1899 public laws – Ch.1 Sec.21
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CHAPTER 1 An act to revise, consolidate and amend the insanity laws of this state. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: _
Wherever any insane person shall be conveyed to any hospital, and the superintendent is in doubt as to the propriety of his admission, he may convene any three of the board of directorsof his hospital, who shall constitute a board for the purpose of examining and deciding if such person is a proper subject for admission ; and if a majority of such board so decide, such person shall be received into said hospital; but a like board may at any time thereafter deliver said insane person to any friend who will become bound with good surety, to restrain him from committing injuries, and to keep, maintain, and take care of him, in the same manner as he might have become bound under the authority of the clerk of the court.