We ham ytymlotter ot Zulp 9, 1940 whenin you requ4st4 our oplni as to the diglblllty for 014 aga as- slatanoe OS oer persons who ere ixunate~ OS RD 4 YOUX httQ? dyh~bd as fOll0~8: iaStitUtiOn

*The 01 Gb inf$&roribsd 6ituetion now aoti- fronts ti3Q ~~~nqhtmntr ana it is n8OaI6aary the&% We sar~~,dsoieion~ A OeT8ain oo~z18p in Taxad, 0 OW&X! isi iQ8 Of a le*rgQ fragS dwUlli.iIIj afa lea&d thlii builaLa(l to prlvato Laoivi- n a,csah rental basfa. In this InetItutlan QrrBogis &w eonfIned. TwenbpWo of this nureber real$Y.entr of Old &a Asslstacce; 86 are pd.0 p.ll o? the88 lnmatas here been dul; 8. N. an4 are un4ar @mdirnehlp. 'The 'hen 5 ol-6QFlbS, Or guSSal, 5 &al* and When the inmate@ bsocme nax'uly or uu- they are plaood In irons, aheind, OP hwwuftea~ orten ML% plaasd In strait-faekets. praatioing phyoio~an is kept on oall. h llaensaa The Oounty Health Officer nnd Uounty FSyOhiddSt make ocoaslonal viaits to this Instltutlon far the purpose or QXRBdCi~ the'inmntes and sdvIeIu& with the management lab to tha dare and oontrol of the xang of tbQE4, Inmate* were removed rmxt iIU4RtQfh the County Psyohopatfa x&?ird to the in8tltutloa...* *2 579 It osnnot ba Ooubted but th6t thr above tlrsoribod Iastitution 16 Qcf a oustodial oheraotQr.W

Esoh of the Q4lUOtE4QZitO,Of the l~Q&IEl&tUXs 8QttIng up thQ QWlitiOatiOXlE fOX XclOi~iOIlt8 Of Old a&V a66iEtame hava oontalmd tlizc followln~ mgulreaent la Che8e ram words

fcouna in Vernon*6 Annotated Civil Gtatuthr (PO &t. e643-1 a), 6345-5 (a) and Iu the 1999 tsmendment by 5. B. #Q, 5~0. I 1 (al8

TIO ri3t fit t!l6 tinlQ Of 1%00iVi~~ such 6Ib ED. lmcctt of any public or private ham for th:e aged, OT 6Xly PUbliO al" CXiVatO iLl6titUtiOtl Of a WOtO%i&l, OorrsotIcnal, or oW=tivQ aharaatsr, prOVIde6, how- ever, that 6I.d my be grantad to persona temporarily ooufIaQ4 in privat4 Inatltutlonr for n6iTloal or sur- &?a1 Ocire."

RS believe Che Sonf$Oin$ pTOVi6IOn unegufvooably ax- 01U468 pereon oth6rWIaQ QlisIbl6 to rQ66iVQ old abe aeuiotanoe, who ar8 Inmetes at suoh an Iu8tl8utloa as desorlbod in your let- ter, whmther ruoh Instltutlon be pub110 or prlvste. The state ha8 66~3s other provl8lon for the rupport ana maI6teuance~ of It8 Ihdlgent lnesne and by the forsgolng deol6ratIon th6Le lalsturs has exprsasly 66niZsEtQd its IntrntIon that ~14 ego aso f 8taaoQ money8 rheuld not be used fcr ruoh purpo8ei This lntsntion n8 rerf?lrmxl by the Irglrleture la Saotlon 45 cl the Publlo Wd.faz-8 Aat or 1939 mi. 69550, VQroon~s knuotatsd st:ltute8 Of Toxe6, which reads in pert,

*X0 prbtlrlon of thlr ALct i8 lntanded tO rb- lra8e the 00UilbiQ8 and IBUDioipQlitiQE in thlr etrt8 ?rom the spsoltic rQ8pouEfbility whfoh 18 oUrrQnt- ly borne by there ooUntlQ6 ah4 mnlaIpalItI6s In support of publ.10 welfsre. . . ."

You are thsrefora, advlncd that thQ tmmtg-two InmatQr Of thQ in6titUtfCn Who htkv8 hQXQfiOfOXW E6KdOU6d in YOUr letter naelved old ass a86i6taUCQ bahaflt ~@ent6 6rc1 InQlI$lbl~ to IWSM should be rQsotQd from rwelve ruoh peywnta, ~ml tbair th6 roll6 Of yOUl’ dE&&rtZ!6Zlt.

Yours very truly Walt*