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disposed of by the superintendent as herein provided, in relation to state pupils, and the provisions of this article respecting the payment and recovery of the expenses of the removal and dis position of a state pupil, shall be equally applicable to expenses incurred under this section.

ARTICLE V.

STATE CUSTODIAL ASYLUM FOR FEEBLE-MINDED WOMEN.

Section 80. Established as a corporation.

81. Board of managers.

82. Officers.

83. Treasurer to give undertaking.

Section 80. Established as a corporation.-The asylum established at Newark, Wayne county, for feeble-minded women is hereby continued as a body corporate and shall be known as the State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women.

§ 81. Board of managers.-Such asylum shall continue to have a board of nine managers, three of whom shall be women, and shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, for six years, except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the unexpired term. The board of managers shall have the custody and control of all property and power to make all rules for the management and control of the effects of the asylum.

§ 82. Officers.-The board of managers shall appoint, of their number, a president, a secretary and a treasurer. They shall ap point a superintendent, a matron, and employ all assistants that may be necessary for the proper management of the asylum.

§ 83. Treasurer to give undertaking. The treasurer shall, before he receives any money, give an undertaking to the people of the state, with such sureties and in such amount as the board of managers shall require and to be approved by the comptroller, to the effect that he faithfully perform his trust as such treasurer.

ARTICLE VI.

ROME STATE CUSTODIAL ASYLUM.

(As amended by chapter 462 of the Laws of 1904.) Section 90. Asylum for the feeble-minded and idiots. 91. Appointment of managers.

92. Powers and duties of managers.

93. Superintendent, qualifications, powers and duties. 94. Commitment to asylum, maintenance.

Section 90. Asylum for feeble-minded persons and idiots.-The asylum established at Rome for the custody, maintenance, training and treatment of the custodial class of feeble-minded persons and idiots is hereby continued and shall be known as the Rome state custodial asylum.

§ 91. Appointment of managers.-Such asylum shall be under the control and management of a board of eleven managers, ap pointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate and whose term of office shall be six years. The managers now in office shall hold their offices until the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively appointed, or until their successors are appointed and have qualified. They may be removed by the governor, upon charges preferred against them in writing, after an opportunity given them to be heard thereon. They shall appoint one of their number as president, another as secretary.

§ 92. Powers and duties of managers.-The board of managers shall,

1. Have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the asylum, take charge of its general interests and see that its design is carried into effect, according to law, and its by-laws, rules and regulations.

2. Establish by-laws, rules and regulations, subject to the ap proval of the state board of charities, for the internal govern. ment, discipline and management of the asylum.

3. Maintain an effective inspection of the asylum for which purpose, a majority of the managers shall visit the asylum at

least once in every two months, and at such other times as may be prescribed in the by-laws. The superintendent or other officer in charge shall admit such managers or manager into every part of the asylum and its buildings and exhibit to them on demand all the books, accounts and writings belonging to the asylum and pertaining to its interests, and furnish copies, abstracts and reports whenever required by them.

4. Annually report to the legislature for the preceding fiscal year, the affairs and conditions of the asylum, with full and detailed estimates of the next appropriations required for maintenance and ordinary uses and repairs, and of special appropria tions, if any, needed for extraordinary repairs, renewals, extensions, improvements, betterments or other necessary objects.

5. If lands are required for the use of the asylum, acquire the same by purchase, gift or condemnation.

§ 93. Superintendent, qualifications, powers and duties.The superintendent shall be appointed by the board of managers in accordance with the laws of this state after a civil service examination which shall be held upon the lines of qualification, experience and training herein provided within two months after the passage of this act. He shall be a resident of this state, a well educated physician and graduate of a legally incorporated medical college, and shall have had a suitable experience and training of not less than three years in the care and treatment of the men. tally defective classes, epileptic or insane. He shall be the chief executive officer of the asylum, and shall manage the institution in conformity to rules and regulations adopted by the board of managers. He shall appoint the assistant physicians, steward, clerk, a bookkeeper, matron and all subordinate employes, and he shall discharge them, when, in his judgment, it may be necessary to do so, for the good of the institution.

§ 94. Commitments to asylum; maintenance.-The superintendents of the poor of the various counties of the state may com. mit to such asylum, if vacancies exist therein, such feeble-minded persons and idiots residing in their respective counties, who are indigent or inmates of county almshouses, according to the bylaws and regulations of the asylum. All commitments shall be in the form prescribed by the board of managers. Insane idiots.

or epileptics shall not be committed to such asylum. Feebleminded persons and idiots other than the poor and indigent may be admitted to the asylum, if vacancies exist, after providing for the care and custody of the poor and indigent feeble-minded persons and idiots, at a rate which shall not exceed the weekly per capita cost of maintaining all inmates as determined yearly by the board of managers. The maintenance of the institution and the poor and indigent inmates thereof shall be a charge upon the state.

ARTICLE VII.

THE CRAIG COLONY FOR EPILEPTICS.

Section 100. Establishment and objects of colony.

101. Managers of the colony.

102. Buildings and improvements.

103. Powers and duties of managers.

104. Annual report; state board of charities.

105. Donations in trust.

106. Officers of the colony.

107. Duties of the superintendent.

108. Duties of treasurer.

109. Designation and admission of patients.

110. Support of state patients.

111. Apportionment of state patients.

112. The support of private patients.

113. Discharge of patients.

114. Notice of opening of colony.

115. Reimbursement for maintenance expenses.

Section 100. Establishment and objects of colony.-The colony for epileptics established at Sonyea, Livingston county, is hereby continued, and shall be known as the Craig Colony for Epileptics, in honor of the late Oscar Craig, of Rochester, New York, whose efficient and gratuitous public services in behalf of epileptics and other dependent unfortunates, the state desires to commemorate. The objects of such colony shall be to secure the humane, curative, scientific and economical care and treatment of epileptics, exclusive of insane epileptics.

§ 101. Managers of the colony.-There shall be a board of twelve managers of the Craig colony, all of whom shall be citizens of the state, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, one from each judicial district and one additional member from each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth judicial districts. The term of office of each manager hereafter appointed to succeed a manager whose term has expired shall be three years, and the term of office of four of such managers shall expire annually. The managers in office when this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Appointments to fill vacancies occurring by death, removal or resignation, shall be made without unnecessary delay for the unexpired term. Failure of any manager to attend in each year the whole of two stated meetings of the board, shall be sufficient cause for removal by the governor. Any manager may be removed by the governor upon written charges preferred against him, after an opportunity to be heard in his defense. The managers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their reasonable traveling and official expenses, to be paid as other charges against the institution.

§ 102. Buildings and improvements.-The board of managers shall put the premises conveyed to the state for the use of the colony into proper condition for the reception of patients and shall receive patients gradually and as rapidly as the condi tion of the colony will admit. They shall utilize all buildings and improvements on the land so conveyed, and construct such additional buildings and make further improvements upon plans adopted by them and approved by the state board of charities and for which appropriations are made by the legislature. There shall be provided for such colony an abundant supply of wholesome water, sufficient means for drainage and the disposal of sewage in a proper sanitary system. All of which shall be done under the direction of the board of managers in accordance with plans adopted by them, and approved by the state board of charities.

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