HOUSE....No. 22. 
(Conutiotitocaltl) of ittassatljusmss. 
House of Representatives, February 7, 1849. 
The Committee on “Public Charitable Institutions,” to which 
was referred the “ Report of the Joint Committee of the Leg- 
islature of Massachusetts, appointed April 20th, 1848, on the 
subject of Insanity in the State, &c.,” would respectfully 
REPORT: 
That this subject has, as its importance demanded, met their 
attentive consideration. The result is their unanimous concur- 
rence in the conclusions of that Committee, as to the immediate 
necessity for the erection of another hospital for the insane in 
this Commonwealth. They would, therefore, recommend the 
adoption of the accompanying Resolves. 
For the Committee, 
CHARLES EDWARD COOK. 2 
SECOND INSANE HOSPITAL. [Feb. ’49.] 
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In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Nine. 
RESOLVES 
For the Purchase of Land and the Erection of a Second Hos- 
pital for the Insane. 
Resolved, That his excellency the Governor, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Council, be, and he is hereby, 
authorized and empowered to appoint a board of three commis- 
sioners, who shall purchase an eligible site in that section of 
the Commonwealth which they may deem expedient, and cause 
to be erected thereon a suitable hospital for the care and cure 
of the insane. The accommodations of said hospital to be 
sufficient for two hundred and fifty patients, a superintendent, 
and a steward, their families, and all the necessary subordi- 
nate officers. And said commissioners shall have power to 
make all contracts with and employ such agents as may be- 
come necessary to fulfil the intention of this resolve. 
Resolved, That said commissioners shall present all their ac- 
counts to the Governor and Council, to be by them audited and 
allowed, from time to time, as they shall deem proper, not ex- 
ceeding, in the whole, the sum of one hundred thousand dol- 
lars, and that warrants be drawn accordingly.