Chap. 66.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1068 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to the commitment of inebriates to the State
hospitals for the insane. [SB 69}

Approved February 22, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
section one thousand and sixty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as
heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows: ! :

Section 1068. Inebriates, Their Commitment, Care and Treat-
ment and Expense Therefor.—Any person who through use of al-
coholic liquors or habit-forming drugs, has become dangerous to the
public or himself, and unable to care for himself or his property or
family, and for either of these reasons has become a burden on the
public, shall, upon complaint of any person, be brought before a
commission in the same manner and under the same process as is
provided by law for commissions of insanity, and if said person
shall be found by said commission to be in the condition above men-
tioned, such person shall be committed to a State hospital for the
insane, as an inebriate, to be kept and held there until the superin-
tendent of that institution shall declare such person cured and re-
stored to his normal condition, when he shall be discharged, or paroled,
as may seem proper to the superintendent of said institution.

Every person committed under this section who has property in
excess of the homestead and other exemptions to which he or she is
entitled, shall be liable to said State hospital for the purpose of cover-
ing expenses of treatment, at the rate of thirty-five dollars per month,
while detained there.

The State Hospital Board is hereby authorized to designate one
or more of the State hospitals for the care of inebriates and when so
designated all commitments shall be made accordingly.