Section 14. Inebriates
The managers of the House of Correction, employment and reformation may, if in their judgment they regard it necessary, erect, establish and maintain a separate building upon their grounds as an asylum for inebriates, to which the mayor, alderman, judges of the court of quarter sessions, may commit for such length of time as in their judgment may seem proper; and those inebriates who are able, or who have friends able to pay for their board and clothing, shall be admitted and charged such an amount per week as the managers may direct: Provided, This shall be a separate building, to be known as the hospital department, in which all aged and sick persons, including inebriates, shall be treated; and when such persons are relieved and able to perform service, they may be discharged from custody, unless they may prefer to be transferred to the Labor Department, and work at their trade or some profitable employment, from which profits their expenses shall be deducted, and the balance paid to them on discharge, for the purpose of aiding them in being re-instated in society. (1871, June 2, P.L. 1301, Sec. 14.)