tendent shall have no interest, direct or indirect, in any contract for such repairs and alterations, or for the erection of such additional buildings, or for furnishing materials or labor for the same, and the said building superintendent shall be subject to removal by such board of trustees.

repairs,

§ 6. The sum of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, Approprior so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of ation for any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pur- etc. poses of such repairs and alterations and for the erection of such additional buildings and for maintenance, furnishing and incidental expenses attending the organization of the asylum, and the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay off and discharge the obligations of the managers of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, now due or to become due on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventynine, which sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be paid by the State treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller by the order of said board of managers upon the presentation to the comptroller by them of a certified schedule of all existing indebtedness of said inebriate asylum, provided the said managers convey and deliver to the trustees of the Binghamton Asylum for the Chronic Insane when appointed, ail the personal property belonging to the asylum and farm, and now used for the purposes of such asylum and farm, and estimated by said managers to be of the value of at least twenty thousand dollars; and the treasurer shall pay to the order of said trustees on the warrant of the comptroller, such sum or sums of money as may be required by them in the execution of their trust, and at such times as the same may be needed for the purposes aforesaid; and the said trustees shall, as often as the comptroller may require the same, and upon the completion of said contract, make to him a true and detailed report of all moneys received by them by virtue of this act, and of all expenditures of the same, and shall truly account for all moneys received by them, whether expended or remaining in their hands.

§ 7. The said trustees shall have the general direction, management Power of and control of all the property and concerns of the said asylum, not trustees. otherwise provided for by law, and shall see that the design of its institution shall be carried into effect, and every thing faithfully done according to law and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the asylum; and shall make full report in each year ending on the thirtieth day of September of their doings to the legislature in the first week of each annual session thereof.

§ 8. The said trustees shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be superina well educated physician of experience with treatment of the insane, tendent. and a treasurer, who shall give bonds to the people of this State, in such sum and with such sureties as the comptroller shall approve, for the faithful performance of his duties and trust. They shall also ap- Other offi point upon the nomination of the superintendent a steward, two cers. assistant physicians and a matron, all of whom, as well as the superintendent, shall constantly reside in the asylum, and be designated the resident officers thereof.

§ 9. The said trustees shall, from time to time, fix and determine the annual salaries and allowances of the treasurer and the resident officers of the asylum, subject to the approval of the governor, secretary of State and comptroller, provided that such salaries do not, in the

Salaries.

Oath of office.

By-laws.

Powers

of superintendent.

aggregate, exceed the sum of ten thousand and five hundred dollars for one year, which salaries shall be paid quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, by the treasurer of the State, on the warrant of the comptroller, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the order of the treasurer of the asylum, on his presenting a bill therefor, duly signed by the steward and certified as correct by the superintendent, and thereupon by the treasurer of the asylum to the officers entitled to the same, taking proper receipts therefor in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.

§ 10. Before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties, the treasurer, superintendent, and steward of the asylum shall severally take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in the first section of the twelfth article of the constitution of this State, and file the same in the office of the secretary of State.

§ 11. The said trustees are hereby directed and empowered, subject to the approval of the State board of charities, to establish such by-laws as they may deem necessary and expedient for regulating the appointment and duties of officers, assistants and employees, and also to ordain and enforce a suitable system of rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the asylum.

§ 12. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the and duties asylum. He shall have the general superintendence of the buildings, their furniture and fixtures, the grounds and the farm and its stock, and the direction and control of all persons employed therein, subject to the by-laws, rules and regulations established by the trustees. He shall daily ascertain the condition of the inmates of the asylum, and perscribe their treatment in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, and shall assign his co-resident officers to their respective duties, subject to the by-laws, and shall also appoint, subject to the approval of the trustees, and within the limit prescribed in the by-laws, such and so many other officers, assistants and attendants as he may deem necessary for the economical and efficient performance of the business of the asylum, and shall prescribe their several duties and compensations and shall have power to discharge the same at his pleasure; but in every case of discharge he shall forthwith record the same, with his reason therefor, under an appropriate heading in a book kept at the asylum for such purpose. He shall also have power for good and sufficient cause, to suspend from duty a resident officer until the next meeting of the board of trustees; but in such case he shall forthwith give written notice of his action, with its cause and circumstances, to one of the trustees, whose duty thereupon shall be to call a special meeting of the trustees, to provide for the exigency. He shall also, from time to time, give such orders and instructions as he may deem most expedient to insure good conduct, fidelity and economy in every department of the asylum; and he is hereby authorized and enjoined to maintain salutary discipline among all who are employed by or in the asylum, or on its grounds. He shall further cause full and true accounts and records of all his doings as superintendent and of the entire business and operations of the institution to be kept regularly from day to day, in books of record kept for such purpose, in the manner and to the extent prescribed in the by-laws; and he shall see that all such accounts and records are fully made up in each year for the preceding year, to and including the last day of September, and shall,

*So in the original.

within thirty days thereafter, present to the trustees a succinct account of the principal facts and results so recorded, with his report thereon. The first assistant physician shall perform the duties and be subject to the responsibilities of the superintendent during the sickness or absence of the latter.

§ 13. The treasurer shall have the care and custody of all moneys Treasurer. belonging to the asylum. He shall open with one of the banks in the city of Binghamton, to be selected with the approbation of the comptroller of the State, an account in his own name as such treasurer; and he shall deposit all moneys immediately upon receiving them in such bank, and shall draw for the same only for the uses of the asylum, and in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, upon the written order of the steward, specifying the object of the payment. He shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and payments, in the manner directed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as the trustees shall direct. He shall balance all the accounts on his books annually, on the last day of September, and make a statement of the balances thereof, and an abstract of the receipts and payments of the preceding year, and submit the same to the auditing committee of the board of trustees within ten days thereafter, which committee shall compare the same with his books and vouchers, and verify the same by a further comparison with the books of the steward, and shall certify the result of their examination and audit to the board of trustees within ten days thereafter. He shall also render quarterly statements of his receipts and payments for the previous quarter, on or before the tenth day of January, April, July and October in each year, to such auditing committee, who shall make like comparison, verification and certificate, as in the case of the annual balance and statement of accounts. He shall further render an account of the condition of his books, and of the funds and other property in his custody, whenever required to do so by the trustees or the superintendent.

§ 14. The steward, under the direction of the superintendent, shall Steward. make all purchases for the asylum, and preserve the original bills and receipts therefor, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of the same, in books kept for such purpose; and also copies of all orders drawn by himself upon the treasurer. He shall also, under like direction, make contracts in the name of the superintendent with the attendants and assistants, and keep and settle their accounts; he shall also keep the accounts for the support of the inmates of the asylum and the expenses incurred in their behalf, and shall furnish the treasurer every month, a statement of such as fall due within the month; he shall make for the information and inspection of the superintendent, treasurer and trustees, quarterly abstracts of all accounts up to the last days of March, June, September and December, and submit the same to the superintendent within five days thereafter in each case; and he shall be accountable for the careful keeping and economical use of all furniture, stores and other articles provided for the asylum.

resident

§ 15. The resident officers of the asylum, and all attendants and Exempassistants actually and regularly employed therein, shall, during the tion of time of such employment, be exempt from serving on juries, from all officers assessments for labor on highways, and in time of peace from service and at in the militia; and the certificate of the superintendent of the fact of such employment shall be sufficient evidence thereof.

tendants.

Trustees' records.

Trustees' visits.

Compensa

trustees.

§ 16. The trustees shall keep, in a book provided for that purpose, a full and true record of their doings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the governor, the comptroller, the State board of charities, and of all persons whom they, or either of them, or either house of the legislature may appoint to examine the

same.

§ 17. The trustees shall maintain an effective inspection of the asylum, for which purpose they shall make frequent visitations thereto, a majority of them at least once every three months, and the whole board once a year, at the times and in the manner prescribed in the by-laws. In a book kept for that purpose, the visiting trustees shall note the date of each visit, the condition of the asylum and inmates, with their opinion thereon, which all the trustees present shall sign. The general results of such inspection, with such suggestions for improvement as they may have recommended, shall be inserted in their annual report to the legislature.

§ 18. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services, tion of but shall receive such reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred necessarily by them as the comptroller shall approve, which shall be paid to them by the treasurer of the asylum.

Purchases.

Removal

§ 19. All purchases for the use of the asylum shall be made for cash, and not on credit or time; every voucher taken for the same shall be filled up at the time it is taken; every abstract of vouchers for money paid shall have attached thereto the oath of the steward that such vouchers were filled up and receipted, and the money paid therefor, at the time or times the same is therein purported to have been done, and the trustees shall make all needful rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this section.

$20. The trustees of said asylum, as portions of the building from of chronic time to time may be completed for the reception of the insane, shall

insane

from counties.

To be County charge.

Discharge

give notice thereof to the State board of charities, and also as to the number of patients they may be ready to receive. The chronic pauper insane, from the poor-houses of the counties which may be designated by the State board of charities therefor, shall be sent to the said asylum herein established, by the county superintendents of the poor; and such numbers of the chronic insane, pauper inmates of State lunatic asylums, from the counties thus designated, as may be discharged therefrom not recovered, and who continue a public charge, Chall also be sent to said asylum; and all such patients shall be a charge upon the respective counties from which they are sent, whether such patient shall be sent by the superintendent of the poor, or by order of any court or officer thereof, or from lunatic asylums.

§ 21. The trustees, upon the superintendent's certificate of entire of patients recovery, may discharge any patient to the care of his or her friends, or to the care of the superintendent of the poor; or they may discharge any patient, upon the superintendent's certificate that such patient is harmless and will probably continue so, and is not likely to be improved by farther treatment in the asylum, to his or her friends who will present sufficient evidence that they are able to maintain and care for the same properly. They may also discharge and deliver any patient as aforesaid, whose relations or friends will undertake with good and approved sureties for his or her peaceable behavior, safe custody and comfortable maintenance without further public charge, and the bond of such sureties shall be approved by the county judge of the

county from which such patient was sent, and shall be filed in the county clerk's office of said county, upon the presentation of a certified copy thereof the trustees may discharge such patient; and in all such cases the trustees shall forthwith notify the superintendent of the poor of the proper county of such discharge and such guarantees. The State board of charities shall, by a specially appointed committee, Visits of annually visit the asylum, and on a personal inspection and due exam- State ination of its official records and on conferring with the superintend- charities. ent, may direct the discharge or removal to the counties from whence they came, of any quiet and harmless chronic insane in the asylum, if in the judgment of the committee their health and comfort can properly be provided for by the superintendents of the poor of their respective counties.

board of

from

tendent to

penses of.

§ 22. Whenever the trustees of said asylum, or the State board of Removal charities shall order a patient removed from the asylum to the county asylum? whence he came, the superintendent of the poor of such county shall County audit and pay the actual and reasonable expense of such removal as superinpart of the contingent expenses of the poor of such county. But if pay exany town, city or person be legally liable for the support of such patient, the amount of said expenses may be recovered by such superintendent, of the corporation or person so liable, for the use of such county. If such superintendent of the poor neglect or refuse to pay such expenses Refusal of on demand, the treasurer of the asylum may pay the same and charge superinthe amount thereof to such county, and the treasurer of said county to pay. is hereby authorized and required, on demand of the treasurer of said asylum, to pay the same with interest after thirty days; and the supervisors of such county shall levy and raise the amount thereof as other county charges are levied and collected.

tendent

to pay bills

tenance,

tax.

§ 23. The treasurer of every county having patients in said asylum County 18 hereby authorized and directed to pay to the treasurer of the asylum treasurers all bills for the clothing and maintenance of such patients, as they for mainshall become due and payable according to the by-laws of the asylum, te upon the order of the steward; and the supervisors of said county Supervisshall annually levy and collect the amount of such bills as other bills ors to levy and taxes are levied and collected by them, and also such further sums as will probably cover all similar bills for said county for one year in Towns to advance. Said county shall, however, have the right to require any reimburse. individual, town, city or county that is legally liable for the support of such patient or patients, to reimburse it in the amount of said bills, with interest from the day of paying the same.

Towns, etc., may other

require

towns,

§ 24. Every town, city or county, paying for the support of any inmate in said asylum shall have the right to require any other town, city or county, that is legally liable for his support to refund to it the amount so paid, with interest thereon from the time of payment. legally lia § 25. All town and county officers sending a patient to said asylum shall, before sending him, see that he is in a state of bodily cleanliness, and is comfortably clothed, and provided with a suitable change of raiment, as prescribed by the by-laws of the asylum.

ble, to Local officers to

refund.

attend to cleanli

of

ness, etc., patients

sent to

§ 26. The charges for maintaining a patient in said asylum, in addition to the charge for clothing, shall be annually fixed by the trustees, and shall not exceed the actual cost thereof, exclusive of officer's sala- asylum. ries and appropriations for repairs; nor shall it exceed the rate required at the Willard Asylum.

Charges

for maintenance of patients