mar 29, 1873 - Act respecting institutions for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind

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«Preamble: Whereas an institution has been founded and established
V' at Belleville, in the Province of Ontario, for the education and instruction of the deaf and dumb, and also an institution at Brantford in the said Province, for the education and instruction of the blind ; And whereas, it is expedient to define the object and design of these institutions, and to make provision for their management» (p. 110).
«Section 1: Whatever buildings may hereafter be erected thereupon, shall be for the public use of the Province, and shall be known and designated as the "Ontario Institution for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.”» (p. 110).
«Section 3: no person shall be
admitted to either of such institutions except for the purposes of education and instruction, nor if over the age of twenty-one years, except upon the assenting writing of the lnspector, and his report to the Provincial Secretary of the particulars and special circumstances which in the opinion of the Inspector justify such admission ; and the maintenance and support of any person admitted shall be in the discretion of the Inspector, who, on exercise thereof in favour of such person, shall report every six months to the Provincial Secretary the particulars and special circumstances which justify such maintenance and support; and the Secretary in either case may annul the right of admission or of continuance in such institutions» (p. 111).
«Section 5: The Inspector appointed or to be appointed under the first clause of " The Prison and Asylum Inspection Act, 1868"
shall be the Inspector of the said institutions, and shall have and perform the same powers and duties in respect to the said institutions as are conferred upon him in respect of asylums for the insane by the said " The Prison and Asylum Inspection Act, 1868.”» (p. 111).

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