make an application under oath setting forth information substantially as follows: The age, sex, race, legal settlement, residence, and general mental and physical condition of the applicant, whether such applicant is under the charge of a guardian or parents, and, where known, the cause and duration of the feeble-minded condition and such other facts regarding the applicant's personal and family history as the board of trustees of the farm colony may require; which facts shall be submitted to the judge of the circuit court having jurisdiction over that county, together with a certificate of a reputable physician that the applicant is admissible under the rules of the board of trustees, and is free from any infectious or contagious disease and from vermin. When such statements shall have been filed, the said judge shall appoint two medical examiners who shall be physicians of not less than three (3) years' experience in the general practice of medicine and surgery, and not related to the person for whom application is made by consanguinity or marriage. It shall be the duty of said medical examiners carefully and separately to examine said person for whom application is made and separately certify in writing to said judge whether said person is a feeble-minded person. In his discretion the judge may call additional witnesses until fully satisfied of the condition as to feeble-mindedness of the person under inquiry. If it shall appear to the judge that the person is feeble-minded, he shall enter an order of commitment in the proper record, at the same time directing the clerk of the circuit court to forthwith apply to the superintendent of the farm colony for the admission of said person to said farm colony and to transmit with said application to said superintendent, for his information, copies of all statements and certificates submitted, certified to be under the seal of the court. Upon receiving said application and transcript of statements and certificates, said superintendent of said farm colony shall immediately determine upon the information therein contained, whether or not the case is admissible; and if so and if there shall be room within the institution of which he is superintendent, he shall at once notify the proper clerk of the acceptance of the application for admission. Should there be no room in the farm colony, the superintendent shall suspend the application for further consideration when vacancies do occur. No person making application for committal of a feeble-minded person under this act shall be liable for any of the costs arising therefrom. 35461. Pay for support of inmates.-12. Whenever a feebleminded person shall have an estate, or his parents shall be financially able to pay for his support, a definite amount fixed by the board of trustees shall be paid from such estate or by his parents under the same regulations as now provided for the insane and feeble-minded, in laws of 1917, chapter 72, page 176. See sections 3432a and 3432b. 3546m. Transfer of patients, clothing.-13. The clerk of the proper court, upon receipt of the acceptance of application for the admission of the feeble-minded person to the said farm colony, shall report the same to the judge, whereupon the judge shall instruct the county clerk to see that the patient is supplied with proper clothing, and if not otherwise furnished, he shall furnish said clothing, at the expense of the county. If the judge deems it proper to entrust the conveyance of the patient to his friend, parent, guardian or representative, he may issue the warrant to such friend, parent, guardian or representative, instead of to the sheriff. If no other provision is made for a custodian, then the judge shall issue a warrant to the sheriff, who shall transfer said patient to colony for feeble-minded in the same manner and in accordance with the same forms as are now provided by law for the transfer of patients to insane hospitals, so far as they are applicable: Provided, That no female feeble-minded patient shall be taken to or from said colony except she be in the care of or accompanied by a woman. 3546n. Clothing and traveling expenses-Witness fees.-14. The expense of clothing the patient, if not paid by himself or his relatives or friends, shall be paid by the county; and if furnished by the institution, shall be collected from the county, as now provided in the case of insane patients in the hospitals for the insane. The traveling or incidental expenses of the patient, and also the officer or person in charge of said patient, to and from said institution, shall be paid by the county. The fees of medical examiners and other officers, witnesses and persons, growing out of the proceedings for commitment of the patient to said farm colony, shall be paid in the same manner and at the same rate as provided by law for the inquests concerning the commitment of insane persons to the state hospitals for the insane. 35460. Insane patients, transfer, expense.-15. If at any time it is found desirable to transfer any patient from any hospital for the insane in the state, or from the Indiana school for feeble-minded youth to said farm colony, such patient may be transferred upon the recommendation of the superintendent of such hospital for the insane, or the superintendent of the Indiana school for feeble-minded youth, and the superintendent of the farm colony. If desirable at any time, such case may be referred to the secretary of the board of state charities for investigation and recommendation. The cost of commitment and transfer of any patient from one institution to another shall be paid by the institution making the transfer, and shall be paid out of the maintenance fund of said institution and upon receipt of proper receipt and vouchers for such expense, the auditor of state shall allow credit to the maintenance fund of such institution for a like amount from the general fund. 3546p. Distribution of acceptances.-16. When said colony is prepared to receive patients it is understood that such acceptances shall be distributed equitably among the several institutions and counties of the state according to population. Commitment procedure shall be instituted for inmates of the Indiana school for feeble-minded youth whom it may be desirable to transfer to the farm colony, unless already committed by court, in the same manner as is herein prescribed for other patients, and the cost of such commitment shall be paid out of the maintenance fund of such institution, and credited by the auditor of state in the same manner as prescribed for the expense of transfer in section 15. 3546q. Rules and regulations.-17. The board of trustees is empowered to make such rules and regulations respecting the care, custody and discipline of patients and the management of the institution and its affairs, as it may deem best for the interest of the patients and the state. All persons admitted to the institution shall, until properly discharged from said institution, be under the custody and control of the superintendent and the superintendent, subject to such regulations as the trustees see fit to adopt, may restrain and discipline any patient in such manner as he may judge is demanded for the welfare of the patient and the proper conduct of the institution. 3546r. Discharge of patients.-18. Any person may be discharged from the colony at any time by the board of trustees, provided only that no person shall be discharged from the said colony until, in the judgment of the superintendent, the mental and physical condition of the patient justifies it. 3546s. Trustees, meetings, record, reports.-19. The board of trustees shall meet once each month. They shall keep a full account of their proceedings in a book to be provided for that purpose. The superintendent shall make monthly reports to the trustees, shall make a full report to them at their annual meeting, and the trustees at that meeting shall make a full report to the governor, accompanying the same with the annual report of the superintendent. The keeping of records, inventories and accounts shall be, so far as practicable in conformity with existing laws regarding institutions for the insane, and settlement shall be made with the auditor of state monthly, in accordance with existing laws. Section 20 of the above act provides for the repeal of all laws or parts of laws in conflict therewith. SEC. ARTICLE 8.-TUBERCULOSIS-HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. SEC. 3569. Tuberculosis hospital, Indiana 3572. Trustees, appointment, powers, State Sanatorium. pay. [Acts 1919, p. 679. In force March 14, 1919.] 3569. Tuberculosis hospital-Indiana State Sanatorium.-1. There shall be established in this state a hospital for the treatment of incipient pulmonary tuberculosis, which shall be known and designated as the "Indiana State Sanatorium." This section amends section 3569 Revision of 1914. [Acts 1919, p. 679. In force March 14, 1919.] 3572. Trustees, appointment, powers, pay.-4. Upon the taking effect of this act, the governor shall appoint a board of trustees for such hospital, composed of four (4) members, not more than two (2) of whom shall belong to the same political party, which said trustees shall serve for the period of four (4) years, and until their successors are appointed, except that of the trustees first appointed as members of said board, one (1) shall serve for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, one (1) for three (3) years and one (1) for four (4) years, and the governor in appointing such first board shall designate which of said appointees shall serve for one (1) year, which for two (2) years, which for three (3) years and which for four (4) years. The power to fill vacancies upon such board shall at all times be vested in the governor of the State of Indiana, and the government and control of said hospital shall be vested in said board of trustees, except as to such powers and duties with reference thereto as by this act specially vested in the superintendent of such hospital, and the governor may at any time remove any of such trustees for incompetency, misconduct, official or otherwise, or neglect of duty of any kind. Such trustees shall each receive three hundred dollars ($300) a year salary and expenses, such expenses to be repaid to such trustees only upon a verified statement of expense account with proper voucher attached, signed by the person to whom the expenses were paid; and shall have all the power and authority necessary to organize a board, elect officers and do all other things necessary thereto, adopt by-laws, rules, regulations, and do all and singular the things necessary to properly care for, carry on, manage, govern and control such hospital, except in so far as such authority is delegated to the superintendent of such hospital by this act, to the end that within a cost not to exceed the appropriation therefor the same shall be brought to the highest degree of efficiency possible and practicable for the purposes for which it was created and established, and with the exception of the office of superintendent shall, with the consent of the governor, designate what officers, physicians, nurses, matrons, agents and employes shall be necessary to the proper management and control of such hospital, and said board shall be responsible for the care, management and control of such hospital, its property, and all its prudential concerns, and the well-being of all its patients, except that this provision shall not in any manner abridge the authority of the superintendent of such hospital. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized and required to make a sanitary inspection of the Indiana State Sanatorium at least once each year and report the condition thereof to the governor. The terms of office of the members of the present board of trustees of "Hospital for Treatment of Tuberculosis," the name of which is by this act changed to the "Indiana State Sanatorium," shall terminate upon the appointment and qualification of their successors as provided for in this act, and all books, records, papers and other effects now in the custody of the present board of trustees shall be delivered to the board of trustees as created by this act. This section amends section 3572 Revision of 1914. Section 3 of the above act provides that the act be in force and effect from and after its passage. SEC. ARTICLE 10.-SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' ORPHANS' HOME. 3598. Trustees, term, removal, vacancy, salary. 3600. Superintendent and steward, sal- 3601. Trustees' meeting, report. ants. SEC. 3608. Appointees and employes. 3614a. Regulations for admission and removal of children. 3614b. Placing of children in private 3614c. Visitors permitted. [Acts 1921, p. 671. In force May 31, 1921.] 3598. Trustees, term, removal, vacancy, salary.-2. The general charge and management of said home shall be entrusted to a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the governor of this state, which board shall be a body politic and corporate, to be known as the board of trustees of the Indiana soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home, by which name such board may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court in this state. The members of said board shall be honorably discharged soldiers, marines, or sailors, and the wives or widows of such honorably discharged soldiers, marines, or sailors who have served the United States in any of its wars, and who have been residents and citizens of the State of Indiana for five (5) years immediately preceding, and who are such resident at the time of their appointment. Provided, That two (2) of said trustees shall be honorably discharged soldiers, marines, or sailors of the union army, marine corps, or navy, in |