ment shall transmit to the State Board of Charities all the testimony taken in the investigation into the ability of such Indian to maintain himself, and all other facts relating to such Indian poor person, together with a verified statement of the expenses incurred in making the removal to the almshouse.

4. The proceedings and testimony in cases of relief outside of an almshouse shall be forwarded to the Department of State and Alien Poor, as in the case of an Indian poor person committed to an almshouse.

RELIEF OUTSIDE OF AN ALMSHOUSE.

5. Whenever an Indian poor person makes application for relief in accordance with Rule No. 1, and shall be found by the county superintendent of the poor or other officer charged with the relief and maintenance of the poor to be in such physical condition as to make it improper to remove him to the almshouse, the county superintendent of the poor shall provide for the care and support of such Indian poor person without removing him to the almshouse, and the necessary expenses incurred in such care and support, which should not exceed two dollars per week unless otherwise allowed in writing by the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor, shall be certified to the Department of State and Alien Poor.

OVERSEERS TO NOTIFY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

6. Overseers of the poor or other officers charged with the maintenance and relief of poor persons, to whom an Indian poor person shall apply for relief, and who shall find that such Indian poor person is in such condition as to make it improper to remove him to the almshouse, shall immediately notify the superintendent of the poor of the county of the condition of such Indian poor person, and thereupon the county superintendent of the poor shall make provision for the care and support of such Indian poor

person.

APPROVAL BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE AND ALIEN POOR.

7. Upon receipt of the testimony and the statement of expenses incurred, the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor shall satisfy himself that such removal or other relief was proper,

and that the Indian is a poor person within the meaning of section 101 of chapter 225 of the Laws of 1896. If he shall find that the maintenance of such Indian in the almshouse, or otherwise as the case may be, is a proper charge upon the State, and the expenses of removal, if any, were actually and necessarily incurred, he shall approve the costs of such removal or relief, and certify the same to the Secretary of the State Board of Charities.

BILLS TO BE RENDERED QUARTERLY.

8. All bills for the support, treatment and care of Indian poor persons, whether supported in almshouses or maintained elsewhere, shall be sent to the Department of State and Alien Poor of the State Board of Charities at the Capitol at Albany, on the last days of December, March, June and September in each year.

BILLS TO CONFORM TO RULES.

9. Such bill shall give the names of all Indians supported as Indian poor persons, the places wherein supported, and the time during which each one shall have been maintained; and no bill incurred otherwise than in conformity with these rules and regulations shall be approved by the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor.

CONTRACTS.

10. The State Board of Charities shall from time to time on behalf of the State, contract with the proper officers of the county within which Indians who are poor persons reside, on such terms and for such times as may be proper, for the reception and support in the almshouse of such counties of such Indian poor persons as may be committed thereto. Every such contract shall be in writing, and be filed in the office of the State Board of Charities.

RECORD IN ALMSHOUSE.

11. The keeper or other officer in charge of an almshouse to which Indian poor persons shall be committed shall enter the

names of such Indians upon the almshouse register, together with such particulars as are required in the case of other poor persons.

NOTICE OF ADMISSION.

12. Such keeper or officer shall transmit by mail, to the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor, the name of any Indian poor person committed to the almshouse of which he has charge, together with the particulars required by Rule No. 11, immediately upon the admission of such Indian poor person.

OTHER NOTICES.

13. Such keeper or officer in charge of the almshouse shall in like manner transmit to the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor, notice of the death, discharge or absconding of any Indian poor person in his charge, whenever such death, discharge or absconding shall take place.

DISCHARGE.

14. Whenever any Indian poor person maintained in an almshouse or otherwise, in accordance with these rules and regulations, shall be able to undertake his own support and maintenance, he shall be discharged upon order of the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor or of the county superintendent of the poor in the county within which he resides.

BURIALS.

15. No expenses for burials shall be incurred other than the cost of a plain coffin and that not to exceed $15.00, unless the approval of the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor shall have been first secured.

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RULES.

16. Indians not committed to an almshouse or otherwise provided for in accordance with these rules and regulations, shall not be accepted by the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor as a charge upon the State.

INDIANS SUFFERING WITH CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

17. In all cases of contagious or infectious diseases among Indians, which under the Public Health Law are required to be quarantined by the local boards of health, the expenses incurred through such quarantine cannot be made a charge against the State Board of Charities but must be provided for in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of the Public Health Law.

RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY THOSE SUBMITTING PLANS FOR BUILDINGS AND ADDITIONS THERETO.

1. All plans for the building of almshouses or other institutions, or of structures connected therewith or additions thereto. or of modifications of such buildings or structures, requiring the Board's approval, must be submitted to the Board with the specifications relating thereto, both in duplicate before being referred to the Committee on Construction of Buildings.

2. Such plans and specifications must in every case be accom panied by a statement specifying the building or buildings to be erected in accordance therewith, the location or locations of such building or buildings and the work otherwise covered by the plans and specifications, naming the amount or amounts appropriated for such construction, certifying that said plans and specifications have been officially approved by the responsible authorities presenting them for the Board's approval, together with a specific request for such approval by the Board.

3. One of such plans, and one of a duplicate modification of such plans, if such shall be made and approved, shall be filed among the archives of the Board.

4. No changes or modifications shall be permitted in such plans without the approval of the Board and the filing of such modified plans in the archives of the Board.

5. The Board may at any time appoint an inspector to examine the work of construction to see that the plans as approved by the Board are adhered to.

RULES OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES FOR GRANTING A LICENSE TO INSTITUTIONS DEVOTED TO THE SOLE PURPOSE OF KEEPING AND CARING FÖR AGED, DECREPIT AND FEEBLE-MINDED PERSONS, WHO ARE NOT PROPER SUBJECTS FOR CARE AND TREATMENT IN A HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, KNOWN AS CHAPTER 914 OF THE LAWS OF 1896, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE OF AGED, DECREPIT AND MENTALLY ENFEEBLED PERSONS WHO ARE NOT INSANE."

Rule 1. Every applicant for a license shall file in the office of this Board accurately-drawn plans of every part of the building or buildings to be employed for a home, retreat or asylum, together with the following verified statements in writing:

A. A succinct description of the building or buildings and of the location and surroundings of the institution and of the conditions or accommodations provided for the safe and humane maintenance of the patients.

B. The number and names of the officers, attendants and employees, with a statement of their respective duties and their individual qualifications, morally, physically and by education or experience, for their several positions.

C. The financial resources of the institution, aside from its income derived from patients, and the scale of weekly charges for patients.

Rule 2. No license shall be granted until the Commissioner of the district, or, in case of his absence, of an adjoining district, has personally inspected the grounds, buildings and appurtenances of the proposed institution, and reported in writing that in his opinion, it possesses the necessary equipment in officers and attendants, together with suitable domestic accommodations in all other respects for the safe and humane maintenance of such patients, and the number which can be properly provided for at any one time.