residence, and the expense of transportation to and from the hospital shall be paid by said local authorities. Admissions to said hospital shall be made in the order in which the names of applicants shall appear upon the application book to be kept as above provided by the superintendent of said hospital, in so far as such applicants are subsequently certified by the said examining physician to be suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. Every person who is declared as herein provided to be unable to pay for his or her care or treatment shall be transported to and from the hospital at the expense of said local authorities, and cared for, treated and maintained therein at the expense of the municipality which would otherwise be chargeable with the support of such poor or indigent person; and the expense of transportation, treatment and maintenance shall be a county, city or town charge, as the case may be. (As amended by chapter 108 of the Laws of 1902.) § 14. Private patients.-Applicants for admission to this institution who are able to pay for their care and treatment are not required to obtain a written request from the local authori ties having charge of the relief of the poor, but shall apply in person to the superintendent who shall enter the name of such applicant in the book to be kept by him, for that purpose, as provided in section thirteen; and when there is room in said hospital for the admission of such applicant, without interfering with the preference in the selection of patients, which shall always be given to the indigent, such patient shall be admitted to the hospital upon the certificate of one of the examining physicians, which certificate shall be kept on file by the said superintendent. § 15. Support of free patients.-At least once in each month the superintendent of the hospital shall furnish to the comptroller a list countersigned by the treasurer of the hospital of all the free patients in the hospital, together with sufficient facts to enable the comptroller to collect from the proper local official having charge of the relief of the poor such sums as may be owing to the state for the examination, care, treatment and maintenance of the patients who have been received by the hospital and who are shown by the statement of such local official to be unable to pay for their care, treatment and maintenance. The comptroller shall thereupon collect from the said local official the sums due for the care, treatment and maintenance of each such patient at a rate not exceeding five dollars per week for each patient. (As amended by chapter 108 of the Laws of 1902.). § 16. Support of private patients.-The trustees shall have power and authority to fix the charges to be paid by patients who are able to pay for their care and treatment in said hospital or who have relatives bound by law to support them, who are able to pay therefor. § 17. Appropriation.-The sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing a site and of erecting, constructing and equipping the hospital and buildings as herein provided. The treasurer of the state shall, on the warrant of the comptroller, and on the certificate of the state architect pay to the treasurer of the trustees of said hospital the above named sum in such amounts as may, from time to time, in the judgment of the trustees, be necessary. EXCERPTS FROM THE STATE FINANCE LAW. Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1897, as amended by Chapter 383 of 1899; 432 and 457 of 1901, and 239 of 1903. Section 10. Deposit of moneys by state officers. 11. Deposit of moneys by charitable and benevolent institutions. 12. Proofs required on audit by the comptroller. 13. Regulations for the transmission of public moneys. 17. Itemized and quarterly accounts of public officers. 18. Inspection of supplies and entry in books. Section 19. Deposit in banks of moneys received by State insti tutions. 20. Annual inventory and report of institutions. 21. Rendition of accounts. 22. Statements of accounts not rendered. 23. Statements of accounts rendered. 35. Indebtedness not to be contracted without appro priation. 36. Specific appropriation not to be used for other pur poses. 37. Monthly payments to state treasurer. 38. Contracts in pursuance of appropriations. * 40. Estimates for purchase of staple articles of supplies. Section 10. Deposit of moneys by state officers.-Every state officer or other person except the state treasurer, receiving or disbursing moneys belonging to the state, shall deposit and keep all the moneys received by him, deposited to his official credit in some responsible bank or banking house, to be designated by the comptroller, until such moneys are paid out or disbursed according to law. Every such bank or banking house, when required by the comptroller, shall execute and file in his office an undertaking to the state in such sum and with such sureties as are required and approved by him, for the safe keeping and prompt payment on legal demand therefor of all such moneys held by or on deposit in such bank or banking house, with interest thereon, on daily or monthly balances at such rate as the comptroller may fix. Every such undertaking shall have indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, the approval of the attorney-general as to its form. § 11. Deposit of moneys by charitable and benevolent institutions. All moneys received from the state by any charitable or benevolent institution, supported wholly or partly by moneys received from the state, shall be deposited in such national or state bank or trust company, as the comptroller may designate. Every such bank or trust company shall give an undertaking, as provided in the last section. The treasurer of such institution shall keep all the funds thereof which come into his possession from the state, deposited in his name as such treasurer in such bank or trust company. § 12. Proofs required on audit by the comptroller.-The comptroller shall not draw his warrant for the payment of any sum appropriated, except for salaries and other expenditures and appropriations, the amounts of which are duly established and fixed by law, until the person demanding the same presents to him a detailed statement thereof in items and makes all reports required of him by law. If such statement is for services rendered or articles furnished, it must show when, where, to whom and under what authority they were rendered or furnished. If for traveling expenses, the distance traveled, between what places, the duty or business for the performance of which the expenses were incurred, and the dates and items of each expenditure. If for transportation, furniture, blank and other books purchased for the use of offices, binding, blanks, printing, stationery, postage, cleaning and other necessary and incidental expenses, a bill duly receipted must be attached to the statement. Each statement of accounts must be verified by the person presenting the same to the effect that it is just, true and correct, that no part thereof has been paid, except as stated therein, and that the balance therein stated is actually due and owing. No payment shall be made to any salaried state officer or commissioner having an office established by law, for personal expenses incurred by him while in the discharge of his duties as such officer or commissioner at the place where such office is located. No manager, trustee or other officer of any state charitable or other institution, receiving moneys from the state treasury in whole or in part for the maintenance or support of such institution shall be interested in any purchase or sale by any of such officers. § 13. Regulations for the transmission of public moneys.— The comptroller may make such regulations and give such direc tions from time to time, respecting the transmission to the treas. ury of moneys belonging to the state from the several county treasurers and other public officers as in his judgment is most conducive to the interests of the state. He may, in his discretion, audit, allow and cause to be paid the expenses necessarily incurred under or in consequence of such regulations and directions or so much thereof as he deems equitable and just. § 17. Itemized and monthly accounts of public officers.-The proper officer of each state hospital, asylum, charitable or reformatory institution, the state commission in lunacy, the state board of charities, the state board of health, the commissioners of fisheries, game and forests and all other state commissions, commissioners and boards, shall, on or before the fif teenth day of each month, render to the comptroller a detailed and itemized account of all receipts and expenditures of such hospital, asylum, institution, commission, board of commissioners during the month next preceding. Such accounts shall give in detail the source of all receipts, including the sums received from any county, and be accompanied by original and proper vouchers for all funds paid from the state treasury, unless such vouchers have been previously filed with the comptroller and have appended or annexed thereto the affidavit of the officer making the same to the effect that the goods and other articles. herein specified were purchased and received by him or under his direction or that the indebtedness was incurred under his direction; that the goods were purchased at a fair cash market price and that neither he, nor any person in his behalf, had any pecuniary or other interest in the articles purchased or in the indebtedness incurred; that he received no pecuniary or other benefit therefrom, nor any promises thereof; that the articles contained in such bill were received by him, and that they conformed in all respects to the goods ordered by him or under his direction, both in quality and quantity. The state comptroller and the president of the state board of charities, shall from time to time classify into grades the officers and employes |