CENTRAL REGULATION OF COUNTY ASYLUM PROVISION AND
MANAGEMENT
In practice all proposals, agreements, contracts, estimates
and general
rules mentioned below were considered by the Lunacy
Commission, who made a
report to the Home Secretary
(See
Scope and authority of Lunacy Commission greater than
described)
a) COUNTY ASYLUM ACCOMMODATION PROPOSALS. Asylum
committees were
to submit
all proposals for providing asylum accommodation (*) to the
Commissioners
who were to make:
"such inquiries in reference thereto, and to the lunatics to
be provided
for, as they shall deem proper,"
and report in writing to the Home Secretary. Estimates of
costs were to be
submitted to the Home Secretary. No proposals, agreements,
contracts,
estimates or plans were to be accepted, executed, or carried
into effect
until approved by the Home Secretary.
(*) That is:
(a) All proposals and agreements for unions of counties and
boroughs for the purposes of the Act
(5S.4);
(b) All proposals
for building
or providing County asylums, or the buildings, yards, outlets,
or
appurtances thereto, or additional accommodation for pauper
lunatics,
c)
All contracts and plans which may be intended to be adopted
for such county
asylums, accommodation and premises. (1845 County Asylums Act
section 29).
b) CONTRACT HOUSE PROPOSALS were also to be submitted
to the
commission
and
subject to the approval of the Home Secretary. (1845 County
Asylums Act
section 29).
c) GENERAL RULES. All County Asylums were to submit
existing or
proposed
General Rules for the government of the asylum to the Home
Secretary for
his approval, which was also required for alterations.
Regulations and
orders made were to be consistent with the General Rules.
(1845 County
Asylums Act
section 40).
d) ASYLUM ACCOUNTS. Annual accounts for County Asylums
were to be
sent to
the Home Secretary and to the Commission. An abstract of
these Accounts
was to be made out by the Commission and laid before both
Houses of
Parliament (1845 County Asylums Act section 40).