president of the state board of charities and comptroller, or a majority of such officers, for the whole or any part of the work to be performed, and in the discretion of the managers or trus tees, and, subject to such approval, such contracts may be sub let. The fiscal supervisor and the board of managers or trustees shall determine to what extent and for what length of time advertisements are to be inserted in newspapers for proposals for the erection, repairs or improvements of state charitable institutions, the New York state school for the blind or the Elmira reformatory. A preliminary deposit or certified check drawn upon some legally incorporated bank or trust company of this state shall in all cases be required as an evidence of good faith, upon all proposals for buildings, repairs or improvements, to be deposited with the superintendent of the institution for which the work is to be performed, in an amount to be deter mined by the state architect. All contracts for the erection, repairs or improvements to state charitable institutions, the New York state school for the blind or the Elmira reformatory shall contain a clause that the contract shall only be deemed executory to the extent of the moneys available, and no liability shall be incurred by the state beyond the moneys available for the purpose. (As amended by chapter 473 of the Laws of 1903.) § 50. Visitations and reports by managers or trustees.-The board of managers or trustees of each of the state charitable institutions, of the New York state school for the blind and of the Elmira reformatory, in addition to their other duties now required by law, shall, by a majority of its members, visit and inspect the institution for which it is appointed at least monthly, and shall make a written report to the governor, the state board of charities and the fiscal supervisor within ten days after each visitation, to be signed by each member making such visitation. Such reports shall state in detail the condition of the institution visited and of its inmates, and such other matters pertaining to the management and affairs thereof as in the opinion of the board should be brought to the attention of the governor, the state board of charities or the fiscal supervisor of state charities,

and may contain recommendations as to needed improvements in the institution or its management. (As amended by chapter 473 of the Laws of 1903.)

§ 51. Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to charitable institutions.-Every judge, justice, superintendent or overseer of the poor, supervisor or other person who is authorized by law to make appointments or commitments to any state charitable institution, except almshouses, in which the board, instruction, care or clothing is a charge against auy county, town or city, shall make a written report to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which any town is situated, or to the city clerk of any city, which are liable for any such board, instruction, care or clothing, within ten days after such appointment or commitment, and shall therein state, when known, the nationality, age, sex and residence of each person so appointed or committed and the length of time of such appointment or commitment.

§ 52. Reports by officers of certain institutions to clerks of supervisors and cities.-The keeper, superintendent, secretary, director or other proper officer of a state charitable institution to which any person is committed or appointed, whose board, care, instruction, tuition or clothing shall be chargeable to any city, town or county, shall make a written report to the clerk of such city or to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which such town is situated, within ten days after receiving such person therein. Such report shall state when such person was received into the institution, and, when known, the name, age, sex, nationality, residence, length of time of commitment or appointment, the name of the officer making the same, and the sum chargeable per week, month or year for such person. If any person so appointed or committed to any such institution shall die, be removed or discharged, such officers shall immediately report to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which such town is situated, or to the city clerk of the city from which

such person was committed or appointed, the date of such death, removal or discharge.

§ 53. Verified accounts against counties, cities and towns.The officers mentioned in the last section shall annually, on or before the fifteenth day of October, present to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which such town is situated, or to the city clerk of a city from which any such person is committed and appointed, a verified report and statement of the account of such institution with such county, town or city, up to the first day of October, and in case of a claim for clothing, an itemized statement of the same; and if a part of the board, care, tuition or clothing has been paid by any person or persons, the account shall show what sum has been so paid; and the report shall show the name, age, sex, nationality and residence of each person mentioned in the account, the name of the officer who made the appointment or commitment, and the date and length of the same, and the time to which the account has been paid, and the amount claimed to such first day of October, the sum per week or per annum charged, and if no part of such account has been paid, the report shall show such fact. Any officer who shall refuse or neglect to make such report shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or pay for any services, salary or otherwise, from any town, city or county affected thereby. The clerk of the board of supervisors who shall receive any such report or account shall file and present the same to the board of supervisors of his county on the second day of the annual meeting of the board next after the receipt of the same.

§ 2. Subdivision twelve of section nine of chapter four hundred and forty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetysix, entitled "An act relating to state charities, constituting chapter twenty-six of the general laws," as added by chapter five hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, in relation to approval of plans, and sections eleven to fourteen, both inclusive, of chapter three hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate

and amend the several acts relating to the New York state reformatory at Elmira," in relation to estimates, are hereby repealed. (As amended by chapter 252 of the Laws of 1902.)

ARTICLE IV.

SYRACUSE STATE INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.

Section 60. Institutions for idiots or feeble-minded children.

61. Powers and duties of boards of directors.

62. Salaries of officers.

63. Directors may hold donations in trust.

64. By-laws.

65. Duties of superintendent.

66. Duties of treasurer.

67. Semi-annual meeting and records of board of direc

tors.

68. Manner of receiving pupils.

69. Discharge of state pupils and payment of expenses. 70. Expense of clothing state pupils.

Section 60. Institutions for idiots or feeble-minded children.The management of the Syracuse State Institution for FeebleMinded Children at Syracuse shall continue to be in a board of managers, which shall hereafter consist of the superintendent of public instruction and eight other persons, who shall continue to be appointed by the senate upon the recommendation of the gov ernor, as often as vacancies shall occur therein, and shall hold office for eight years, and until their successors are severally ap pointed, subject to removal by the governor for cause, after an op portunity given them to be heard in their defense. The managers now in office shall hold their offices until the expiration of the term for which they were respectively appointed.

§ 61. General powers and duties of boards of managers.-Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transac tion of business. The board shall have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the institution, and shall take charge of its general interests and see that its general

design is carried into effect, according to law and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the institution. It shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be a well-educated physician, and a treasurer, who shall reside in the city of Syracuse, and shall give an undertaking to the people of the state for the faithful performance of his trust, in such sum and with such sureties as the comptroller shall approve. Such board shall, annually, on or before the first day of February, report to the legislature the condition of the institution.

§ 62. Salaries of officers. The board shall, from time to time, determine the annual salaries and allowances of the resident officers of the institution.

Such salaries and allowances shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the institution in the same manner as other claims against the institution.

§ 63. Managers may hold donations in trust.- The managers may take, and hold in trust for the state, any grant or devise of land, or any donation or bequest of money or other personal property, to be applied to the maintenance and education of feebleminded children and the general use of the institution.

§ 64. By-laws.-The managers may establish by-laws regula. ting the appointment and duties of officers, teachers, attendants and assistants; fixing the conditions of admission, support and discharge of pupils; and for conducting in a proper manner the business of the institution; and ordain and enforce a suitable system of rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the institution.

§ 65. Duties of superintendent. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the institution. He shall, subject to the provision of the board of managers and the by-laws and regulations established by them,

1. Have the general superintendence of the buildings, grounds and farm, with their furniture, fixtures and stock, and the direc tion and control of all persons employed in and about the same; 2. Appoint a steward, medical assistant and a matron, who, with the superintendent, shall constantly reside in the institu