county, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract for building, repairing or furnishing, or in procuring supplies for the chronic insane in the custody or care of said county, as provided for by this act. § 8. Report to Supervisors. The said board of managers appointed under this act shall keep a full and accurate record of all their proceedings, and shall each year report in writing to the Board of Supervisors of said county, within twenty days after the commencement of its annual session, a detailed and classified statement or account of all their receipts and expenditures during the preceding year, with a full and true inventory of all the property in their possession, or under their control, with all of their acts and doings, together with the report of the Superintendent, with such views and recommendations relating thereto as they may deem proper. § 9. By-laws and regulations. The said board of managers appointed under this act shall establish and ordain, subject to the approval and sanction of the Board of Supervisors of Erie County, prudential rules, regulations and by-laws for the government and good order of the said asylum, and the county farm and property connected therewith, in said county, and for the employment and relief, management and government of the persons therein placed; said rules and regulations and bylaws when so approved and sanctioned by said Board of Supervisors shall be published in the official proceedings of said Board of Supervisors. § 10. Inmates. The Superintendent of the Poor of the county is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer from the Erie County poorhouse and commit to the asylum hereby created, such chronic insane as may from time to time be required by the Board of Supervisors of said county. He is also hereby authorized and empowered to commit to the said asylum such chronic insane of said county who may be discharged from the state asylum, not recovered, and such chronic insane as may come under his care, in the manner now provided by statute for the commitment of the insane, as may be required by the Board of Supervisors of said county. § 11. Who may be admitted to asylum. This act shall not be construed so as in any manner to affect the powers and duties of the Supervisors' purchasing and auditing committee, as provided by chapter one hundred and three of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the several acts amendatory thereof, nor of the State Commissioners in Lunacy, as now existing by statute in regard to the insane; nor shall any patient be transferred to, or received in the insane asylum in said county, without the license of the State Board of Charities, which license may be revoked by said State Board of Charities; and the said Board shall have all the authority and power in respect of granting and revoking such licenses, which it now has or ever had under chapter seven hundred and thirteen of the Laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 46 § 12. 'Chronic insane" defined. The term "chronic insane," as used in this act, shall include every species of chronic insaniry, and extend to every such deranged person, and to all persons of unsound minds other than acute insane and idiots, whose support, control and management, in whole or in part, shall become a charge upon the County of Erie. The word "oath" includes affirmation, a word denoting the singular number, shall include one or many; and every word importing masculine gender only, may extend to and include females. § 13. This act shall take effect immediately. STATE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. § 974. State benevolent institutions comprise. Each of the asylums, reformatories, homes, retreats, penitentiaries, jails or other institutions of this state, in which the board, instruction, care or clothing of persons committed thereto is, or shall be, a charge against any county of this state, or towns therein, shall be known for the purposes of this act as one of the State Benevolent Institutions of the State. Laws 1880, chap. 347, § 1. § 975. Officers making commitments to report to Supervisors. It shall be the duty of every Judge, Justice, Superintendent of the Poor, Overseer of the Poor, Supervisor or other person who by law is authorized to make commitments or appointments to any of the State Benevolent Institutions of the State, to make a report in writing to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the county so liable, or of the county in which any town is so liable, for the board, instruction, care or clothing mentioned in section one of this act; said report shall be made within ten days after making such commitment or appointment, and shall show, 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. Ibid., § 2. § 976. Keepers to report. It shall be the duty of the keeper, superintendent, warden, secretary, director or other proper officer of each of the State Benevolent Institutions of the State, within ten days after receiving any person into any of the institutions mentioned in section one of this act, whose board, care, instruction, tuition or clothing shall be chargeable to any town or county, to make a report in writing to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the county so liable, or of which any town is so liable. Such report shall show when such persons were received into said institution, and when known, the name, age, sex, nationality, residence, length of time of commitment or appointment, the name of the officer making such commitment or appointment, and the sum chargeable per week, month or year for such person. Ibid., § 3. § 977. Report of death, removal, etc., to be made. In case of the death, removal or discharge of any person committed or appointed to any of the institutions mentioned in this act, it shall be the duty of the officers mentioned in section three of this act, to immediately report to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the respective county, the date of such death, removal or discharge. Ibid., § 4. $978. Officers to render verified accounts. It shall be the duty of the officers mentioned in section three of this act, annually on or before the fifth day of October, to present to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the county liable for the board, instruction, care or clothing mentioned in this act, or of the county in which any town is so liable, a sworn statement of the account of such institution, with such county or town, up to the first day of said October, and in case of a claim for clothing, an itemized statement of the same, and in case any 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 accompanying such account shall be a report showing the name, age, sex, nationality and residence of each person mentioned in the account, the name of the officer who made the commitment or appointment, the date and length of commitment or appointment, the time to which the account has been paid, and the amount claimed to the first day of said October, the sum per week or per annum charged, and if no part of such account has been paid by any person or persons, the report shall show such fact, duly verified. Ibid., § 5, as amended by Laws 1881, chap. 273. § 979. Failure to report forfeits compensation. Any officer mentioned in this act who shall refuse or neglect to make the report required by this act shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or pay for any services, salary or otherwise, from any town or county to which he is required to make such report. Ibid., § 6. § 980. Reports to be filed and presented to Board of Supervis ors. The clerk of the Board of Supervisors who shall receive any report or account in pursuance of the provisions of this act shall carefully file the same and present the same to the respective Boards of Supervisors on the second day of the annual meeting of the Board next succeeding the receipt of the same. Ibid., § 7. § 981. Does not apply to poor-houses. The poor-houses in the several counties of this state are hereby exempted from the provisions of this act Ibid., § 8. 982. Does not apply to Kings County. Nothing in this act contained shall be held to apply to the County of Kings. Ibid., § 9. : CHAPTER XXII. OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS-DUTIES IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FUNDS, MILITARY CODE, GRAND JURORS AND COUNTY OFFICERS. COMMON SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FUNDS. § 983. Supervisors may increase Commissioner's salary. § 984. Supervisors to audit Commissioner's expenses. § 985. State tax for support of schools. § 986. Clerk of Board not to omit this tax. § 987. Comptroller may withhold moneys. § 988. Union school districts. § 989. Meeting to consider dissolution of. § 990. Application for dissolution of. § 991. Action of Supervisors thereon. § 992. Conditional approval of Supervisors. § 993. When application disapproved. § 994. Notice of approval to be given. § 995. Division of School Commissioner's district. § 996. Cities, etc., not to be included in such districts. U. S. DEPOSIT FUND. § 997. Additional security may be required. § 998. Supervisors to report neglect or refusal to furnish it. 999. Supervisors to examine Commissioner's books. § 1000. Supervisors to examine mortgages and report to Comptroller. § 1001. Comptroller to prepare forms and give instructions. § 1002. Capital of school fund may be loaned. § 1003. Loans, how made. § 1004. Duty of Supervisors in relation thereto. DUTIES UNDER MILITARY CODE. § 1005. Supervisors to provide armories. § 1006. Their duties concerning same. § 1007. Expenses of armories a county charge. IN RELATION TO GRAND JURORS. § 1012. List of grand jurors. § 1013. Increasing number of grand jurors. |