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Excerpt from Lunacy Law of the State of California, 1913 Sec. 2175a. Limitations with respect to imbecile persons. 2176. Liability of relatives and guardians of insane persons. 2177. Insane persons in care of their relatives or guardians: duty of the commission. 2178. Duties of district attorneys. 2179. Appointment of guardian or administrator. 2180. Fixing amount to be paid for support. 2181. Orders to be made for payments by guardians. 2181a. Disposition of personal property. 2182. Suits against relatives. 2183. Duties of officers respecting insane poor. 2184. Homeopathic treatment. 2185. Admissions under special agreements. 2185a. Admission of insane soldiers and sailors. 2186. Superintendent's duty to examine new patients. 2187. Transfer of patients. 2188. Habeas corpus. 2189. Discharge of patients; restoration to capacity. 2190. Clothing of discharged patients. 2190a. Escaped patients. 2191. Return of insane person to other state or country. 2192. Commitments of incompetents other than insane persons. 2193. Duties of county auditors and treasurers. 2194. Admissions of incompetents by agreement. 2195. Terms of life tenure. 2196. Private hospitals. 2197. Actions by commission. 2197a. Interest on claims against counties. 2198. Interpretation. 2199. Reservations. 2136.There shall continue to be a state commission in lunacy consisting of five members, to wit: The general superintendent of the state hospitals, the secretary of the state board of health, and the three members of the state board of examiners. In the absence of the governor, at any meeting of the commission, the secretary of the state board of examiners is authorized to act in his place, with the same powers and with like effect as the governor might exercise, if present; and in the like absence of the attorney general, the assistant attorney general, or any deputy attorney general may act in his place, with like authority as he might exercise, if present. All the members, other than the general superintendent, must serve without salary. 2137. The general superintendent of state hospitals is appointed by the governor, to hold office for four years, and must not hold any other office. He must be a reputable physician, and graduate of an incorporated medical college, who has had at least ten years' actual practice in his profession, and six years' actual experience in the care and treatment of the insane, at least one year of which must have been in the state hospitals of this state. His salary shall be fixed by the commission, and can not be changed during his term of office, and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as are the salaries of other state officers. 2138. The secretary of state must provide the commission with a suitably furnished office in the state capitol, in which it must hold stated meetings at least once in every month. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.