insurrection in the Philippine islands, prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and who shall have been heretofore buried in any of the counties of this state, but whose grave is not now marked by a suitable headstone, shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of the deceased, and, if possible, the organization to which he belonged or in which he served. Such headstone shall not cost more than fifteen dollars, and shall be of such design and material as shall be approved by the board of supervisors, and the expense of such burial and headstone as above provided. for shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the county in which the said soldier, sailor or marine shall have died; and the board of supervisors or other board or officer vested with like powers, of the county of which such deceased soldier, sailor or marine was a resident at the time of his death, is hereby authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the expense of such burial and headstone in the same manner in which the accounts of such officer as shall be charged with the performance of such duty as above provided shall be audited and paid; provided, however, that in case such deceased soldier, sailor or marine shall be at the time of his death an inmate of any state institution, including state hospitals and soldiers' homes, or any institution supported by the state and supported at public expense therein, the expense of such burials and headstones shall be a charge upon the county of his legal residence. (As amended by chapter 102 of the Laws of 1910.)

ARTICLE 7

State Poor

Section 90. Who are state poor, and how relieved.

91. Notice to be given to county clerks of location of

state alms-house.

92. State poor to be conveyed to state alms-house.

93. Punishment for leaving alms-house.

94. Expenses for support.

95. Duty of keeper; superintendent of state and alien poor to keep record of names.

96. Visitation of alms-house.

97. Insane poor.

98. Care and binding out of state poor children.

99. Transfer to other states or countries.

Section 100. Powers of superintendent of state and alien poor. 101. Indian poor persons; removal to county alms-house. 102. Contracts for support of Indian poor persons. 103. Expenses for support of Indian poor persons. 104. Duty of keepers; superintendent of state and alien poor to keep record.

§ 90. Who are state poor, and how relieved. Any poor person who shall not have resided sixty days in any county in this state within one year preceding the time of an application by him for aid to any superintendent or overseer of the poor, or other officer charged with the support and relief of poor persons, shall be deemed to be a state poor person, and shall be maintained as in this article provided. The state board of charities shall, from time to time, on behalf of the state, contract for such time, and on such terms as it may deem proper, with the authorities of not more than fifteen counties or cities of this state, for the reception and support, in the alms-houses of such counties or cities respectively, of such poor persons as may be committed thereto. Such board may establish rules and regulations for the discipline, employment, treatment and care of such poor persons, and for their discharge. Every such contract shall be in writing, and filed in the office of such board. Such alms-houses, while used for the purposes of this article, shall be appropriately designated by such board and known as state alms-houses. Such board may from time to time, direct the transfer of any such poor person from one alms-house to another, and may give notice from time to time to counties, to which alms-houses they shall send poor persons.

§ 91. Notice to be given to county clerks of location of state alms-house. Such board shall give notice to the county clerks of the several counties of the location of each of such alms-houses, who thereupon shall cause such notice to be duly promulgated to the superintendents and overseers of the poor, and other officers charged with the support and relief of poor persons in their respective counties. A circular from the superintendent of state and alien poor appointed by such board shall accompany such notice, giving all necessary information respecting the commitment, support and care of the state poor in such alms-houses, according to the provisions of this article.

§ 92. State poor to be conveyed to state alms-house. County superintendents of the poor, or officers exercising like powers, on satisfactory proof being made that the person so applying for relief as a state poor person, as defined by this chapter, is such poor person, shall, by a warrant issued to any proper person or officer, cause such person, if not a child under sixteen years of age, to be conveyed to the nearest state alms-house, where he shall be maintained until duly discharged, but a child under two years of age may be sent with its mother, who is a state poor person, to such state alms-house, but not longer than until it is two years of age. All testimony taken in any such proceeding shall be forwarded, within five days thereafter, to the superintendent of state and alien poor, and a verified statement of the expenses incurred by the person in making such removal shall be sent to such superintendent. Such board shall examine and audit the same, and allow the whole, or such parts thereof, as have been actually and necessarily incurred; provided that no allowance shall be made to any person for his time or service in making such removal. All such accounts for expense, when so audited and allowed, shall be paid by the state treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the person incurring the same.

§ 93. Punishment for leaving alms-house. An inmate of a state alms-house, who shall leave the same without being duly discharged, and within one year thereafter is found in any city or town of this state soliciting public or private aid, shall be punished by confinement in the county jail of the county in which he is so found, or in any work-house of this state in such county, for a term not exceeding three months, by any court of competent jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of every superintendent and overseer of the poor and other officers charged with the support and relief of poor persons, to cause, as far as may be, the provisions of this section to be enforced.

§ 94. Expenses for support. The expenses for the support, treatment and care of all poor persons who shall be sent as state poor to such alms-houses, shall be paid quarterly, on the first day of January, April, July and October in each year, to the treasurer of the county, or proper city officers incurring the same, by

the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller; but no such expenses shall be paid to any county or city until an account of the number of persons thus supported, and the time that each shall have been respectively maintained, shall have been rendered in due form and approved by the state board of charities.

§ 95. Duty of keeper; superintendent of state and alien poor to keep record of names. The keeper or principal officer in charge of such alms-house shall enter the names of all persons received by him pursuant to this article, with such particulars in reference to each as the board from time to time may prescribe, together with the name of the superintendent by whom the commitment was made, in a book to be kept for that purpose. Within three days after the admission of any such person, such keeper or principal officer shall transmit the name of such person, with the particulars hereinbefore mentioned, to the superintendent of state and alien poor; and notice of the death, discharge or absconding of any such person shall in like manner and within the time above named, be thus sent to such superintendent. Such superintendent shall cause the names of such persons in each such almshouse furnished as above provided for, to be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office of such board, and he shall verify the correctness thereof by comparison with the books kept in such alms-house, and by personal examination of the several inmates thereof, and in any other manner the board may from time to time direct; and he shall furnish the board, in tabulated statements, on or before the second Tuesday in January, annually, the number of inmates maintained in each and all of such alms-houses during the preceding year, the number discharged, transferred to other institutions, bound out, or removed from the state, and the number who died, or left without permission, during the year, with such other particulars and information as the board may require.

§ 96. Visitation of alms-houses. The superintendent of state and alien poor shall visit and inspect each of such alms-houses at least once in each three months, and at such other times as he may deem expedient, or as the board may direct. And he shall also visit and inspect all alms-houses in which are Indians who are

poor persons, at least once a year. For the purposes of all such inspections, the superintendent shall possess all the powers of a member of the board and the further powers hereinafter mentioned. The officer in charge of each and every alms-house shall give to such superintendent free access to all parts of the ground, buildings, hospitals and other arrangements connected therewith, and to every inmate thereof, and extend to him the same facilities for the inspection of such alms-house and its inmates, as is required by law to be extended to such board of commissioners; and, in default thereof, such officer shall be subject to the same penalty as if access were denied to any member of the board. Such board shall also cause each of such alms-houses to be visited periodically by some of its members, who shall examine into their condition and management, respectively, and make such report thereof to the board as may be deemed proper.

§ 97. Insane poor. If any inmate of any such alms-house becomes insane, such superintendent of state and alien poor shall cause his removal to the appropriate state hospital for the insane, and he shall be received by the officer in charge of such hospital, and be maintained therein until duly discharged.

§ 98. Care and binding out of state poor children. Such superintendent of state and alien poor shall cause the state poor children, under sixteen years of age, unless committed with the mother as hereinbefore provided by this chapter, to be maintained and cared for at such orphan asylums in this state as he may deem proper; and the expenses thereof shall be paid by the state treasurer on the certificate of such superintendent and the warrant of the comptroller. Such superintendent, in his discretion, may bind out a state poor orphan or indigent child which may be committed to any such state alms-house, or placed in any orphan asylum, if a male child under twenty-one years, if a female under the age of eighteen, to be clerks, apprentices or servants, until such child, if a male, be twenty-one years old, or if a female, shall be eighteen years old, which binding shall be as effectual as if such child had bound himself with the consent of his parents or other legal guardian.