AN ACT to abolish the offices of auditing superintendents of the poor in Rensselaer county, to confer their powers and duties on the acting superintendent, and to authorize the employment of additional clerks in his office.

Chapter 236, Laws of 1906.

Section 1. The office of the auditing superintendent of the poor of the county of Rensselaer whose term expires on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby abolished on that date, and all his powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the auditing superintendent of the poor whose term of office expires on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, until the expiration of his term of office. The office of the auditing superintendent of the poor whose term expires on Decemnber thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby abolished en that date, and from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eight, all the powers and duties of the auditing superintendents of the poor of the county of Rensselaer and of the board of superintendents of such county, under existing laws, shall be exercised and performed by the acting superintendent of the poor of such county. All bids contracted by said. acting superintendent of the poor in the discharge of his office shall be audited by the board of supervisors after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eight.

2. The acting superintendent of the poor of such county may employ additional clerks to assist him in the discharge of his official duties at an annual expense not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SENECA COUNTY.

AN ACT to regulate the expenditures for poor purposes in Seneca county.

Chapter 145, Laws of 1868.

Section 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Seneca shall hereafter, at their annual meeting, audit and settle all ac

counts of the superintendents of the county poorhouse of said county, the accounts of the overseers of the poor of the several towns of said county, for services and expenses incurred by them for the temporary relief of the county poor of said county, and the accounts of all other persons for like services rendered, or for supplies furnished and for medical attendance by physicians for the poor, chargeable to said county.

§ 2. The board of supervisors of said county shall have power to contract with any person or persons for supplies to be furnished to the poor, chargeable to said county as county paupers of said county.

§ 3. The superintendents of the poor of said county of Seneca are hereby constituted a subordinate board to assist in auditing the poor expenses of said county, and shall be under the direction. and control of the board of supervisors of said county.

84. The superintendents of the poor of said county, the keeper of the county poorhouse and the overseers of the poor of the towns in said county, shall not, nor shall either of them, be directly or indirectly interested in any supplies furnished or ordered by them, or either of them, and no accounts shall be audited by said board of supervisors for services rendered or supplies furnished for the poor of said county, unless the same shall be made out in items, with dates, stating the time and nature of the services rendered, the quantity and quality of the articles furnished, and the time when the same were delivered, duly verified according to the form prescribed by law, applicable to accounts audited by boards of supervisors.

5. The superintendents of the county poor of said county shall, in each year, render under oath to the board of supervisors of said county, at its annual meeting, a true and faithful statement of all moneys received by them from said county, and from the commissioners of emigration for the support of county paupers, of all the products raised on the county farm belonging to the said county poorhouse, and of the disposition which has been made of the same, and of all labor which has been performed by the county paupers, or of any property belonging to the county, with the manner in which, and the persons for whose benefit, the same has been performed,

§ 6. It shall be the duty of each overseer of the poor in said county of Seneca to enter in a book, to be kept by him for that purpose, a full and accurate statement of all sums of money by him received or expended as such overseer of the poor, with the date of the receipt and disbursement thereof, the name, age and sex of each poor or indigent person relieved by him, and the cause of pauperism or indigence in each case, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the items of expenditure in the relief of each such poor or indigent person. It shall be the duty of each of said overseers of the poor to make and furnish the supervisor of his town, within one week preceding the annua! meeting of the board of supervisors, a just and accurate transcript of all the statements and entries so required to be made by him, for the year ending on the last day in October in each year; and it shall be the duty of such supervisor to whom such statement shall be furnished, to deliver the same to the clerk I of the board of supervisors of said county, on or before the first day of the meeting of said board in each year.

7. The board of supervisors of said county shall have power to direct, by resolution, to be entered on its minutes, in relation to and the manner in which the supplies for the county poorhouse, or any portion thereof, shall be purchased, obtained or contracted for, and also as to the amount and manner of affording temporary relief by the overseers of the poor of the several towns in said county and when any such direction shall be given by said board of supervisors, the same shall be observed and carried out by the said superintendents and overseers of the poor.

§ 8. The committee of the board of supervisors, appointed at their annual session, on the accounts of superintendents and overseers of the poor shall, on the first Wednesday in February in each and every year, meet at the county poorhouse with the superintendents of the poor, and the superintendents, and said committee of the supervisors shall jointly constitute an auditing board to audit and settle all accounts for temporary relief furnished to the poor outside of the poorhouse, from the first day of November preceding the time of meeting of said auditing board. The said auditing board shall elect one of their number chairman, and also a clerk from their own number, and the

said clerk shall, under the direction of the board, draw checks upon the county treasurer for all bills audited which shall be paid by the county treasurer, the same as checks drawn by order of the board of supervisors. (As amended by chapter 12 of the Laws of 1878.)

§ 9. All provisions of law, so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SPECIAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE CARE OF THE POOR IN EACH OF THE FORTY-SIX CITIES OF NEW YORK STATE.

ALBANY, ALBANY COUNTY.

(Note. Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor for the term of two years at an annual salary of $2,500.)

Chapter 298, Laws of 1883.

TITLE XIV.

CITY PHYSICIAN.

§ 1. (Repealed by chapter 580 of the Laws of 1900.)

§ 2. It shall be his duty to visit the almshouse at least once in each day, to attend and administer medical assistance to the sick in the almshouse, hospital, pesthouse and other permanent or temporary buildings now or hereafter to be erected on the almshouse farm, and direct the manner of treatment of said sick.

§ 3. He shall have power to appoint one resident physician at a salary of not more than two hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, from the fund raised for the support of the almshouse, to assist him in the discharge of his duties at said almshouse or hospital.

§ 4. He shall report on the first day of every month, and oftener he deem it necessary, in writing, to the mayor, of the pauperism

in the almshouse, the persons admitted to the pesthouse, lunatic asylum and hospital, when sent and by whom.

TITLE XV.

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.

1. The superintendent of the almshouse shall reside at the almshouse in the city of Albany and shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year, and shall provide his own table and that of his assistants who reside at the almshouse, from the money appropriated to the support of the almshouse. Ho shall give his undivided personal attention to the duties of his office and shall be engaged in no other trade, business, occupation or employment.

§ 2. He shall have the charge, care and control of the poor and insane committed to the almshouse and of the real and personal property now used for such purposes, and of the farm and appurtenances thereto belonging and appertaining. And all persons arrested upon the charge of insanity shall be sent forthwith to and confined in the asylum attached to the Albany almshouse, and it is hereby made the duty of the superintendent of the almshouse to transfer the said person or persons to and from the said asylum when directed so to do by either of the police magistrates or the chief of police.

3. All moneys appropriated to the support and maintenance of the almshouse in the city of Albany shall be paid over to the chamberlain of the city of Albany, who shall pay the same out only after an investigation and audit, by the board of audit, as hereinbefore provided, of the claims presented, and after the certificate of the superintendent shall have been given as hereinafter provided for.

§ 4. Said superintendent shall appoint a deputy, with the approval of the mayor, who shall receive a salary at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars a year, and a clerk who shall receive a like salary. The said deputy and clerk shall hold their positions during the pleasure of the superintendent. The said clerk shall have his office in the rooms assigned to and occupied by the overseer of the poor in the city of Albany. The 20-VOL. 3