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Lunacy Acts Amendment Bill. The Provision for Idiots and Imbeciles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 34 , Issue 146 , July 1888 , pp. 237 - 238
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1888 

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† “An account of the amount by which the sums charged for private patients received in the asylums exceed the weekly charges for pauper lunatics, sent from or settled in any place, parish, or borough which has contributed to provide the asylum, shall be made up to the last day of each year, and the surplus, if any, after carrying to the building and repair-fund such sums, and providing for such outgoings and expenses as the Committee of Visitors may consider proper, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the county or borough to which the asylum belongs, or in the case of an asylum provided by several counties or boroughs, to the several Treasurers of such counties or boroughs in the proportions in which they have contributed to the asylum [and shall be applied in aid of the rates in such manner as the justices of the county or the Council of the borough may determine].” Google Scholar
* “The powers conferred by the Lunatic Asylums' Act, 1853, upon the justices of counties and quarter-sessions boroughs, for providing asylum accommodation shall extend to authorize the justices of any such county or borough, either alone or in union with the justices of any other such county or borough, or counties or boroughs, to make provision for the reception of pauper and private patients together or in separate asylums, and to provide separate asylums for idiots or patients suffering from any particular class of mental disorder.” Google Scholar
† “Any person who makes default in sending to the Commissioners or any other person any return, report, extract, copy, statement, notice, or document, or any information within his knowledge or obtainable by him, when required so to do under this Act or any other Act relating to lunacy, or any rules made under this Act or in complying with the said Acts or rules, shall for each day or part of a day during which the default continues, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, unless a penalty is expressly imposed by this or any other Act for such default [penalties remitted if the default arises from mere accident or oversight].” Google Scholar
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