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§ 47. Annual reports to legislature by institutions entitled to receive money from state.-All institutions and societies entitled by law to receive money from the state shall make an annual report to the legislature on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, and no such money shall be paid in any such case until such report is made.

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§ 48. Statement of desired appropriations to be filed with comptroller. On or before November fifteenth in each there shall be filed with the comptroller by each state officer, head of department, or proper officer of each state hospital, asylum, charitable or reformatory institution, the state commission in lunacy, the state board of charities, the state department of health, the forest, fish and game commission, and all other state commissions, commissioners and boards, now existing or hereafter constituted, a statement in detail of all moneys, together with the reasons therefor, for which any general or special appropriation is desired at the ensuing session of the legislature by such state officer, department, commission, commissioners and boards. The comptroller may also, from time to time, and in his discretion, require any such state officers, departments, commissions, commissioners or boards to report to him as to such other fiscal affairs as the comptroller shall deem necessary for the proper compilation of the tabulation provided for by section forty-nine of this chapter. The comptroller shall also receive and file in his office a statement of any desired appropriation for any purpose which may be presented to him on or before November fifteenth in each year by any individual, corporation or association, including municipal corporations intending to present the same at the ensuing session of the legislature. Each of the reports and statements of desired appropriations thus made shall be in a form to be prescribed by the comptroller. The reports and statements of desired appropriations hereinbefore provided for shall be public records. (Added by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1910.)

49. Duty of comptroller as to tabulation of statements.- On or before December fifteenth in each year the comptroller shall make a tabulation of such statements and reports, provided for by section forty-eight of this chapter, in printed form, accom

panied by comparative data and estimates of income, together with such comments and a statement of such other matters as he shall deem necessary and proper for the full comprehension of such tabulation, and shall transmit such tabulation to the governor immediately and to the legislature on the first day of its next session. Such tabulation so transmitted shall also contain a statement of all moneys required by the comptroller, together with the reasons therefor, for which any general or special appropriation is desired by him at the ensuing session of the legislature, together with such comparative and other data as the comptroller shall deem necessary and proper for the full comprehension of such last mentioned statement. (Added by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1910.)

AN ACT in relation to the poor, constituting chapter 42 of the Consolidated Laws.

Chapter 46, Laws of 1909, as amended by chapters 380 and 429, Laws of 1909, and chapter 102 of the Laws of 1910.

Article 1. Short title; definitions (§§ 1, 2).

2. County superintendents of the poor (§§ 3-14).
3. Overseers of the poor (§§ 20-30).

4. Settlement and place of relief of poor persons (§§
40-57).

5. Support of bastards (§§ 60-75).

6. Soldiers, sailors and marines (§§ 80-85).

7. State poor (§§ 90-104).

8. Duties of state board of charities; powers of state charities aid association (§§ 115–121).

9. Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 130-148).

10. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 160, 161).

ARTICLE 1

Short Title; Definitions

Section 1. Short title.

2. Definitions.

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Poor Law."

§ 2. Definitions. A "poor person" is one unable to maintain himself, and such person shall be maintained by the town, city, county or state, according to the provisions of this chapter. In counties having but one superintendent of the poor, the term "superintendents" or "superintendents of the poor," when used in this chapter, means such superintendent; and in towns or cities having but one overseer of the poor, the term overseers or "overseers of the poor," when used in this chapter, means a town or city overseer of the poor. An An "alms-house" is a plac where the poor are maintained at the public expense.

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The popular meaning of the word "almshouse" is, of course, well understood, but the revisers and the legislature have not confined us to the popular meaning. They have given to the word a much wider and more

comprehensive definition than it has in popular usage. That may properly be termed the statutory definition which is found in the second section of the Poor Law. It is there defined as a 66 place where the poor are maintained at the public expense." It is not necessary that it should be a public building or that there should be but one place. Court of Appeals, May, 1899, The People ex rel. John B. French, as Overseer of the Poor of the City of Ithaca, Respondent, v. James S. Lyke, as Superintendent of the Poor of the County of Tompkins, Appellant, 159 N. Y. 149.

The town poor are such persons as are required by law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the town or city; the county poor are such persons as are required by law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the county; and the state poor are such persons as are required by law. to be relieved or supported at the expense of the state.

ARTICLE 2

County Superintendents of the Poor

Section 3. County superintendents of the poor.

4. Appointment of superintendent as keeper of almshouse.

5. When they may direct overseers of the poor to take charge of county poor.

6. Idiots and lunatics.

7. Pestilence in alms-house.

8. Accounts of county treasurer with towns.

9. Annual apportionment of town expenses.

10. Tax levy on towns.

11. Expense of county poor.

12. Superintendents' report to the state board of chari

ties.

13. Supervisors and members of town boards may direct as to temporary or out-door relief to the poor.

14. Penalty for neglect or false report.

§ 3. County superintendents of the poor. The county superintendents of the poor shall :

1. Have the general superintendence and care of poor persons who may be in their respective counties.

2. Provide and keep in repair suitable alms-houses when directed by the board of supervisors of their county.

3. Establish rules and by-laws for the government and good order of such alms-houses, and for the employment, relief, management and government of the poor therein; but such rules and regulations shall not be valid until approved by the county judge of the county, in writing.

4. Unless a keeper be appointed by the board of supervisors, as provided by section four of this article, employ suitable persons to be keepers of such houses, and physicians, matrons and all other necessary officers and servants, and vest such power in them for the government of such houses, and the poor therein, as shall be necessary, reserving to such poor persons who may be placed under the care of such keepers, matrons, officers or servants, the right of appeal to the superintendents.

5. Purchase all necessary furniture, implements, food and materials for the maintenance of the poor in such houses, and for their employment in labor, and use, sell and dispose of the proceeds of such labor as they shall deem expedient.

6. Prescribe the rate of allowance to be made for bringing poor persons to the county alms-house, subject to such alterations as the board of supervisors may by general resolution make.

7. Authorize the keepers of such houses to certify the amount due for bringing such poor persons; which amount shall be paid by the county treasurer on the production of such certificate, countersigned and allowed by the county superintendents of the

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8. Summarily decide any dispute that shall arise concerning the settlement of any poor person, upon a hearing of the parties, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, with the like powers to enforce such process, as is given to a justice of the peace in an action pending before him; their decisions shall be filed in the office of the county clerk within thirty days after they are made, and shall be conclusive and final upon all parties interested, unless an appeal therefrom shall be taken, as provided in this chapter.

9. Direct the commencement of suits by any overseer of the poor who shall be entitled to prosecute for any penalties, or upon any recognizance, bonds, or securities taken for the indemnity of

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