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§ 140. The said board shall have power to appoint a competent physician, or physicians, whose duties shall be under the direction of the board of charity, to give medical attendance to the poor the city, and to perform such duties as the board of charity may prescribe. The said board shall recommend to the common council the salary to be paid to such city physician, or physicians, and upon the determination of the salary the said board shall be authorized to select a city physician or physicians who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. The health officer shall not be eligible for the office of city physician.

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Salamanca, Cattaraugus County.

Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor and common council for a term of one year at a salary of $350. Chapter 716, Laws of 1917, § 14.)

Chapter 507, Laws of 1913.

TITLE X.

Department of Charities.

Section 122. Appointment of commissioner.

123. Powers and duties of commissioner of charities.
124. Monthly report of commissioner.

125. Common council to audit accounts.

126. *Commissioners not to be interested in purchases.

On or before

§ 122. Appointment of commissioners.* the first day of February after the passage of this act and in each year thereafter, there shall be appointed in the manner provided by this act a commissioner of charities, who shall hold office for one year from the first day of February following his appointment.

§ 123. Powers and duties of the commissioner of charities. Except as provided by this act, the commissioner of charities of the city of Salamanca shall, within the city of Salamanca, have and exercise the same powers and discharge the same duties, to the exclusion of any other officer, as overseer of the poor in towns. The commissioner of charities of the city of Salamanca shall also, by virtue of his office, possess all the powers and

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authority of overseers of the poor of the several towns of the state. in relation to the support and relief of indigent persons, the binding out of children, the care of habitual drunkards, the support of bastards and proceedings to charge the fathers and mothers of such bastards, and shall have all such other powers as are conferred on overseers of the poor in the respective towns of this state, and shall be subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to visit the poor of said city at their several places of abode and examine into their circumstances, and ascertain to what extent they are or may be in need and entitled to permanent or temporary relief, or medical attendance. No physician other than the city physician shall be of employed by the commissioner of charities to attend the poor said city, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the common council. The commissioner of charities shall have power to administer oaths to, and examine under oath, any person applying to him for relief, and false swearing during such examination shall be deemed wilful perjury. For all purposes relative to the maintenance and support of the poor the city of Salamanca shall be deemed one of the towns of Cattaraugus county. The commissioner shall issue written orders for all meals, provisions and supplies furnished to the poor of said city.

§ 124. Monthly report of commissioner. The commissioner of charities, at the first regular meeting of the common council in each month, shall under oath report in detail to the common council all appropriations, expenditures, temporary relief, medical attendance, and allowance made by him as such commissioner during the month preceding, which report shall specify the name and place of abode of each person relieved, the quantity and price per pound, or otherwise as the case may be, of each article furnished or ordered, and from whom obtained; said report shall also contain the names and places of abode of all persons to whom meals or lodgings have been furnished, the number of such meals and lodgings, from whom obtained, or by whom furnished, and the cost of the same. Said report shall be filed with the city clerk.

All

§ 125. Common council to audit accounts. charges and accounts against said city for services rendered, acts

done or meals, provisions or supplies furnished under the direction of the commissioner of charities of said city under the provisions of this act, or otherwise, shall be made out in items, duly verified, by the persons entitled to the payment therefor, and presented to the common council at the first regular meeting of said council in each month, for all claims and demands incurred or which may have accrued during the preceding month. All such claims, accounts and charges shall, if approved, be audited by the common council and paid from the poor fund of said city by the comptroller upon the warrant of the mayor, countersigned by the clerk.

§ 126. Commissioner not to be interested in purchases. The commissioner of charities shall not, directly or indirectly, furnish to any person, any groceries, provisions, fuel, medicines or property belonging to himself, or in which he shall have an interest or be interested, nor shall he receive any commission upon or for any goods or articles or relief furnished, or on any orders given by him for any such goods or articles of relief furnished, or on any orders given by him for any such goods, articles or relief. For any violation of any provision of this section, said commissioner shall be removed from office by the common council and he shall forfeit to said city a penalty of one hundred dollars every such violation.

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Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County.

(Note.- Commissioner of public safety, elected by the people at large for a term of two years, at a salary of $500.)

Chapter 229, Laws of 1915.

TITLE II.

City Officers; Powers and Duties Generally.

§ 10. The officers of said city shall be as follows: The mayor, elected by the people at large, for a term of two years; the commissioner of accounts, elected by the people at large, for a term of two years; the commissioner of finance, elected by the people at large, for a term of two years; the commissioner of public works, elected by the people at large, for a term of two years; the

commissioner of public safety, elected by the people at large, for a term of two years. The terms of office prescribed by this section are subject to the special provisions of this charter relating to the terms of the officers first chosen. Said mayor and commissioners shall constitute the council of said city.

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§ 17. The commissioner of public safety. have charge and supervision of the fire, sanitary, health, charity, police and correction departments, and shall make all rules and regulations for the conduct thereof, not in conflict with the laws of the state or ordinances of the city. He shall provide in all ways possible for the peace, safety, health, care, comfort and protection of the inhabitants of the city, and of their property, and shall recommend ordinances when advisable or necessary, to the council for such purposes. The health officer of the city shall be under his authority. He shall be the inspector of all plumbing, weights and measures and shall impartially enforce all laws and ordinances appertaining to his department. He shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars a year, payable monthly.

§ 28. * * * The city shall be taxed for the expense of charity, health (including the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars per year for the Saratoga hospital for the care of the city's invalid poor and including one dollar per day per patient for all hospitals under the state board of charities, and upon the order of the commissioner of public safety, for the care of the city's invalid poor, except that the Saratoga hospital shall be allowed said one dollar per day per patient in addition to said thirty-five hundred dollars only after the full cost of caring for the city's invalid poor by the Saratoga hospital for each year has amounted to thirty-five hundred dollars).

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Schenectady, Schenectady County.

(Note. Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor for a term of two years. Salary fixed by board of estimate and appor tionment.)

Schenectady is a city of the second class, and comes within the provisions of chapter 53 of the Consolidated Laws, for which see p. 261 with relation to city of Albany.

(Note.

Syracuse, Onondaga County.

Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor for

a term of two years. Salary fixed by board of estimate and apportionment.)

Syracuse is a city of the second class, and comes within the provisions of chapter 53 of the Consolidated Laws, for which see p. 261 with relation to city of Albany.

Tonawanda, Erie County.

(Note.-- Commissioner of public charities appointed by the mayor for a term of two years at a salary of $500.)

Chapter 357, Laws of 1905.

TITLE XII.

Commissioner of Public Charities.

Section 1. Qualifications.

2. Powers and duties.

3. Monthly reports.

4. Accounts to be audited.

5. No profit from supplies.

Section 1. Qualifications. No member of the common council shall be a commissioner of public charities. Neither shall any person be appointed to the office, who, at the time of such appointment, shall be engaged or interested in business as a grocer, a saloon keeper, or hotel keeper, or in any wise concerned in the manufacture or sale of spirituous or malt liquors, ale or beer, and in case any person appointed to the office, shall, during his term, become engaged or interested in either of the occupations above specified, his term of office shall thereupon cease, and the office become vacant, and the mayor shall forthwith appoint another in his place.

§ 2. Duties and powers. The commissioner of public charities is hereby invested with all the powers and duties now or hereafter to be prescribed and provided by the general statutes of the state of New York, relating to overseers of the poor in towns, so far

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