Administrative History
Section 65 of the State Insanity Law (Laws of 1909, Chapter 32 as amended by Laws of 1911, Chapter 768) provided that when money was appropriated for the erection, alteration, repair, or improvement of a state hospital building and the labor and materials required for such project were not secured by contract or special order, required funds were to be expended pursuant to special fund estimates made to the State Hospital Commission by the superintendent of the hospital for which the appropriation was made.
Likewise, when any such work was to be performed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the state architect or paid for from appropriations for the erection, alteration, repair, or improvement of a state hospital building, special fund estimates were subject to the approval of the state architect.