Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts.

  • Massachusetts. Commission on Lunacy. [from old catalog].
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    11 necessary subordinate officers, attendants and assist- 12 ants. And the said commissioners shall have power 13 to make all contracts and to employ all agents neces- 14 sary to carry into effect the powers hereinbefore 15 granted : provided, that the aggregate amount of ex- 16 penses and liabilities incurred by virtue of said 17 powers shall not exceed the amount of two hundred 18 thousand dollars; and the said commissioners shall 19 present all their accounts to the auditor, to be by 20 him audited and allowed, from time to time, as he 21 shall deem proper. 1 Sect. 2. In order to defray any expenses incurred 2 in pursuance of the preceding section, or to repay 3 any sums borrowed, as hereinafter authorized, the 4 treasurer is hereby empowered, under the direction of 5 the governor, with the advice and consent of the 6 council, to issue scrip or certificates of debt, in the 7 name and behalf of the Commonwealth, and under 8 his signature and the seal of the Commonwealth, to 9 an amount not exceeding one hundred and fifty thou- 10 sand dollars, which may be expressed in the currency 11 of Great Britain, and shall be payable to the holder 12 thereof in London, bearing an interest of five per 13 cent., payable semi-annually in London, on the first 14 days of April and October, with warrants for the 15 interest attached thereto, signed by the treasurer, 16 which scrip or certificates shall be redeemable in 17 London on the first day of April, one thousand eight 18 hundred and seventy-five, and shall be countersigned 91 by the governor of the Commonwealth, and be deemed 20 a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth 21 for the redemption thereof. And the treasurer may