HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That any officer

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or other person in charge of the insane who
may refuse to comply with this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction of same shall be fined or imprisoned,
in the judgment of the Court before which
the case may be tried.

S.EC. 27. And be it enacted, That the Super-
intendent or other officer or keeper of any in-
stitution, public, corporate or private, or alms-

Misdemeanor.

house, where the insane may be kept, shall be
required to keep a report of all patients, in
such form as the Commissioners shall direct;
also a record in which shall be entered the in-
cidents and accidents that may occur, also the
number and kind of restraint used, with de-
tails of same to be reported to the Commission.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That no person
or association of persons shall establish or
keep an asylum or retreat or private place or
home for the care or custody of the insane or

Superinten-
dent to keep
record.

treatment of such cases or persons of unsound
mind for compensation or hire without first
obtaining a license therefor from said Lunacy
Commission; provided, this section shall not
apply to any State or incorporated institution
or almshouse in any of the counties except
when a county almshouse shall receive insane
persons from other counties for pay.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That every ap-
plication for such license made to the said
Commission shall be accompanied by a plan
of the premises proposed to be so occupied,
number of patients, male and female, location,

Lictnso.

and whatever other details the Commission
may think proper to require to form an opin-
ion as to the propriety of Issuing such license,
said Commission to be authorized to grant
such license in their judgment; if such license
be refused to an applicant, then and in that
case said applicant may appeal from the
decision of the Commission to the Superior

Misdemeanor.