P. A. 1913, P. 43 Blanks Nos. 5061 to 5077 Feeble-minded and epileptics, who are residents of this state, and are above the age of 6 years, are eligible to admission to this home. The procedure is similar to that for the admission of patients to a hospital, and the same distinction is preserved as to public and private patients. P. A. 1913, P. 40 The legislature has provided that it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the home to make application in writing to the judge of probate of each county from which inmates have been admitted to said home, for the purpose of determining whether such inmates shall be adjudged to be public or private charges. STATE PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL P. A. 1901, P. 216 This institution was established at Ann Arbor by the legislature of 1901 and was opened February 7, 1906. It is an institution thoroughly equipped for the treatment of mental diseases by baths, massage, electricity and all of the best facilities for treatment of mental conditions that are known to modern medical science. The Psychopathic ward is a part of the University of Michigan hospital, and whenever patients are suffering from conditions which call for surgical aid, they may be treated before the clinics. The laws governing this institution were revised by the legislature of 1907, Act No. 278. The following persons may be admitted: I. Those who are adjudged insane, but who in the opinion of the probate judge, will be benefited by treatment in the ward. 2. Where there is a doubt as to the sanity of a person or when it is not desirable to make an order adjudging a person insane, the court may send such patient to the hospital for observation and treatment for a period not longer than thirty-five days. The director of the hospital reports the results of his observation and treatment with an opinion as to the sanity of the patient to the probate judge. 3. Persons who are affected mentally or suffer from. serious mental disorder, but who are not considered as insane, may be admitted as voluntary patients. The cost for maintenance when the expenses are paid by the county vary from a dollar to one and one-half dollars per day. For private or voluntary patients the expense is fifteen dollars per week. Blanks for procedure under this law will be furnished by application to the superintendent of the psychopathic ward. THE STATE SANATORIUM P. A. 1905, P. 363 This institution was established at Howell for the purpose of the care and treatment of persons having tuberculosis. Patients may be admitted to the sanatorium by the order of the superintendents of the poor in any county, upon the approval of the judge of probate. THE MICHIGAN FARM COLONY P. A. 1913, P. 319 The legislature for 1913 provided for the establishment of The Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics. The procedure for admission to said farm colony is similar to that for admission to the state hospitals, with the same distinction as to private or public charges. The act in general provides for the purchase of a farm of not less then a thousand acres, and the construction of the necessary buildings, it being designed that the epileptics who are not dangerous shall be given the opportunity of out-door life. THE JUVENILE DIVISION OF THE P. A. 1907, extra PROBATE COURT The legislature of 1905 attempted tc establish the first juvenile court in the state of Michigan, but this act was held unconstitutional for the reason that it attempted to extend the juris diction of the circuit court commissioners beyond their con(Hunt vs. Wayne Circuit Judge, 142 stitutional powers. Mich., page 97.) The legislature of 1907, by Act No. 325, attempted to cure the defects of the legislation of 1905. The constitutionality of this act was not passed upon by the court. The attorney general held it to be unconstitutional, as it tended to provide for a new court in the state of Michigan, which was not authorized by the constitution. The extra session of the legislature in October, 1907, passed a new act repealing all former acts, and providing for the consideration of juvenile cases in the juvenile division of the probate court. P. A. 1909, P. 761 The probate court, in its juvenile division, has original jurisdiction in the treatment, control and disposition of dependent, neglected and delinquent children. A dependent and neglected child is any child; (1) Who for any reason is destitute or homeless, abandoned or dependent upon the public for support; (2) Who has not proper parental care or guardianship; (3) Who habitually begs or receives alms; (4) Who is found living in any house of ill-fame or with any vicious or disreputable person; (5) Whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or other person, in whose care it may be, is an unfit place for such a child. (6) Who is under the age of twelve years, and is found begging, peddling, or singing or playing any musical in strument as a business, or who accompanies or is used in the aid of any person so doing. A delinquent child is a boy or girl, under seventeen years of age (1) Who violates any law of this state, or any city or village ordinance; (2) Who is incorrigible; (3) Who knowingly associates with thieves, vicious or immoral persons; (4) Who is growing up in idleness or crime; (5) Who knowingly visits or enters a house of illrepute; (6) Who knowingly patronizes or frequents any policy shop or place where any gaming device is or shall be operated; (7) Who patronizes or frequents any saloon or place where intoxicating liquors are sold; (8) Who frequents or patronizes any public pool room or bucket shop; (9) Who wanders about the streets in the night time without being on any lawful business or occupation; (10) Who habitually wanders about any railroad yard or track, or jumps or hooks on to any moving train, or enters any car or engine without lawful authority; (11) Who habitually uses vile, obscene, vulgar, profane or indecent language. (12) Who is guilty of immoral conduct in any public place or about any school house; (13) Who is vicious, incorrigible or immoral in conduct; (14) Who is an habitual truant from school; (15) Who habitually wanders about the streets and public places during school hours without any lawful occupation or employment; (16) Who runs away from his or her home, or place where he or she is lawfully employed. P. A. 1911, Extra Session, P. 43 In all trials under this act any person interested may demand a jury, or the judge may call a jury. The judge may call in the circuit judge if necessary. Proceedings under this act are not to be deemed criminal, and this act shall not prevent the trial by criminal procedure in probate courts of children over fourteen years who are charged with felony. P. A. 1913, P. 694 Any person may file in the court a petition setting forth, upon knowledge or information and belief the facts as to whether any child, resident in said county is a delinquent, dependent or neglected child, and the court shall at once give notice to the county agent, or a duly appointed probation officer, to investigate the facts surrounding the case. The county agent makes a report in writing, and the court may then issue a summons, reciting the substance of the petition, and requiring the person having the custody of the child to appear at a time and place to be stated, or upon proper showing may require such child to be brought before the court. If the allegations of the petition are sustained, the court may adjudge such child to be a delinquent, dependent or neglected child, as the case may be, and the child may be disposed of as follows: (1) Be returned to its parents, guardians or friends. (2) If the offense be malicious trespass, the court may as a condition of probation require the damage to be made good. (3) If the offense be larceny, and the stolen property be not restored, the court as a condition of probation may require it to be paid for by the child, if it be shown that it is capable of furnishing the money, or has money of its own. (4) The court may place the child on probation for such time, and upon such conditions as the court may determine, and such child so released on probation must be furnished with a written statement of the terms and conditions of release. |