Excerpt from The Insanity Law of the State of New York: A Compilation of Statutes Relating to the Insane and to Institutions for Their Care and Treatment The need of a compilation of the lunacy statutes of New York has long been recognized by judicial officers, asylum physicians, examiners in lunacy, county officials, attorneys, and all persons having to do with the commitment and treatment of the insane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.