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Maintenance.

IT IS ORDERED that said..

.be

admitted to the said Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics . patient, and

as a.....

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that...

.......is hereby designated to take ..to said Michigan Farm

be and...
said....
Colony for epileptics, with full power and authority for that
purpose.

Judge of Probate.

If the order for admission is as a public patient, and it shall appear from the proof taken in writing as aforesaid that the patient has an estate out of which the State may be reimbursed for his maintenance, the court shall direct in said order for admission the payment out of said estate of the whole or such part of the cost of maintenance of said patient as he shall deem just, regard being had to the needs of those having the legal right to support out of said estate, which said order shall remain in full force and effect unless subsequently modified by the court as provided in this act, and until the patient shall be discharged from said colony. Whenever an order is made committing any patient to said colony, a copy of such order shall be forthwith transmitted to the medical superintendent of said colony, who shall endorse thereon the date of receipt and file the same in his office. Patients shall be entitled to admission in the order in which the copies of said commitments are received and filed: Provided, however, That preference gent patients. shall be given to the admission of indigent patients so far as circumstances will permit.

How admitted.

Proviso, indi

Expenses of public patients, payment.

Duty of prosecuting attorney.

SEC. 26. The State of Michigan shall pay the Michigan farm colony for epileptics all the expenses of keeping and maintaining public patients therein, including their clothing and all other expenses. An account of these expenses, verified by the oath of the medical superintendent, shall be sent to the Auditor General quarterly, who shall draw his warrant therefor on the State Treasurer, who shall pay the same out of any moneys appropriated for that purpose, if there be any, and if not, then out of the general fund. Every public patient, if he has estate sufficient for that purpose, and if not, then such of his relatives as are legally liable for his support, shall be liable to the State for all expenses paid by it on his behalf. The relatives legally liable for his support, as provided in this act, shall include the father, mother, husband and children of the patient.

SEC. 27. The prosecuting attorney of each county is charged with the duty of appearing for and representing the State in all proceedings to reimburse the State for the expenses which it may pay for a public patient and to subject the estate of the patient and his relatives who are legally liable for his support, to the payment of such expenses,

and may proceed in the same manner as is provided by law in the case of feeble-minded persons. The Attorney General shall have the supervision of the prosecuting attorneys in conducting such proceedings and shall report to the Governor any neglect therein on the part of the prosecuting attorney. The probate court may in its discretion order the payment of the costs of any proceedings under this act out of the patient's estate.

to public

SEC. 28. When any person in indigent circumstances shall When changed have been maintained by his friends in said colony as a patient. private patient for three months or longer, and the medical superintendent shall certify that he has not recovered and required further custodial care and treatment, the persons by whom he has been so maintained may petition the probate court stating the facts and praying that his order for admission be changed to that of a public patient, notice of the time and place of hearing said petition shall be served on the prosecuting attorney of the county not less than six days before the hearing. The court shall thereupon investigate the facts and circumstances of the case and, if deemed proper, may make an order changing the order of admission of such person from private to public patient. A certified copy of such order shall be at once sent to the medical superintendent.

SEC. 29. In the case of any person admitted as a public Private patient the order for admission may be changed to that of patient. a private patient by executing and delivering to the probate court the bond heretofore provided for.

transfer of certain pa

SEC. 30. Whenever the superintendent of any State in- Order for stitution shall certify to the probate court of the county in which such institution is located, that in his opinion any tients. inmate thereof is epileptic, and not a fit person to remain in the institution of which he is superintendent, such court shall immediately fully investigate the facts in the case and if he shall determine it to be necessary shall enter an order directing the transfer of said inmate to said Michigan farm colony for epileptics.

SEC. 31. The medical superintendent may, by consent of Discharge. the board of control, discharge any patient who in his opinion and judgment has recovered or who, though not fully recovered, will not be detrimental to the public welfare if at liberty.

SEC. 32. No patient shall be discharged without suit- Clothing, etc., able clothing and sufficient money, not exceeding twenty- furnished. five dollars, to defray his necessary expenses until he can reach his relatives or friends.

SEC. 33. The rate of charge per week for patients shall Weekly charge be fixed at a joint meeting of the board of control and the for patients. Board of State Auditors to be held immediately upon the taking effect of this act, which said rate shall obtain for the balance of the fiscal year and thereafter the rate shall be fixed at a meeting to be held during the month of

Duty of officers.

Appeal.

Transfer of certain patients.

Proviso.

June each year at a time and place to be designated by the chairman of the Board of State Auditors, said charge not to exceed the actual cost thereof, including all salaries, repairs, improvements and machinery, exclusive of new buildings, boilers, engines and dynamos, but this provision shall not be construed to prevent the furnishing of extra care and attention to private patients by special contract. Within ten days after the joint meeting of said boards it shall be their duty to inform the Governor in writing of the charge per week as fixed by them. If, in the opinion and discretion of the Governor, the rate so fixed at such meeting is adequate, he shall approve it in writing. If not, he shall within ten days, call another joint meeting of said boards for the purpose of determining a suitable and adequate rate. When the resolution fixing the rate of maintenance shall be finally approved by the Governor, it shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Lansing, and a certified copy thereof shall be evidence in all courts of this State.

SEC. 34. All officers before sending patients to the colony shall see that they are in a state of bodily cleanliness and are comfortably clothed, and female patients shall be accompanied to the colony by a female attendant of reputable character. Any person or officer violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.

SEC. 35. Any person aggrieved by any order, sentence or decree of the probate court under the provisions of this act may appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the same county; such appeal shall be taken in the same time and in the same manner as is provided in other cases of appeal from the orders or decrees of the probate court. Proceedings under an order of admission shall not be stayed pending an appeal therefrom except upon the special order of the probate court and the court may revoke or modify such special order at any time.

SEC. 36. Whenever the Michigan farm colony herein provided for shall be opened and ready for the admission of patients, all epileptic persons who have been heretofore committed to the Michigan Home for the Feeble-minded and Epileptic at Lapeer, and who are proper subjects to be admitted as patients to the Michigan farm colony for epileptics, shall at once be transferred from the said Michigan Home for the Feeble-minded and Epileptic to the Michigan farm colony for epileptics by resolution of the joint board of control of said institution by and with the approval of the State Board of Corrections and Charities: Provided, That upon the completion of any of the buildings and before the completion of the Michigan farm colony for epileptics, the commission hereby appointed or the board of control, if the board of control shall then be in charge, if they deem it wise and expedient so to do, may arrange for the imme

diate transfer to such completed building or buildings of as many epileptic patients, inmates of the Michigan Home for the Feeble-minded and Epileptic at Lapeer, as can be properly accommodated. It being the intent of this section to provide for the relief of the Michigan home at Lapeer at the earliest possible time.

SEC. 37. Whenever any patient shall become insane while when patient confined at said colony and the medical superintendent shall insane. certify in writing that such patient is insane and is not a fit subject for care and maintenance at said colony, such patient shall forthwith be transferred to the asylum of the district of which such patient was a resident and the expense of such transfer shall be audited and paid by the Board of State Auditors upon properly attested and itemized vouchers, approved by the medical superintendent. Such transfers shall not effect the liability on any bond for private support or any order for reimbursement for public support, but all such bonds and orders for reimbursement shall remain in full force for the cost of maintenance at the asylum to which such person is transferred.

SEC. 38. The sum of two hundred thousand dollars is Appropriation. hereby appropriated for the establishment of a Michigan farm colony for epileptics and for the purchase of a suitable site and erection of necessary buildings thereon and to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 39. The several sums appropriated by the provisions How paid out. of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the State treasury upon the order of the board of commissioners to the treasurer of such board or on the order of the board of control when such board shall have been appointed, and the Auditor General is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment thereof.

SEC. 40. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the Tax clause. State tax for the year nineteen hundred thirteen the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred fourteen, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. SEC. 41. All acts or parts of acts in any way contravening the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 2, 1913.

Section amended.

''Commercial fertilizer", what to include.

Exemptions.

Proviso.

[No. 174.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number twenty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of commercial fertilizers and to regulate the sale thereof," being section four thousand nine hundred sixty-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act number twenty-six of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of commercial fertilizers and to regulate the sale thereof," being section four thous and nine hundred sixty-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The term "commercial fertilizer" shall be held to include any and every substance, limestone or lime rock, imported, manufactured, prepared or sold for fertilizing or manurial purposes, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale, or distributed within this State shall have on each bag or sack, in a conspicuous place on the outside, a legible and plainly printed statement in the English language clearly and truly certifying:

(a) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or parcel;

(b) The name, brand or trademark;

(c) The name and principal address of the manufacturer or person responsible for placing the commodity on the market;

(d) The minimum percentage of nitrogen in available form;

(e) The minimum percentage of potash K,O, soluble in distilled water;

(f) The minimum percentage of available phosphoric acid PO, and also of total phosphoric acid;

(g) And no other statements of chemical compounds except as above.

This act shall not apply to any stocks that may be in the hands of dealers in the State of Michigan at the time this act goes into effect: Provided, That no such stocks shall be exempt from the provisions of this act, shipped by manufacturers on and after January one, nineteen hundred fourteen.

Approved May 2, 1913.

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