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[page 695] Ques. If you were satisfied that an attendant said he would knock a man down for reporting on him, you would reprimand him first, and if you saw any reason to afterwards discharge him. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. If you were satisfied that he was acting on any such line of conduct. Ans. I should discharge him at once. Ques. You say there have been 30 or 40 patients in all received from Togus, since the Home was established some 15 or 16 years ago. Ans. Yes. perhaps more, averaging some 2 to 3 a year, more lately. Those were put there temporarily until they could be transferred to Washington. Ques. That you did as an accommodation and as an act of humanity to the patients. Ans. Entirely. Ques. If there was no strict provision of the statute about it, you got as near to the statute as possible by getting a certificate of two physicians. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. The reason why you could not get the certificate of the selectmen as provided by statute was what. Ans. Because it is not in the jurisdiction of any city or town, it is U.S. territory. Ques. You had room enough to take them in. Ans. Without crowding very much. Ques. All they paid went to the benefit of the State. Ans. Yes, to the benefit of the hospital. Ques. No officer of the motivation had any prerequisite of