1881 public laws – Ch.206 Sec.15

For admission into the asylum, in other cases, the following proceedings shall be had: Some respectable citizen residing in the county of the alleged insane person shall make before and file with a justice of the peace of the county, an affidavit in writing, which shall be substantially as follows: State oF NortH CAROLINA, see aeae County. The undersigned, residing in said county, maketh oath that he hath carefully examined………… eee, the alleged lunatic, and believes him (or her) to be an insane person, and he (or she) is, in the opinion of the undersigned, a fit subject for admission into the insane asylum. Dated …… AAW SOLY gece tsnacads SE: Bee oaent Be oe icure , (Affiant.) Subscribed and sworn to Oreos Dic esos peeks Whereupon, unless the person or persons, in whose care and custody the alleged insane is, will agree to bring him or her before the said justice without a warrant, the Justice shall issue a precept, directed to the sheriff ora constable as follows: Srate of NortH CAROLINA. To the Sheriff or Constable of ………64 County Greeting : Whereas, information on oath has been laid before me, thatid..2:2% vse. 1S an Insane person: You are hereby commanded to bring him (or her) before me, or some other justice of the peace of said county, within the next ten days, in order that necessary proceedings may be had respecting his (or her) insane condition. Given under my hand this ….. day Ol cainae 18.4 Upon the bringing of the alleged insane person before the justice by his or her friends, or upon the return of the precept with the body of the insane persen, the justice shall cause to be associated with him two or more justices of the county, who together shall proceed to examine into the condition of mind of the supposed insane person, and shall take the testimony of at least one respectable physician, and such other of them as they may think proper. If the justices, or any two of them, shall decide that such person is insane, and some friend, as he may do, will not become bound, with good security, to restrain him or her from committing injuries, and to keep, support and take care of him or her, until the cause for confinement shall cease, the said justices, or any two of them, shall direct the insane person to be removed to the asylum as a patient, and to that end they shall direct a warrant to the sheriff or constable, and at the same time shall transmit to the board of directors, the examination of the witnesses, and a statement of such facts as the said justices shall deem pertinent to the subject matter, which warrant shall be substantially as follows: 7 Tue State or NortH CAROLINA, To the sheriff or constable of …..+.countygreeting : Wuereas, It hes been made to satisfactorily appear to WS AG nace LD ashe and, Ewe: Baca , Justices of the peace of said county, that A…… Bat , a citizen of the state, is an insane person, that he has a legal settlement in said county, and is a fit subject for the insane asylum, and that his being at large is injurious to kimself, and disadvantageous if not dangerous to the community: You are hereby commanded to take the said A…… Bagh; and conyey him to the Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum at Goldsboro, and there deliver him to the superintendent thereof for safe-keeping. Given under our hands this … day of…… mE 2:00