Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court
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— — Acts, 1959 — Thap. 215. 147 Chap. 215. An Act deskjnating the myles standisii state school AS the PAUL A. DEVKR STATE SCHOOL. B( it ( nacird, dc, as folloirs: Section 1. The Myles Standish state school, located in the city of Taunton, shall be known and designated as the Paul A. Dever state school. The commissioner of mental health shall cause a suitable tablet bearing such designation to be placed therein. The board of trustees appointed under section six of chapter nineteen of the Gen- eral Laws shall serve, without reappointment, as the board of trustees of the Paul A. Dever state school. Section 2. Section 5 of chai)ter 19 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 63 of the acts of 1956, is hereby fm-ther amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever, —so as to read as follows : Section 5. The boards of trustees of the following public institutions shall serve in the department: Belcher- town state school, Massachusetts mental health center (Boston psycho- pathic hospital), Boston state hospital, Danvers state hospital, Fox- borough state hospital, Gardner state hospital, Grafton state hospital, Walter E. Fernald state school, Medfield state hospital, Metropolitan state hospital, Monson state hospital, Norfolk state hospital, North- ampton state hospital, Taunton state hospital, Westborough state hos- pital, Worcester state hospital. Gushing hospital, Paul A. Dever state school and Wrentham state school. Section 3. Section 25 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 2 of said chapter 63, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows : Section 25. The state institutions under the control of the department shall be Worcester state hospital, Taunton state hospi- tal, Northampton state hospital, Danvers state hospital, Grafton state hospital, AVestborough state hospital, Foxborough state hospital, Med- field state hospital, Monson state hospital, Gardner state hospital, Wrentham state school, Boston state hospital, Walter E. Fernald state school, Massachusetts mental health center (Boston psychopathic hos- pital), Belchertown state school, Metropolitan state hospital, Norfolk state hospital. Gushing hospital, Paul A. Dever state school, and such others as may hei'oafter be added by authority of law. Section 4. The first sentence of section 45 of said chapter 123, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 684 of the acts of 1950, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows:—The Walter E. Fernald state school, the Belchertown state school, the Paul A. Dever state school and the Wrentham state school shall each maintain a school department for tlie instruction and education of feeble minded persons who are within the school age or who in the judgment of the superintendent are capable of being bene- fited by school instruction, and a custodial department for the care and custody of feeble minded persons beyond the school age or not capable of being benefited by school instruction. Section 5. Section 46 of said chay)ter 123, as most recently — 148 Acts, 1959 — Chap. 215. amended by section 5 of said chapter 684, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "Myies Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as fol- lows: Section 46. Persons received by the Walter E. Fernald state school, by the Belchertown state school, by the Paul A. Dever state school and by the Wrciithani state school shall be classified in said departments, and the superintendent uvdy receive and discharge pupils, and may at any time discharge any pupil or other inmate and cause him to be removed to his home. Section 6. The first paragraph of section 51 of said chapter 123, as appearing in section 8 of chapter 637 of the acts of 1955, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows :—No person shall be committed to any institution for the mentally ill designated under or described in section ten, except the AValter E. Fernald state school, the Belchertown state school, the Paul A. Dever state school and the Wrentham state school, unless there has been filed with the court a certificate or certificates in ac- cordance with section fifty-three certifying to the mental illness of such person by two properly qualified physicians, nor without an order therefor, signed by a judge designated in section fifty, stating that he finds that the person committed is mentally ill and is a proper sub- ject for treatment in a hospital for the mentally ill, and either that said person has been an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the six months immediately i)receding such finding, or that provision satis- factory to the department has been made for his maintenance, or that by reason of mental illness he would be dangerous if at large. The order of commitment shall also authorize the custody of the mentally ill person either at the institution first named, or at any other institu- tion under the control of the department to which he may be properly transferred. Section 7. The first sentence of section 66 of said chapter 123, as most recently amended by section 7 of said chapter 684 of the acts of 1950, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 5, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in i)lace thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows:—Any judge of probate, within his county, upon written application, if he finds that a person residing or being within said county is a joroper subject for the Walter E. Fernald state school, the Belchertown state school, the Paul A. Dever state school or the Wrentham state school, may commit him thereto by an order of commitment, directed to the superintendent thereof, made in accordance with section fifty-one, and accompanied by a certificate in accordance with section fifty-three by a physician, qualified as therein provided, that such person is a pro|)er subject for said school, and all provisions of said section shall apply to such certificate, except that the physician's examination of the alleged feeble minded person shall have occurred witliin ten days of the signing and making oath to the certificate, which shall bear date not more than twenty days prior to the commitment of such person. Section 8. Section 67 A of said chapter 123, inserted by section 8 — — — — Acts, 1959 — Chap. 215. 149 of said cliaiiter (i84, is hereby aiiKMulod by striking out. in line 2, the words "^iyles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words: Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as foMows: iSrctioii 67A. If an inmate of the Paul A. Dever state school has i-eached the limit of school age, or if in the .iudgment of the dt^partment he is incapable of IxMiig fur- llicr IxMicfiled by scliooj instruction, or if tlu^ question of the commit- ment to or continuance in the said school of any inmate, including inmates who may luive been transferred from one department to another of such school, under section forty-six, is in the opinion of tile department a proper subject for judicial inquiry, the probate court for Bristol county, upon the written petition of said department, or of any member thereof, and after such notice as the court may order, may, in its discretion, order such inmate to be brought before the court, and shall determine wdiether or not he is a feeble minded person, and may commit him to such school or either department thereof, or may order him to be discharged therefrom. Section 9. Section 91 of said chapter 123, as amended by section 9 of said chapter 684, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words:—Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows: Section 91. Awy person may make written application to a justice of the supreme judicial court at any time and in any county, stating that he believes or has reason to believe that a person named in such application is confined as an insane person in an institution or other place, public or private, and ought not longer to be so confined, giving the names of all persons supposed to be interested in keeping him in confinement, and requesting his discharge. Such an application may likewise be made by any inmate of the Walter E. Fernald state school, of the Belchertow'n state school, of the Paul A. Dever state school or of the Wrentham state school, or by any person in his behalf. Section 10. Section 93 of said chapter 123, as amended by section 10 of said chapter 684, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 7, the words "Myles Standish" and inserting in place thereof the words: — Paul A. Dever,—so as to read as follows: Section 93. If it appears upon the verdict of the jury, or in the opinion of the jus- tice if the case is not submitted to a jury, that the person so confined is not insane, or that he is not dangerous to himself or others and ought not longer to be so confined, or in case of an inmate of the Walter E.