as a pay patient, and the amount of money received from such patient, together with the probable cost of his or her care and maintenance.

§ 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, so far as the same relate to the county of Rensselaer, are hereby repealed.

ST. JAMES MERCY HOSPITAL, HORNELL.

AN ACT to revise the charter of the city of Hornellsville and to change the name thereof.

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Chapter 288, Laws of 1906.

And the common council shall determine

the amount, if any, to be raised by tax as aforesaid for the Saint James Mercy hospital

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§ 98. The common council shall also yearly raise by a general tax and appropriate to the Saint James Mercy Hospital, the sum of one thousand dollars so long as said Saint James Mercy Hospital shall be maintained in the city of Hornell, wherein shall be received, lodged, boarded and given hospital treatment, at all times for one dollar and a half per day, any resident of said city who shall present to the matron of said hospital a duplicate certificate signed by the overseer of the poor of said city and a physician of said city stating that the person named therein is without means of support and in need of medical and surgical treatment. No portion of such money shall be paid to said hospital unless the board of managers of said hospital shall in writing report on the first day of each month, to the common council of said city the number of patients received upon such certificates during the preceding month, duplicates of which shall be annexed thereto, and the number of patients who, are at the date of each new report, a charge upon the city, together with their names, ages, sex, the nature of their disease or wounds, the length of time cared for, and the date of entrance and departure. No charges shall be made for such lodging, board, care, medical, surgical and hospital treatment for any one patient for a period

exceeding sixty days unless authorized by new certificates secured and signed by the overseer of the poor of said city and the attending physician at said hospital, which shall be reported the same as new cases in the monthly report. The common council shall also have the power to raise by tax in each year such sum as may be necessary for the payment of the charges for lodging, boarding and giving hospital treatment, at the rate of one dollar and a half per day to any poor resident of the said city sent to said hospital in the manner and as provided heretofore in this section. The common council shall also have the power to raise by taxation for the purpose of maintaining a free public library for the use of the citizens of said city, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars annually. (As amended by chapter 363 of the Laws of 1909.)

ST. JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL, YONKERS; ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, YONKERS; YONKERS HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, YONKERS.

AN ACT to revise the charter of the city of Yonkers.

Chapter 635, Laws of 1895.

TITLE X.

§ 2. The common council may by ordinance prescribe the duties of such commissioner of charities in relation to the temporary aid and assistance to the poor and may appropriate such moneys for such purpose as it shall deem proper and may also appropriate a sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars per annum, for the care of sick and disabled poor in hospitals. (As amended by chapter 207 of the Laws of 1903.)

ST. LUKE'S HOME AND HOSPITAL OF NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR, NEWBURGH.

AN ACT authorizing the commissioners of the almshouse of the city and town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to pay to Saint Luke's home and hospital, of Newburgh, New York, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, for the care and maintenance of indigent persons.

Chapter 272, Laws of 1897.

Section 1. The commissioners of the almshouse of the city and town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, are hereby authorized, on or before the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to settle with and pay to the board of managers of Saint Luke's home and hospital of Newburgh, New York, out of the excise moneys received by said commissioners from the city and town of Newburgh, not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars for the care and maintenance of such persons as were received and retained in such hospital prior to that date, according to rules established by the state board of charities.

2. The commissioners of the almshouse of the city and town of Newburgh, are hereby authorized and empowered to pay to Saint Luke's home and hospital, a corporation located in the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, for the care, support and maintenance of such inmates of said hospital as may be received and retained therein by order or permit of such almshouse commissioners, pursuant to rules established by the state board of charities, annually out of the excise moneys received by such commissioners, the sum of one dollar per day for each of such inmates, but the total amount paid said hospital by said commissioners in any one year, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and said hospital shall not, in any one year, be required to admit patients sent thereto by said commissioners after it has cared for persons received therein at their request, to the extent

of two thousand days in such year. The board of managers of said hospital shall report annually, in writing, to the commissioners of the almshouse of the city and town of Newburgh, the number of patients received, pursuant to the provisions of this act and the rules of the state board of charities, their names, age, sex, the nature of their disease or wounds, the length of time cared for, with the date of entrance and departure. (As amended by chapter 65 of the Laws of 1902.)

SAINT PETER'S HOSPITAL OF THE CITY OF ALBANY.

AN ACT making appropriations for certain expenses of government and supplying deficiencies in former appropriations.

Chapter 433, Laws of 1909.

Section 1. The treasurer shall pay on the warrant of the comptroller

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for the maintenance and medical and surgical care by a hospital of such officers, members and employees of the several departments, bureaus and branches of the state government located in Albany as may be injured or become sick, while in the performance of their duties, four thousand dollars (4,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, said persons to be admitted upon the certificate of the superintendent of public buildings, after proper evidence of disability shall have been filed with such superintendent over the signature of the head of the department, bureau or branch of said government in which said duties were performed and of a physician or surgeon duly authorized to practice medicine in the state of New York.

SARATOGA HOSPITAL, SARATOGA SPRINGS.

AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, being the charter of the village of Saratoga Springs; and to enable the trustees of said village to raise moneys for certain purposes.

Chapter 115, Laws of 1896.

Section 1. The board of trustees of the village of Saratoga Springs is hereby authorized to appropriate to the Saratoga Emergency hospital, for the care, support and maintenance of such inmates of said hospital as may be received and retained therein pursuant to rules established by the state board of charities, such sums annually as the said board of trustees shall deem proper, and payments may be made therefor subject to such rules. The amount so appropriated in any one year shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars; and such appropriation shall be made only so long as the said hospital shall treat, free of charge, such indigent persons, actual residents of the village of Saratoga Springs, requiring treatment, as come within the classes treated by said hospital, and only so long as said hospital shall maintain a free medicine dispensary for the benefit of indigent persons, actual residents of said village.

AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, being the charter of the village of Saratoga Springs, and to enable the trustees of said village to raise moneys for certain purposes.

Chapter 346, Laws of 1898.

Section 1. The board of trustees of the village of Saratoga Springs is hereby authorized to appropriate to the Saratoga hospital, for the care, support and maintenance of such inmates of said hospital as may be received and retained therein pursuant to rules established by the state board of charities, in addition to the amounts now authorized by law, the further sum of fifteen hundred dollars. Such appropriation shall be made only in case said hospital shall establish a general operating room for surgical cases, where any regular physician or surgeon of the village