Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls. AN ACT to revise and consolidate the several acts relative to the city of Niagara Falls. Chapter 300, Laws of 1904. § 142. The common council is hereby authorized to appropriate, subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment, and the city may pay annually to any hospital or hospitals established or which may hereafter be established in said city, for the care, support and maintenance of such of the inmates of said hospital as are actual residents of the city of Niagara Falls, and are received and cared for, supported and maintained therein pursuant to the rules established by the state board of charities, a sum which in any one year shall not exceed twenty per centum of the moneys received by the said city under the provisions of the liquor tax law. Such appropriation may be apportioned among said hospitals as the common council may determine, subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment. (As amended by chapter 260 of the Laws of 1908 and chapter 157 of the Laws of 1910.) Nyack Hospital, Nyack-Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern. AN ACT authorizing appropriations by the board of supervisors of Rockland county for the support and maintenance of the inmates of the Nyack hospital. Chapter 37, Laws of 1901. Section 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Rockland is hereby authorized in its discretion to appropriate to the Nyack hospital and to the Good Samaritan hospital of Suffern, corporations located in said county for the care, support and maintenance of such inmates of the hospitals of such corporations as may be received and retained therein pursuant to the rules established by the state board of charities, such sums annually as such board of supervisors shall deem proper, and payment may be made therefor subject to such rules. The amount thus appropriated in any one year shall not exceed three thousand dollars to each of the said corporations. The board of managers of each of such corporations shall report annually in writing to the board of supervisors of said county, the number of patients so received and cared for, with the names, age, sex, nature of disease or wounds and date of entrance and departure from the hospital. (As amended by chapter 351 of the Laws of 1903, and chapter 528 of the Laws of 1907.) Olean General Hospital, Olean. AN ACT to incorporate the city of Olean. Chapter 478, Laws of 1893. § 101-a. The common council shall have the power to raise by general tax from the taxable inhabitants of said city, and the property therein liable to taxation, in addition to the amount necessary for the payment of the debts and ordinary expenses of said city, as specified in section one hundred and one of this act, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in any one year, to be expended by it, only in the payment of the expenses of heating, lighting, water rent, and insuring against loss or damage by fire, the Olean general hospital, and the payment of the salary of the matron, and the salary of the assistant matron of the Olean general hospital. (Added by chapter 672 of the Laws of 1901, and as amended by chapter 126 of the Laws of 1909.) Oneida Public Hospital, Oneida. § 53. Amount of annual city tax levy. The common council may raise by tax upon the real and personal property assessable in the city in each year certain amounts which shall be estimated and designated each year for the following purposes: 11. A sum necessary for the maintenance of the city hospital, to be designated the "hospital fund." AN ACT to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital by the county of Oneida. Chapter 218, Laws of 1912. Section 1. The board of supervisors of the county of Oneida may by resolution determine that there shall be in said county a public hospital for the care and treatment of the sick. When the board of supervisors shall have voted to establish said hospital such board shall have the following powers: 1. To cause to be assessed, levied and collected such sums of money as it shall deem necessary for equipment and improvements for said hospital, and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other necessary expenditures therefor, including necessary additions. 2. To accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of said hospital and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift. § 2. Appointment and terms of office of managers. When the board of supervisors shall have determined to establish a public hospital for the care and treatment of the sick, such board shall appoint five citizens of the county, two of whom shall be physicians, who shall constitute a board of managers of the said hospital. The term of office of each member of said board shall be five years, and the term of one of such managers shall expire annually; the first appointments, however, being made for the respective terms of five, four, three, two and one years. Appointments of successors shall be for the full term of five years, except that the appointment of a person to fill a vacancy occurring by death, resignation or cause other than the expiration of a term shall be made for the unexpired term. Failure of any manager to attend three consecutive meetings of the board shall cause a vacancy in his office, unless said absence is excused by formal action of the board of managers. The managers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses, to be audited by the board of supervisors and paid in the same manner as the other expenses of the hospital. Any manager may be removed from office at any time by the appointing authority after having received notice in writing of the cause of the proposed removal and after an opportunity to be heard thereon. The treasurer of the county shall be treasurer of the hospital. § 3. General powers and duties of managers. The board of managers shall: 1. Elect from among its members annually a president, a vicepresident and a secretary. It shall appoint a superintendent of the hospital, who shall be a physician, who shall not be a member of the board of managers, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of said board. 2. Erect any necessary buildings; and make all necessary improvements and repairs and alter any existing buildings, for the use of said hospital, provided that all expenditures for new buildings or alterations, other than ordinary repairs, shall first be authorized by the board of supervisors and the plans therefor approved by the state board of charities. 3. Fix the salary of the superintendent and the number and salaries of all other employees, within the limits of the appropriation made therefor by the board of supervisors, and such salaries shall be compensation in full for all services rendered. The board of managers may determine the amount of time required to be spent at the hospital by said superintendent in the discharge of his duties. 4. Provide for the medical care and treatment of all persons admitted to the hospital; and shall appoint and may at pleasure remove resident, visiting and consulting physicians and surgeons; and shall establish rules and regulations governing the service thereof. 5. Have the general superintendence, management and control of the said hospital and of the grounds, buildings, officers, employees and inmates thereof; and of all matters, relating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns thereof; and make such rules and regulations as may seem to them necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of such hospital. 6. Maintain an effective inspection of said hospital, and keep itself informed of the affairs and management thereof; shall meet at the hospital at least once in every month, and at such other times as may be prescribed in the by-laws; and shall hold its annual meeting at least three weeks prior to the meeting of the board of supervisors at which time appropriations for the ensuing year are to be considered. 7. Keep in a book provided for that purpose a proper record of its proceedings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of its members, of the members of the board of supervisors and of duly authorized representatives of the state board of charities. 8. Certify all bills and accounts, including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the board of supervisors, who shall provide for their payment in the same manner as other charges against the county. 9. Make to the board of supervisors, at such times as said board shall direct, a detailed annual report of the operations of the hospital, showing the number of patients received, the methods and results of their treatment, the annual expenditures properly classified and such other matters as may be required of them. Such reports shall include full and detailed estimates of the appropriations required during the ensuing year for all purposes, including maintenance, erection of buildings, repairs, improvements and other necessary purposes. § 4. General powers and duties of superintendent. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital and, subject to the by-laws, rules and regulations thereof, and to the general control of the board of managers, shall: 1. Equip the hospital with all necessary furniture, appliances, fixtures and other needed facilities for the care and treatment of patients and for the use of officers and employees thereof, and purchase all necessary supplies. 2. Have general supervision and control of the records, |