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CHAPTER 230.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

S. F. 275.

AN ACT to establish the industrial school at Eldora and the department at Mitchellville as two separate and distinct institutions, to provide official designation for them, and to repeal acts in conflict with this act. [Additional to chapter eight (8) of title twelve (XII) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to industrial schools.]

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Separate institutions. That the state industrial schools at Eldora and Mitchellville are hereby declared to be separate and distinct institutions. The school at Eldora shall be known and designated hereafter as the Iowa industrial school for boys and the school at Mitchellville shall be known and designated hereafter as the Iowa industrial school for girls. SEC. 2. Acts in conflict repealed. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 11 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader April 14, 1913 and in the Des Moines Capital April 14, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 231.

SUPPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

S. F. 142.

AN ACT to repeal chapter one hundred thirty-seven (137) of the acts of the thirtyfourth general assembly and to enact a substitute therefor relating to the support of the industrial schools.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal-support fund. That chapter one hundred thirty-seven (137) of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof is enacted the following:

For the support of the industrial school there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, thirteen dollars monthly for each boy and sixteen dollars monthly for each girl actually supported in said school, counting the average number therein for each month; the monthly statement for each department to be verified by its superintendent and presented to the state auditor who shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for the same; provided however that when the average number of inmates in the de

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partment for boys shall be less than four hundred eighty for any month said department shall be credited by the auditor of state and the treasurer of state with the sum of six thousand two hundred forty dollars, and when the average number of inmates in the department for girls shall be less than two hundred thirty-five for any month said department shall be credited by the auditor of state and the treasurer of state with the sum of three thousand seven hundred sixty dollars, and any sum which shall be credited to either department as aforesaid shall be drawn from the state treasury as the regular monthly per capita allowance is drawn.

SEC. 2. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved April 14 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and Des Moines Capital April 19, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 232.

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

S. F. 279.

AN ACT to repeal the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred twenty-four (2724) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and to enact a substitute therefor relating to admission to the school for the deaf and to reports by county superintendents of deaf persons.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal-admission. That the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred twenty-four (2724) of the supplement to the code of 1907 is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof is enacted the following:

SECTION 2724. Every resident of the state of Iowa who is not less than five nor more than twenty-one years of age who is deaf and dumb, or so deaf as to be unable to acquire an education in the common schools, and every such person who is over twenty-one and under thirty five years of age who has the consent of the board of control of state institutions, shall be entitled to receive an education in the institution at the expense of the state, and nonresidents similarly situated may be entitled to an education therein, upon the payment of sixty-six dollars quarterly, in advance. Each superintendent of common schools, on or before the first day of November of each year, shall report to the superintendent of the institution the name, age and postoffice address of each deaf and dumb person, or person so deaf as to be unable to acquire an education in the common schools, between the ages of five and thirty-five years and residing in his county so far as he may ascertain.

Approved March 29 A. D. 1913.

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CHAPTER 233.

IOWA SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOME.

H. F. 30.

AN ACT to amend section twenty-seven hundred twenty-seven-c (2727-c) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to the salary of the chief executive officer of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Davenport.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Chief executive officer-salary. That section twenty seven hundred twenty-seven e (2727 c) of the supplement to the code, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of lines seven and eight after the word "Davenport" in the seventh line thereof the words "fifteen hundred dollars" and inserting in lieu thereof the following, "eighteen hundred dollars."

Approved April 17 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 234.

COLLEGE FOR BLIND.

H. F. 260.

AN ACT to amend section two thousand seven hundred twenty-seven-c (2727-c) of chapter eleven-a (11-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to college for blind.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Chief executive-salary-amended. That section twenty-sev en hundred twenty-seven-c (2727-c) of chapter eleven-a (11-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907, be amended as follows: by striking out after the word "dollars" in the sixth line of said section, the words "for the college for the blind at Vinton, twelve hundred dollars;"

Approved April 8 A, D. 1913.

CHAPTER 235.

COUNTY ASYLUM.

S. F. 180.

AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section twenty-seven-hundred-twenty-sevena sixty-four (2727-a64) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to removal of patients from county asylum and providing for the expense thereof.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Removal of patients from the county asylum. That section twenty-seven-hundred-twenty-seven-a-sixty-four (2727-a64) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and the law as it appears therein be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all after the semi-colon in the fourteenth (14th) line of said section and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

"But in no case shall a patient, the relative or guardian of whom pays the expense of their keep in a state hospital, be thus transferred except upon the written consent of such relative or guardian, but a patient, the expense

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of whom is borne by the county, may be transferred on the written request of the board of supervisors, or the commissioners of insanity of the county to which the patient is chargeable, and of the board of control; nor shall a patient in a state hospital, who is not cured, be discharged without the consent of the board of control."

SEC. 2. In effect. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 25 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader March 27, 1913, and in the Des Moines Capital March 26, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 236.

STATE COLONY FOR EPILEPTICS.

H. F. 201.

AN ACT establishing the state colony for epileptics and making provision for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings for said colony. [Additional to chapter eleven-B (11-B) of title thirteen (XIII) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relative to board of control.]

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Establishment-under supervision board of control. That there is hereby established the state colony for epileptics. The object of the colony shall be the custody, care and treatment of epileptics and the scientific study of epilepsy.

The board of control of state institutions shall have the same power and control over said colony as is now given it by the law as it appears in sections two thousand seven hundred twenty-seven-a one (2727-a 1) to section two thousand seven hundred twenty-seven-a fifty-one (2727-a 51) inclusive of the supplement to the code, 1907, and all amendments thereto, and said acts and amendments shall apply to and govern said colony in every respect in so far as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. Fund to be provided-purchase of land-erection of buildings. Whenever the state by a levy or otherwise shall have provided funds for the purchase of land and for the erection of buildings for a state colony for epileptics, the land shall be selected by the board of control of state institutions. It shall be conveniently located with respect to railways and with regard to water supply and proper drainage, and shall be suitable for an institution on the colony plan for both male and female inmates. The land and buildings shall be paid for on vouchers executed by the person or persons entitled to the purchase or contract price and approved by said board. SEC. 3. Admission. All adults afflicted with epilepsy who have been resi dents of Iowa for at least one year preceding the application for admission and all children so afflicted whose parents or guardians have been residents of Iowa for a like period shall be eligible for admission.

Approved April 18 A. D. 1913.

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CHAPTER 237.

STATE SANATORIUM FOR TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.

S. F. 196.

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AN ACT to repeal the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred twenty-sevena eighty-five (2727-a85) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and to enact a substitute therefor relating to the support of the state sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal per capita support. That the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred twenty-seven-a eighty-five (2727-a85) of the supplement to the code, 1907, is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof is enacted the following:

The board of control of state institutions shall fix the per capita allowance which may be charged by the said institution for the care, treatment and maintenance of each patient therein, which shall not exceed the sum of forty-five ($45.00) dollars per capita per month, which shall be certified by the superintendent to said board of control and paid out as provided by the law as it appears in this chapter of the supplement to the code, 1907. Provided that if the aggregate per capita allowance for the patients shall not equal the sum of four thousand dollars for any month the auditor of state and treasurer of state shall credit the institution with that sum for that month.

Approved April 17 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 238.

STATE SANITORIUM [SANATORIUM] FOR TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.

S. F. 383.

AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in chapter eleven-c (11-c) of title thirteen (XIII) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to the state sanitorium [sanatorium] for the treatment of tuberculosis, to provide for the care of advanced cases in said sanitorium [sanatorium] and making an appropriation therefor, and to repeal the law as it appears in section twenty-seven hundred twenty-seven-a86 (2727-a86) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and enact a substitute therefor requiring counties to pay for the care of patients in the sanitorium [sanatorium] and making such patients and persons legally bound for their support liable to counties for money so paid.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Advanced stages-care-admission. That a department for persons afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis in advanced stages is hereby established at the state sanitorium [sanatorium] for the treatment of tubercu losis.

The board of control of state institutions shall adopt rules and regulations for receiving patients and managing said department.

Whenever there shall not be sufficient room to accommodate all applicants qualified for admission preference shall be given to those most in need of the care of the institution and whose condition is most dangerous to the public.