Chap. 28.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1018 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to commitment papers of the insane, and providing for the forms of
commitment of insane, feeble-minded, epileptic and inebriate persons.

[H B 38]
Approved February 17, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
ten hundred and eighteen of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1018. The commissioner of public welfare and the super-
intendents of the several hospitals for the insane and the departments
thereof and of the State Colony for Epileptics and the Feeble-
Minded shall, with the approval of the general board of directors, on
or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, prescribe
and prepare the forms required in the commitment of insane, feeble-
minded, epileptic and inebriate persons and also the forms of applica-
tion for voluntary admission of insane persons to the State hospitals.

The report of the commission shall consist of the warrant of arrest
and application therefor, the interrogatories and answers thereto, the
medical certificate and the order of commitment.

The State Board of Public Welfare shall cause to be printed the
forms thus prescribed for said commitment in separate parts, one to
consist of the warrant of arrest and application therefor, the medical
certificate and the order of commitment, the other to consist of the
interrogatories and answers thereto. These forms, which shall be the
sole legal forms used in such commitments and admissions, shall be
furnished by the State Department of Public Welfare to the clerks
of the circuit and corporation courts of the various counties and cities
of the State and to the superintendents of the respective State hospitals
for the insane and the colonies for epileptics and feeble-minded.

All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this section are hereby
repealed.