NORTHERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF-MUTES, MALONE. AN ACT in relation to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, at Malone, New York. Chapter 275, Laws of 1884. Section 1. Institutions may receive pupils, etc.-The Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes at Malone, is hereby authorized to receive deaf and dumb persons, between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years, eligible to appointment as state pupils, and who may be appointed to it by the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make appointments to the aforesaid institution. § 2. Supervisors, etc., may send pupils under provisions of law named. Supervisors of towns and wards and overseers of the poor are hereby authorized to send to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, deaf and dumb persons between the ages of six and twelve years, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as amended by chapter two hundred and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Provided that before any pupils are sent to said institution the board of state charities shall have made and filed with the superintendent of public instruction a certificate to the effect that said institution has been duly organized and is prepared for the reception and instruction of such pupils. NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN. Section Chapter 369, Laws of 1900. 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for 2. Board of managers, appointment of. Section 6. Powers and duties of the treasurer. 7. Official oath. 8. Who may receive judgment. 9. Donations. 10. Managers' report of receipts. 11. Appropriations for maintenance of hospital. Section 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children.-A state hospital, to be known as the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children, that shall be for the care and treatment of any indigent children who may have resided in the state of New York for a period of not less than one year, who are crippled or deformed or are suffering from disease from which they are likely to become crippled or deformed, shall be established in the city of New York or within a reasonable distance of said city of New York. No patient suffering from an incurable disease shall be admitted to said hospital. Said hospital shall provide for and permit the freedom of religious worship of said inmates to the extent and in the manner required in other institutions, by chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two entitled "An act to provide for the better security of freedom of worship in certain institutions." § 2. Board of managers, appointment of.-The governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint five citizens of this state who shall constitute the board of managers of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. The full term of office of each manager shall be five years, and the term of office of one of such managers shall expire annually. To effect such order of expiration of the term of office of the managers, the first appointment shall be made for the respective terms of five, four, three, two and one years. Appointments of sucessors to fill vacancies occurring by death, resignation or other cause, shall be made for the unexpired term. Other appointments shall be for the full term. Failure of any manager to attend the regular meetings of the board for the period of one year, shall be considered as a resignation therefrom, and his office shall be declared vacant by resolution of the board. A certified copy of such resolution shall forthwith be transmitted by the board to the governor. The managers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their reasonable traveling and other expenses. Such expenses shall be duly verified and paid by the treasurer of the board on the audit of the comptroller. Any of said new trustees may be removed from office by the governor for any cause that he may deem sufficient, after an opportunity to be heard in his defense, and the vacancy may be filled as herein provided. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. § 3. Powers and duties of board of managers.-The board of managers shall have the general direction and control of the property and affairs of said hospital, which are not otherwise specially provided by law, subject to the inspection, visitation and powers of the state board of charities. They may acquire and hold, in the name of and for the people of the state of New York, by grant, gift, devise or bequest, property to be applied to the maintenance of indigent children who are crippled or deformed or are suffering from diseases through which they are likely to become crippled or deformed in and for the general use of the hospital. They shall, 1. Take care of the general interests of the hospital and see that its design is carried into effect according to law and its bylaws, rules and regulations. 2. Keep in a book provided for that purpose a fair and full record of their doings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the governor of the state, the state board of charities, or any person appointed by the governor, the state board of charities, or either house of the legislature, to examine the same. 3. Make a detailed report to the state board of charities, in each month of October, in such form as said state board of charities may require, and with such recommendations as said managers may deem expedient, together with a statement of all moneys received by them and of the progress made in the erection of buildings for hospital purposes, if any, for the year ending on the thirtieth day of September preceding the date of such report. 4. Establish such by-laws as they may deem necessary or expedient for regulating the duties of officers, assistants and employes of the hospital and make and enforce rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the same. 5. They shall appoint a surgeon-in-chief who shall be a person of suitable experience in the care and treatment of disabling and deforming diseases, and may for cause at any time remove him and appoint his successor. They shall also appoint a treasurer who shall have the custody of all moneys, obligations and securities belonging to the hospital. § 4. Powers and duties of the surgeon-in-chief. The surgeon in chief shall be the superintendent of the hospital. He shall appoint and may remove the steward, matron and such assistant physicians and surgeons, assistants and attendants as may be necessary for the proper treatment of the patients under the care of the hospital, and shall have power to fill vacancies as often as they occur. Subject to the by-laws and regulations established by the board of managers, he shall have the general superintendence of the property, buildings, grounds, fixtures and effects, and control of all persons therein. He shall also, 1. Provide for ascertaining daily the condition of all the patients and proper prescription for their treatment. 2. Keep a book in which he shall cause to be entered at the time of the reception of any patient, his or her name, residence and occupation, and the date of such reception, by whom brought and by what authority committed, and an abstract of all orders, warrants, requests, certificates and other papers accompanying such person. 3. On or before the fifteenth of each month cause to be prepared by the steward, estimates in duplicate of the amount required for the expenses of the hospital for the current month, including salaries and compensation of employes, which estimates shall be certified by him to be required for the hospital. When approved by the board of managers, one of said estimates shall be transmitted to the comptroller who shall, if he approve of the same, issue his warrant for the amount thereof and transmit the same to the treasurer of the hospital. § 5. Salaries and compensation for services.—All surgical and medical officers of the hospital, except the surgeon in chief, shall render their services gratuitously. All salaries and compensation of officers and employes shall be fixed by the board of managers with the approval of the comptroller, president of the state board of charities and the governor, within the appropriation made therefor. § 6. Powers and duties of treasurer.-The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys, obligations and securities belonging to the hospital. He shall, 1. Open with some good and solvent bank conveniently near the hospital, to be selected with the approval of the comptroller of the state, an account in his name as such treasurer, for the deposit therein of all moneys, immediately upon receiving the same, and drawing from same only for the use of the hospital, in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, upon the written order of the steward specifying the object of the payment, approved by the surgeon in chief and subject to audit by the board of managers. 2. Keep a full and accurate account of all receipts and pay. ments in the manner directed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as the managers shall prescribe. 3. Balance all accounts on his books annually on the last day of September and make a statement thereof and an abstract of the receipts and payments of the past year, and deliver the same within thirty days to the auditing committee of the managers who shall compare the same with the books and vouchers and |