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Show X LAW FOR STERILIZATION ! 1 OF CRIMINALS UPHELD ! f SNCb'AMKNTO. Cnl.. March S. v j .s the. result ef the opinion from -I-j -I the attorney general's office, the -I-! i- superintendent of state hospitals ' is prfipnring a circular letter to v I- heads of intuitu! ions informing them that they ntav, without fear v v of working under an uncousttfu- ! v vional stntutc perform the opera- : v tion of descMtalization upon e.cr- v tain insane patients and crhniunls. The statute in question wtis en- ! acted at the last session of the -r v legislature. -..'' - According to Superintendent v -; Hatch, there arc several patients ! in stale insane aiivlums upon whom the operation will be performed, v J and two prisoners in Folsom prison v also will sutler it. |