their necessary expenses. (c)

Trustees.

(1530.) SEC. 8. The Board of Trustees shall make out Annual report of annually, and report to the Legislature, a detailed statement of the operations of said institution.

(b) For a change in the mode of election and other radical changes, see the act of February 9, 1857, following.

(c) As Amended by Act 106 of 1855, p. 241, Sec. 6.

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