of the duties of said office, and shall hold their office during the pleasure of the executive for the time being.

SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall advertise and sell such and so much of the public land of the State as they think expedient, or sell or lease the same at private sale, and execute deeds thereof which shall be effectual to convey all the right and title of this State therein, except the right of jurisdiction.

SEC. 3. All deeds of state lands executed by any officer in behalf of the State shall be recorded in the records of the State by the secretary; and no such deed, nor any lease nor other conveyance of any interest in such lands shall be of any effect, unless recorded as aforesaid within one year from the date of the same.

SEC. 4. All expense of surveying and conveying such land shall be paid by the person to whom the same shall be conveyed, and the commissioners shall receive six per cent. of the proceeds of the sales of all such lands paid into the treasury, in full compensation for their services.

SEC. 5. Every commissioner shall deposit all money or securities by him received, as soon as may be after their receipt, with the treasurer of the State, deducting the six per cent. aforesaid, and shall also annually, in the month of June, make report to the gov ernor of all lands by him sold and conveyed as aforesaid, the quantity, value, location and description of the same, and such other information upon the subject as may be deemed useful.

SECTION 1. Every town or place in this State that has received or shall receive any portion of the public money of the United States deposited with this State, shall be accountable for the return of the same or any part thereof whenever called for by the treasurer of this State upon the requisition of the United States.

SEC. 2. If any town or place refuses or neglects to pay the same on demand, the treasurer may issue his extent against such town or place for their proportion of said money, and the persons

from whom said sum shall be levied, shall have contribution against the other inhabitants or owners of property situate in said town for the sum so levied, and for all costs and damages sustained, with double costs of suit.

SEC. 3. Any town or place, at a legal meeting for that purpose, may make such disposition of the public money therewith deposited as shall be deemed equitable and expedient.

SEC. 4. If any town or place has neglected or shall neglect to receive its proportion of the public money aforesaid, the treasurer shall loan the same, taking such security therefor as shall be approved by the governor. All interest which shall so accrue shall be divided among all such towns ratably, and shall be paid over to them annually when their state tax shall be paid.

SEC. 5. The treasurer shall also loan in the same manner, for the benefit of the unincorporated places in this State, their proportion of the public money aforesaid, and shall pay over their respective proportions of the interest accruing thereon in the same manner as the literary fund is paid.

SEC. 6. When any unincorporated place shall become incorporated or annexed to any town, or when any town which has not received its proportion, at a meeting warned and holden for the purpose, shall vote to receive the same and pledge the faith and security of the town for its safe keeping and re-payment on demand, and appoint an agent authorized to receive the same and execute such a certificate of deposit therefor as has been given by other towns, and shall give to the treasurer six months notice thereof, the treasurer shall pay over to such agent the amount retained for such town or place, and all interest which has accrued thereon, upon receiving an attested copy of the records of the proceedings of the meeting of said town or place authorizing said agent to receive said money, and the certificate of deposit executed by said agent in the manner aforesaid.

SEC. 7. Whenever any portion of the public money thus deposited shall be called for by the United States, the treasurer of the State, upon a warrant of the governor with advice of the council, shall re-pay the same out of any money in the treasury, and if the same is not sufficient, the treasurer with the consent of the is authorized to borrow such sum as may be neces governor sary therefor at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent., and shall re-pay said loans with the interest thereon whenever payable, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

4. Trustees to manage the affairs of the 15. Support of insane committed by

be sent.

victs from state prison to insane asylum.

If convict is restored, to serve out rest of term in prison.

12. Insane persons confined in jail may 21. Governor authorized to draw warrant

on the treasury.

SECTION 1. The insane asylum at Concord is hereby declared to be a corporation under the name of The New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.

SEC. 2. The government of the asylum shall be vested in twelve trustees to be appointed and commissioned by the governor with the advice of the council, and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner.

SEC. 3.

The trustees shall be classified and commissioned in such a manner that the offices of three trustees shall become vacant annually.

SEC. 4. The trustees shall take charge of the property and concerns of the asylum; shall see that its affairs are conducted properly; may enter into and bind the asylum by such contracts relative to the support of patients and the affairs of the asylum, as they may deem advantageous, and may receive, appropriate, control, convey or invest any property given to or owned by the asylum in such manner as they may think expedient.

SEC. 5. The trustees shall appoint a secretary who shall keep a full and fair record of their proceedings; a treasurer who shall give bond for the faithful discharge of his duty, and such physicians, officers and assistants, with such salaries and allowances as may be from time to time found necessary.

SEC. 6. No trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as trustee, but expenses necessarily incurred by him shall be paid by the asylum.

SEC. 7. The trustees may make such regulations for their own government, for the government of the asylum and all persons connected therewith, and for the admission and care of patients, and the same may from time to time alter as convenience may require.

SEC. 8. The trustees may take and hold in trust for the asylum any grant or devise of real estate, or any donation or bequest of personal property, and may apply the same, unless otherwise restricted, to lessen the expenses of the indigent insane.

SEC. 9. The trustees shall make to the legislature annually duplicate reports of the receipts and expenditures of the asylum, the number of patients admitted and discharged during the year, and all other matters connected with the general interests of the asylum, one copy of which shall be presented to the senate and one copy to the house of representatives. (Sec. 9 and amendment laws of 1844, chap. 88.)

SEC. 10. The governor and council, the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives for the time being, shall constitute the board of visitors of the asylum; shall visit and inspect the same when necessary; shall examine into the condition of the patients and regulations and general management of the asylum; shall see that the design thereof is carried into full effect, and make to the legislature annually duplicate reports, one copy of which shall be presented to the senate and one copy to the house of representatives. (Sec. 10 and amendment laws of 1844, chap. 88.)

SEC. 11. If any insane person is in such condition as to render it dangerous that he should be at large, the judge of probate upon petition by any persons, and such notice to the selectmen of the town in which such insane person is, or to his guardian or any other person, as the judge may order, which petition may be filed, notice issued and a hearing had in vacation or otherwise, may commit such insane person to the asylum.

SEC. 12. If any insane person is confined in any jail, the court of common pleas may order him to be sent to the asylum, if they shall think it expedient.

SEC. 13. Any insane pauper supported by any town, may be sent to the asylum by order of the overseers of the poor of such town, and there supported at the expense of such town, and such expense may be recovered by such town of the county, town or person chargeable with the support of such pauper, in the same manner as if he had been supported in and by the town.

SEC. 14. If the overseers neglect to make such order in relation to any insane county pauper, the court of common pleas or any two judges thereof in vacation, may order such pauper to be sent to the asylum and there supported at the expense of the county.

SEC. 15. Any insane person committed to the asylum by any court or judge of probate, shall be supported by the county from which he was committed, and any sum so paid may be recovered by the county of any county, town or person chargeable with his support.

SEC. 16. The parent, guardian or friends of any insane person may cause him to be sent to the asylum with the consent of the trustees, and there supported on such terms as they may agree.

SEC. 17. Any person committed to the asylum may be discharged by any three of the trustees, or by any justice of the superior court, whenever the cause of commitment ceases, or a further residence at the asylum is in their opinion not necessary.

SEC. 18. The property of the asylum is exempted from taxation.

SEC. 19. The governor, by and with the advice of council, be and he hereby is vested with power to remove to the New Hampshire asylum for the insane, to be there kept at the expense of the State, any person confined in the state prison, who is now or may hereafter become insane. (Laws of 1845, chap. 246, sec. 1.)

SEC. 20. Any person so removed, who shall be restored to his right mind before the expiration of the term for which he was sentenced to imprisonment, shall upon such restoration be again returned to the state prison, there to serve out the remainder of his sentence, unless sooner discharged by the governor and council. (Laws of 1845, chap. 246, sec. 2.)

SEC. 21. The governor, by and with the advice of the council, may draw his warrant upon the treasury for such sums as may be necessary to carry into effect the object of the two preceding sections of this chapter. (Laws of 1845, chap. 246, sec. 3.)

SECTION 1. Of every thousand dollars of public taxes hereafter to be raised, the proportion which each town and place shall pay, and for which the treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, shall be as follows, to wit: