The several courts having criminal jurisdiction and who shail hold criminal courts in all the counties of this state, except the counties of New York and Kings, are hereby authorized to sentence male juvenile delinquents convicted in any of such courts to such state industrial school. (As amended by chapter 221 of the Laws of 1904.)

COMMITMENTS TO THE STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, THE HOUSE OF REFUGE ON RANDALL'S ISLAND AND THE NEW YORK STATE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Provisions of the Penal Code.

§ 701. House of refuge, State industrial school, and New York state training school for girls.-Where a male person under the age of twelve years is convicted of a crime amounting to felony, or where a male person of twelve years and under the age of sixteen years is convicted of a crime, the trial court may, instead of sentencing him to imprisonment in a state prison or in a penitentiary, direct him to be confined in a house of refuge under the provisions of the statute relating thereto. Where the conviction is had and the sentence is inflicted in the first, second or third judicial district, the place of confinement must be a house of refuge established by the managers of the society for the reformation of juvenile delinquents in the city of New York; where the conviction is had and the sentence inflicted in any other district, the place of confinement must be in the state industrial school. Where a female person not over the age of twelve years is convicted of a crime amounting to felony, or where a female person of the age of twelve years and not over the age of sixteen years is convicted of a crime, the trial court may, instead of sentencing her to imprisonment in a state prison or in a penitentiary, direct her to be confined in the New York state training school for girls, under the provisions of the statute relating thereto. But nothing in this section shall affect any of the provisions contained in section seven hundred and thirteen. (As amended by chapter 554 of the Laws of 1896, and chapter 388 of the Laws of 1904.)

§ 713. Disposition to be made of persons under sixteen convicted of crime.-When a person under the age of sixteen is convicted of a crime, he may, in the discretion of the court, instead of being sentenced to fine or imprisonment, be placed in charge of any suitable person or institution willing to receive him, and be thereafter, until majority or for a shorter term, subjected to such discipline and control of the person or institution receiving him as a parent or guardian may lawfully exercise over a minor. A child under sixteen years of age committed for misdemeanor, under any provisions of this code, must be committed to some reformatory, charitable or other institution authorized by law. to receive and take charge of minors. And when any such child is committed to an institution, it shall, when practicable, be committed to an institution governed by persons of the same relgious faith as the parents of such child. (As amended by chap ter 46 of the Laws of 1884.)

COMMITMENTS TO HOUSES OF REFUGE AND THE NEW YORK STATE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN AT BEDFORD.

Provisions of the Penal Code.

§ 698. Imprisonment of female convict.-Any women over the age of sixteen years, who shall be convicted of a felony in any of the courts of this state, shall, when the sentence imposed is one year or more, be sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for women at Auburn. When the sentence imposed is less than one year, she may be committed to the county jail of the county where convicted, or to a penitentiary, or to the state prison for women at Auburn. A woman between the ages of fifteen and thirty, convicted of a felony, who has not theretofore been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a state prison, may in the discretion of the trial court be sentenced to a house of refuge or reformatory for women, to be there confined under the provisions of law relating to such house of refuge or reformatory. (As amended by chapter 114 of the Laws of 1900.)

AN ACT to amend the Greater New York charter, relative to commitments to the state reformatory for women at Bedford.

Chapter 610, Laws of 1905.

Section 1. Chapter fourteen of the Greater New York charter, as reenacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be known as section seven hundred and seven-a, and to read as follows:

COMMITMENTS TO STATE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN AT BEDFORD.

§ 707-a. Whenever a woman between the ages of sixteen and thirty is convicted in the city of New York of habitual drunkenness, of being a common prostitute, of soliciting on public streets or places for purposes of prostitution, of frequenting disorderly houses or houses of prostitution, or of vagrancy under subdivisions three or four of section eight hundred and eighty-seven of the code of criminal procedure, she may be committed to the state reformatory for women at Bedford, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred and forty-six of the state charities law, to be there confined subject to the provisions of such law and of any other statute relating to such reformatory.

NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME,
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW.

BATH.

Section 40. Trustees.

41. Powers of trustees.

42. Admission to home.

43. Transfer of inmates to state hospital.

44. Annual report.

Section 40. Trustees. The property heretofore conveyed to the state by the corporation known as the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home of New York, and all property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the state for the same purpose, shall continue to be known as the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and shall continue to be under the management and control of a board of trustees consisting of twelve members, of which the governor, attorney-general and the commander of the department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, shall be ex officio members; and the remaining nine members shall be reputable citizens of the state appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and each shall hold office for three years. No trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as such trustee or otherwise, except the trustee elected to act as secretary who may receive a reasonable annual compensation for his services, to be fixed by the board, with the approval of the comptroller, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. The board shall annually elect by ballot a president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee, but the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one trustee or separately as the board may determine. The board shall be known as the board of trustees of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home. (As amended by chapter 108 of the Laws of 1903.)

41. Powers of trustees. The board of trustees shall have possession of all property belonging to or constituting such home and may complete the buildings therein already commenced or hereafter to be erected, and keep them in readiness for occupation with any funds appropriated therefor or that may come into their hands for such purpose, and may pay any existing indebtedness of such corporation which shall be or might become a lien upon such property or any part thereof. The board may make contracts in its name, subject to the approval of the comptroller, for work and materials for the completion of the buildings on such property, the furnishing thereof and of supplies for use and consumption therein, but shall spend no money and incur no indebtedness for such purpose beyond the appropriation previously made therefor by the legislature. It may adopt rules and

regulations, subject to like approval, specifying the duties of the officers of the home, the government of its inmates, fixing the terms and conditions of admission thereto and the cause and manner of expulsion therefrom. The board may require and take in its name any security by way of bond or otherwise from any person appointed or elected by it, for the faithful performance of his duties, and for truly accounting for all moneys or property received by him, for or on account of the board of trustees or in the performance of such duties. And the said board shall have power to organize and maintain a band, the same to be paid for out of the maintenance funds of the home, not exceeding six thousand dollars per annum. (As amended by chapter 32 of the Laws of 1905.)

42. Admission to home.- Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late rebellion, who enlisted from the state of New York, or who shall have been a resident of this state for one year preceding his application for admission, and who shall need the aid or benefit of such home in consequence of physical disability or other cause within the scope of the regulations of the board, shall be entitled to admission thereto, subject to the conditions, limitations and penalties prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board.

43. Transfer of inmates to state hospital. Any soldier or sailor regularly admitted into the home found to be insane, may be transferred by an order of the president and secretary of the board of trustees and the superintendent of the home to any state hospital for the insane, there to remain at the expense of the home until legally discharged, and such expense shall be paid out of the maintenance fund of the home, at the same rate as is charged for the support of the county insane.

§ 44. Annual report. Such board shall, annually, on or before January fifteenth, make to the legislature a detailed report of all its receipts and expenditures and of all its proceedings for the previous year, with full estimates for the coming year veri fied by the president and treasurer.

(This chapter repealed chapter 48 of the Laws of 1878; also chapter 407 of the Laws of 1879.)