Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties

§ 21–1109. Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties (a) If, at the time of or before the ma king of an order for placement in the District Training School pursuant to section 21–1108, a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the District, of Columbia, or by two or more, sureties to be approved by the court, running to the United States and conditioned for the payment of the support, and maintenance of the person in the manner prescribed by law, is delivered to the court, together with the sum of $50 as an advance payment toward the support of 79 Stat. 769the patient, the court shall order the admission of the person as a private patient. If the bond and advance payment are not given, the court shall order the admission of the person as a public patient. The bond and advance payment, together with the order of admission and bond, shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Superintendent of the District Training School. Until the bond and advance payment are delivered to the Superintendent, he shall admit the person to the institution only as a public patient. (b) At the request of (he Superintendent of (lie District Training School, the court shall require the sureties on the bond provided by subsection (a) of this section to justify their responsibility anew or order that a new bond be given in place of the original. The justification or new bond shall be transmitted to the superintendent. Unless it is delivered to the Superintendent within 30 days, the patient shall from the time of the request be regarded as a public patient.