The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 472 of 1,943
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26 GENERAL LAWS.
at Huntsville and shall be observed by said physician and the
Warden of the Penitentiary; and when, in the judgment of said
physician or Warden, such convict is insane and should be transferred
to one of the State Hospitals for treatment of the insane,
then either said prison physician or said warden shall go before
the County Judge of Walker County, Texas, and make affidavit
to said fact, and the County Judge shall forthwith proceed to
try said convict in the same manner as other persons and under
the same rules of procedure as apply to the trial of citizens who
become insane. Upon trial, if said convict is found to be insane,
the County Judge before whom he is tried shall issue his warrant
for transfer of said convict to one of the State Hospitals
for the treatment of the insane or other place provided hereafter
by law, provided the provision of this law shall not apply
to prisoners under sentence of death and confined within the
State Penitentiary.
SEC. 2. When a State Convict, located on any of the prison
farms, becomes insane, he shall immediately be transferred to
the main prison at Huntsville for observation and treatment.
SEC. 3. The County Judge and Officers trying said convict
shall receive the same fees as allowed by law for the trial of
such cases in the County Court; but all costs and expenses incident
thereto including Court costs and fees, and the costs of
providing the necessary clothing for the admission of said convict
to a State Hospital for the treatment of the insane, together
with the expense of transferring said-prisoner to such an institution
shall be paid by the manager of the Prison Sytem out of
funds allowed for management and operation of the Prison
System.
SEC. 4. The headquarters and main offices of the Texas
Prison System, being located at Huntsville, in Walker County,
that County is given exclusive venue in the trial of insane convicts
who are inmates of the Texas Prison System.
SEC. 5. The fact that there is now no law providing for the
trial of insane convicts and the further fact that there are several
insane convicts confined in the Prison System at this time
who should be tried and transferred for treatment to one of the
State Hospitals, creates an emergency and an imperative public
necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring Bills to be read
on three several days in each House be suspended and that this
Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage,
and it is so enacted.
Approved March 6, 1931.
Effective March 6, 1931.
[NOTE: H. B. No. 140 passed the House by a vote of 119 yeas,
1 nays; passed the Senate by a vote of 31 yeas, 0 nays.]
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/472/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .