. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . spital isvested. 10. All persons whose legal status is that of paupers, may be placed in ahospital for the insane by the municipal authorities who have charge ofthem, and may be removed by the same authority, the fact of insanity, beingestablished as in the first section. 11. On statement, in writing, to any high judicial officer, by some friendof the party, that a certain party, placed in a hospital under the third sec-tion, is losing his bodily health, and that consequently his welfare would bepromoted by his discharge,
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . spital isvested. 10. All persons whose legal status is that of paupers, may be placed in ahospital for the insane by the municipal authorities who have charge ofthem, and may be removed by the same authority, the fact of insanity, beingestablished as in the first section. 11. On statement, in writing, to any high judicial officer, by some friendof the party, that a certain party, placed in a hospital under the third sec-tion, is losing his bodily health, and that consequently his welfare would bepromoted by his discharge, or that his mental disease so far has changed itscharacter as to render his further confinement unnecessary, the judge shallmake suitable inquisition into the merits of the case, and, according to itsresult, may or may not order the discharge of the party. 12. Persons placed in any hospital for the insane, may be removed there-from, by parties who have become responsible for the payment of theirexpenses; provided, that such obligation was the result of their own free. DR. SAMUEL BAYARD WOODWARD. ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENTS 51 act and accord, and not of the operation of law, and that its terms requirethe removal of the patient in order to avoid further responsibility. 13. Insane persons shall not be made responsible for criminal suit, unlessacts shall be proved not to have been the result, directly or indirectly, ofinsanity. 14. Insane persons shall not be tried for any criminal act during theexistence of their insanity; and for settling this issue, one of the judgesof the court, by which the party is to be tried, shall appoint a commission,consisting of not less than three nor more than five persons, all of whomshall be physicians, and one, at least, if possible, an expert in insanity, whoshall examine the accused, hear the evidence that may be offered touchingthe case, and report their proceedings to the judge, with their opinionsrespecting his mental condition. If
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