FORM OF BOND.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we,

-, in the County of, as principal, and

in the County of, as sureties, are held and bound unto Steward of the Insane Hospital, at Augusta, or to his succes

sor in said office, in the sum of

to the payment of

which sum, well and truly to be made to him, the said

or to his successors in said office, we bind ourselves, our executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals, and dated at

-, this

day

The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas of, in the County of, is about to be admitted as a boarder and patient to the institution aforesaid; now if the said shall pay to said or to his successor in said office, such sum per week, for the board, washing, medicine, and attendance, according to the trouble and expense incurred for said patient, in the judgment of the Superintendent for the time being, not to exceed three dollars, nor to be less than two dollars, and pay for all such necessary articles of clothing as shall be furnished said -by the said or his successor, and remove the said from said institution, whenever they shall be thereto in writing requested by the Superintendent for the time being and shall also pay a further sum, not exceeding fifty dollars, for all damages that may arise from injury to the furniture and other property of said institution, by said

and for reasonable charges that may be incurred in case of the elopement of said ; payments to be made semi-annually and at the time of removal, with interest on the amount after it becomes due as aforesaid; then this obligation to be null and voidotherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

STATE OF MAINE.

IN SENATE, January 10, 1843.

ORDERED, That 500 copies of the Reports on the Insane Hospital, be printed for the use of the Senate.

ATTEST:

JERE HASKELL, Secretary.

[WM. R. SMITH & Co....Printers to the State.]

REPORT.

To the Honorable the Governor

and Council of the State of Maine:

THE Committee appointed, by a resolve of the Legislature of the twentieth of March last, in relation to the insane hospital, have attended to the duties assigned them. At the commencement of their labors, they found, that the present superintendent and several other gentlemen were strongly impressed, that their commission was not intended or designed to embrace the period, when Dr. Knapp was at the head of the institution. It did not appear to the committee, from the language of the resolve, that their field of inquiry was thus limited. They came to the conclusion therefore to receive evidence, touching the administration of the affairs of the hospital, from the time that it was opened, for the reception of patients. The late superintendent was accordingly apprized of the time and place of their meetings. He did not appear before them, nor did any one in his behalf, until near the close of their examination. Certain gentlemen then appeared, under instructions from him, and protesting that they were not aware, that the resolve was designed to open this case to further inquiry, stated, that his conduct, while he was officially connected with the institution, having been investigated by the Directors, in pursuance of an order from the Executive department, and that having resulted in his removal, he submitted to that result, and was about to remove from the State. That, under these circumstances, any further official examination into the merits of his administration, appeared to him neither necessary nor desirable. That if, however, contrary to his expectations, such